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Laura Barcella

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January 17

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Laura Barcella is an author and freelance journalist currently based in NYC.

She wrote "Know Your Rights!" (Sterling, 2018), Fight Like a Girl" (Zest Books, 2016), "POPULAR" (with Lauren Urasek; Sterling, 2015), "The End: 50 Apocalyptic Visions From Pop Culture That You Should Know About… Before It’s Too Late" (Zest, 2012), and "Madonna & Me" (Soft Skull Press, 2012). She has also ghostwritten a number of adult nonfiction titles.

As a journalist, she has covered pop culture, crime, and women's issues for the New York Times, PEOPLE, Rolling Stone, the Washington Post, and more.

She's also a professional cat lady -- she works part-time in a neonatal kitten nursery in Manhattan.
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	Fight Like a Girl: 50 Feminists Who Changed the World 3.93 avg rating — 391 ratings — published 2016 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Popular by Lauren Urasek, Laura Barcella (Goodreads Author) 3.32 avg rating — 171 ratings — published 2015 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Madonna and Me: Women Writers on the Queen of Pop by Laura Barcella (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jessica Valenti (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.79 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The End: 50 Apocalyptic Visions From Pop Culture That You Should Know About...Before It's Too Late 3.05 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Know Your Rights!: A Modern Kid's Guide to the American Constitution 4.30 avg rating — 40 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Roaring The 2020s: Bringing Jazz Age Glamour to Your Modern Life 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	#Besties: A Keepsake Journal of Q&As for Best Friends (Volume 1) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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