Women, Action & the Media – WAM! Benefit Auction
Auction Ends: Dec 10, 2013 09:00 PM EST

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Faux Op-Ed of Your Choice by E.J. Graff

Item Number
110
Estimated Value
Priceless
Sold
105 USD to shf654fcf
Number of Bids
10  -  Bid History

Item Description

Haven't you always wanted to be the focus of an outraged--or laudatory--oped, declaring you the scourge of Western civilization or the savior of our national sanity? Now you can! Bid on this item and master opiner (and long-ago WAM cofounder) E.J. Graff will write a short, sharp, brilliant op-ed, as only she can, about you (or someone or something of your choice), spotlighting exactly the qualities you think important. On the one hand, E.J. Graff has opined for decades in venues ranging from early gay & lesbian publications to the New York Times, Newsweek, TheAtlantic.com, The American Prospect, The Nation, The Boston Globe, The New Republic--you name it, she's mouthed off in it. Who better to excoriate or expound, tongue-in-cheek, about your political work, your father's cooking, your brother's wedding, your college roommate's friendship, in over-the-top style?

E.J. Graff is a  journalist, columnist, author, and public speaker whose award-winning reporting and provocative commentary have, over the past twenty-five years, appeared in venues that range from early gay and lesbian publications to The New York Times Magazinefrom Good Housekeeping to NOW on PBSShe has written two books. Her first, What Is Marriage For? The Strange Social History of Our Most Intimate Institution, has been called “the bible” of the same-sex marriage movement. Getting Even: Why Women Still Don’t Get Paid Like Men–and What To Do So We Will launched lead author Evelyn F. Murphy’s WAGE campaign to end the gendered wage gap.

As an investigative and analytic journalist, she has produced work that has led to the passage of a new U.S. law; been cited in scores of academic and law review articles; quoted in governmental policy-making commissions and on legislative floors; and submitted in court cases. As a columnist and commentator, she delivers witty, irreverent, informed insight on a social justice issues, especially related to gender, sexuality, and family.

Item Special Note

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