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LACHRISTA GRECO

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My name is Lachrista Greco, which literally translates to “the Greek female Christ” in Italian. I’m a writer, educator, librarian, curator, and strega living on Ho-Chunk Land (Madison, Wisconsin). I’m a consultant to organizations and universities on preventing digital violence (and teaching survivors how to cope). My specialties and interests include: digital violence/sexual violence prevention and survivor support, curating and cataloging digital activism and online movements, learning disabilities/neurodiversity, Italianità, and trauma-informed healing.

I’m most known in these internet streets for being the human behind @TheGuerrillaFeminist, which has 240K followers. GF initially started as a performance art campaign in 2011 in Chicago, blending social justice activism and viewer’s interactions with feminist statements and images.

I have published two books: the first, an anthology called, Olive Grrrls: Italian North American Women & The Search For Identity (2013), in which I was the editor, and the second, a book of poems titled, Leftovers (2015). My writing was also published in the anthology, Post-Traumatically Stressed Feminist (2017). I’m currently writing two new books. The first is called The Guerrilla Feminist: A Search For Belonging On and Offline, and the second is a book of poems titled, Lift Me Out of the Wound.

I live in Madison, Wisconsin (with pieces of my heart in Italy and Duluth).

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I created GF in 2011 while living in Chicago. GF was initially a feminist street art campaign to post and flyer feminist images all over the city, and watch while the public chose to interact (or not) with said images. The name, “Guerrilla Feminism” was chosen because I considered this activism to be a “surprise attack” on the mainstream culture. “Guerrilla” is aggressive, strong, and also an homage to the feminist art group, Guerrilla Girls. You can follow GF on Instagram.

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Rage & Softness

BOOKS:

Lift Me Out of the Wound: Poems, forthcoming

The Guerrilla Feminist: A Search For Belonging (On and Offline), forthcoming

Post-Traumatically Stressed Feminist: Survivors Reclaiming Their Truth, 2017 (anthology)

Leftovers, 2015 (poetry)

Olive Grrrls: Italian North American Women & The Search For Identity, 2013 (anthology)

Lachrista has spoken at various colleges and organizations nationally and internationally. She has given talks and facilitated workshops on digital activism, online abuse, feminism, learning disabilities, sexual violence, and more!

Lachrista is also able to speak to classes/organizations virtually or in person.

Rates: provided upon request