Katie Bannon
Cognoscenti contributor
Katie Bannon is a writer, editor, and educator whose work has been featured in The Rumpus, ELLE, Newsweek, and more. A graduate of GrubStreet’s Memoir Incubator, she holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Emerson College. She teaches writing at GrubStreet and is working on a memoir about compulsive hair pulling. You can find her at www.katiebannon.com
Recently published
My buzz cut is more than a shaved head
While shaving my head began as an act of despair, it’s evolved into one of empowerment, writes Katie Bannon. It makes me feel seen.
We’re still failing victims of sexual assault
We can reprimand the bystanders on the train all we want, writes Katie Bannon. But when it comes to watching violence unfold on a societal scale, failing to act, again...
Dear Melania, Your Husband's 'Boy Talk' Triggered My Sexual Assault PTSD
Watching Donald Trump, with his egocentric dominance and nonchalant talk of sexual violence, writes Katie Koppel, doesn't resurface conscious memories of my own sexual assault six years ago; it triggers...
It's 3 Times More Common Than Anorexia, So Why Haven't You Heard Of It?
Trichotillomania is a compulsive hair pulling disorder that affects 15 million people.