Writer Archives - Page 53 of 129

Leslie Feinberg

American butch lesbian, transgender activist, author, and communist. Her notable works include “Stone Butch Blues” (1993) and “Transgender Warriors” (1996), which played a significant role in gender studies.

Lina Wertmüller

Oscar-winning Italian film director and screenwriter.

Luisa Capetillo

Iconic figure in Puerto Rico’s labor history. An anarchist writer and relentless activist, she championed labor rights, women’s empowerment, free love, and human emancipation.

Lilly Becher

German writer, journalist, and committed communist activist known for being one of the first anti-Nazi authors who documented the persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany during the 1930s.

Qiu Jin

Qiu Jin (秋瑾) was a Chinese revolutionary, feminist, and author who joined a failed uprising against the Qing dynasty and is celebrated as a national heroine, a martyr for republicanism and feminism.