Sam Meier

Bio

Samantha Meier serves as the Identities editor at PolicyMic, where she writes on activism, gender, and new media. Sam was profiled in the New York Times for co-founding Sex Week at Harvard, and is currently working on a book about women and underground comix. Originally from Flagstaff, Arizona, she currently lives in New York.
Feminist Weekly: A Spotlight On Trans Allyship and Visibility
By Sam Meier
Editor's Note: Every Thursday, I'll be rounding up my favorite Identities pieces from the past week so that PolicyMic Pundits can more easily read and comment on the great content being written about sex, sexuality, gender, and race in politics and…
Feminist Weekly: New York, I Love You
By Sam Meier
Editor's Note: Every Thursday, I'll be rounding up my favorite Identities pieces from the past week so that PolicyMic Pundits can more easily read and comment on the great content being written about sex, sexuality, gender, and race in politics and…
Feminist Weekly: Get Some Perspective
By Sam Meier
Editor's Note: Every Thursday, I'll be rounding up my favorite Identities pieces from the past week so that PolicyMic Pundits can more easily read and comment on the great content being written about sex, sexuality, gender, and race in politics and…
Feminist Weekly: Witches Get Stuff Done
By Sam Meier
Editor's Note: Every Thursday, I'll be rounding up my favorite Identities pieces from the past week so that PolicyMic Pundits can more easily read and comment on the great content being written about sex, sexuality, gender, and race in politics and…
Feminist Weekly: What's the Story, Wishbone?
By Sam Meier
Editor's Note: Every Thursday, I'll be rounding up my favorite Identities pieces from the past week so that PolicyMic Pundits can more easily read and comment on the great content being written about sex, sexuality, gender, and race in politics and…
Why Righteous Snark Works For 'Jezebel'
By Sam Meier
Before Upworthy set out to remind us what matters by unearthing antiquated YouTube videos, before the founder of a sports website began his quest to create a site that "puts world news and politics alongside beauty tips," before I even began my…
Feminist Weekly: The Identities Section is Finally Here!
By Sam Meier
Editor's Note: Every Thursday, I'll be rounding up my favorite Identities pieces from the past week so that PolicyMic Pundits can more easily read and comment on the great content being written about sex, sexuality, gender, and race in politics and…
New Media Needs New Voices
By Sam Meier
When Sam was first hired as an editor at PolicyMic, she resolutely declared that she did not want the site to start a "lady blog." A year later we can say that we didn't. We came up with something better. Perhaps you're wondering what "Identities"…
Feminist Weekly: It's National Coming Out Day!
By Sam Meier
Editor's Note: Every Thursday, I'll be rounding up my favorite pieces from the past week so that PolicyMic Pundits can more easily read and comment on the great content being written about sex, sexuality, gender, and race in politics and culture, in…
You Could Be the Writer PolicyMic's New Vertical is Looking For
By Sam Meier
Raise your hand if you’re tired of old media publications ignoring or disparaging you, the realities of your life, and the issues you care about. Us, too. That’s why we’re launching PolicyMic Identities, a vertical dedicated to examining the…