Feminista Jones

Feminista’s passion is writing and hers has been featured in the
New York Times, Washington Post, Time, Essence, XOJane, Complex,
Vox, Salon, and EBONY. In 2017, Feminista was named one of the
100 Most Influential People in Philadelphia by Philadelphia
magazine and was later featured in Philadelphia Style magazine
for her community work in 2018, Since 2013, Feminista has
presented and lectured at various colleges and universities
including Princeton, Cornell, Columbia, Boston University, UC
Berkeley, and The University of Pennsylvania. She is a highly
sought-after presenter for major conferences and has presented at
several, including Netroots Nation, BlogHer, Woodhull Freedom
Summit, Stanford University’s Online Feminism Conference,
Drexel’s Racism in Medicine Conference, and more. In 2018, she
was honored to give the Baccalaureate speech during Vassar
College’s Commencement weekend.


In 2015, she co-founded and served as General Director of the
Women’s Freedom Conference, the first all-digital conference
completely organized by and featuring only Women of Color. For
her work, she was named one of SheKnows 2015 “Voices of the
Year”. In 2014, she launched a global anti-street harassment
campaign (#YouOKSis) and a National Moment of Silence protesting
police brutality (#NMOS14), both of which received international
media attention. That year, she was named one of the Top 100
Black Social Influencers by The Root.


Feminista is also a mom, a mentor to young girls and women, and
an outspoken advocate for the homeless, people living in poverty,
and those living with psychiatric disabilities.