Bio
Originally from Scotland, Rachel moved to New York City in 2004 and co-founded the Utne Award-winning magazine $pread, where she was editor-in-chief from 2004-2008. She is an editor of the anthology $pread: The Best of the Magazine That Illuminated the Sex Industry and Started a Media Revolution (Feminist Press, 2015). This interview in The Atlantic captures some of the quirks and challenges of publishing a print magazine by and for sex workers in the mid-2000s.
After becoming a parent in 2010, Rachel became frustrated by the double evils of princess culture and princess-phobia and began blogging about it. When she heard about the first Drag Queen Story Hour (DQSH) event in San Francisco, her response was, OMG, this is what I’ve been waiting for all my life! Rachel organized the first DQSH event in New York City in 2016 and built Drag Story Hour NYC into a citywide nonprofit organization, where she served as the executive director until 2022.
Rachel now works as the development director at the Street Vendor Project, a membership-based organization that builds power and community among street vendors in New York City.
In her spare time, Rachel writes creative nonfiction and personal essays.
Email: rachelaimeegw@gmail.com
Instagram: @rachel_aimeeee
Photo credit: PJ Starr