Kayley Whalen
Kayley Whalen is a former development associate for the American Humanist Association. She has published a story about playing women’s roller derby as a transgender skater in the anthology Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation. She is a member of the American Humanist Association, skates with the DC Rollergirls, and also advocates for reforming U.S. drug policy to be informed by reason, compassion, and science.
Posts by Kayley Whalen
A Dangerous Groundswell
Attention to the issue of sex trafficking in the United States has risen dramatically over the last few years to the point of a... Read More
What Humanists Can Learn from the Occupy Wall Street Protests
Occupy Wall Street is now in its fourth week, and the ongoing protests against corporate power that began on September 17 have now seen... Read More
Film Review: Mother: Caring for 7 Billion
Mother: Caring for 7 Billion is a clear-eyed documentary on the often controversial topic of the long-term effects of human population growth on humanity’s... Read More
The Hopeless Keystone XL Pipeline
Over the course of two weeks of sustained protest against the Keystone XL oil pipeline—lasting from August 20 to September 3—over 1,000 individuals were... Read More
SlutWalk and Sexual Empowerment
SlutWalk will come to Washington DC on August 13, and I am one of the main organizers for the march. SlutWalk is a grassroots... Read More