Journalism & Essays 

I've been a staff and freelance writer/editor for a number of publications and digital media channels. Though I've written about a wide variety of topics, I'm most interested in stories on health and wellness, food and drink, and social transformation. View select pieces below.

BOOKS & LIT Gretchen Kalwinski BOOKS & LIT Gretchen Kalwinski

We Don't Need Another Wave

“The foreword is by Bitch Magazine editor and founder Lisa Jervis, who says that the “wave” terminology has outlived its usefulness and is often used by the mainstream press to position 2nd and 3rd wavers as “anti” one another, (i.e., 2nd Wavers reject humor and sex; 3rd Wavers aren’t politically active). Jervis’ take is that the idea of a simplistic generational divide serves no one, and that we should keep discussing the main point—gender justice—while retaining myriad voices and opposing perspectives that move in the same direction: forward.”

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