Illustrations by Devin Amato. This article appeared in the 2016 Fall issue of Bitch: Kids These Days.

Self-described writer/revolutionary Carmen Rios is something of a digital wunderkind. If you spend time in the feminist blogosphere, you have either read her or read about her. At the moment (and this list could expand by the time you finish reading), she’s the Straddleverse director, feminism editor, and social media co-director at Autostraddle; the digital editor at Ms. Magazine online; She Wins, We Win digital coordinator at the Feminist Majority Foundation; and a contributing writer at Everyday Feminism. She’s written for PolicyMic, Feministing, and Bitch. Jezebel loves her stuff.

Rios has cool glasses, a big smile, and fantastic hair (how many of us can say someone made a Facebook page for our hair in college?), but her trademark is keeping it real. Whether she’s writing about queer politics, racial and gender justice, poverty, or rape culture, her readers can count on a lot of beautiful trouble, a bit of righteous profanity, and a rich dose of fearless, bold, and passionate analysis.

—Lyn Mikel Brown