Dorothy Allison is the author of Bastard Out of Carolina, Cavedweller, Two or Three Things I Know for Sure, and Skin: Talking About Sex, Class and Literature. An old dyke, she was born in Greeneville, South Carolina and makes her home in northern California, with her partner Alix Layman, and her 11-year-old son, Wolf Michael.

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Notes to a Young Feminist
Dorothy Allison
Announcing In These Times’ New Agreement with the National Writers Union
Freelance contributors are essential to the quality and success of In These Times and independent media, and this agreement is one way to demonstrate their value to our publication and our commitment to transparency.
For more information about the National Writers Union, visit nwu.org.
Read the full agreement, which reaffirms a floor for the rates of our freelance editorial content, as well as our current rates (which are higher) and submissions guidelines below.