Sophie Mayer is a writer, editor, activist and educator. She is a film journalist for Sight & Sound and The F-Word, an affiliate lecturer in Screen Media and Cultures at the University of Cambridge, and was the first Poet in Residence at the Archive of the Now, Queen Mary University of London. Her previous books include The Cinema of Sally Potter: A Politics of Love (2009), There She Goes: Feminist Filmmaking and Beyond (co-edited with Corinn Columpar, 2010), Lo personal es politico: Feminismo y documental (co-edited with Elena Oroz, Punto de Vista, 2011) and Catechism: Poems for Pussy Riot (co-edited with Markie Burnhope and Sarah Crewe, 2012). She runs feminist cinema blog Political Animals (fuckyeahfeministcinema.tumblr.com), and is a member of feminist film collectives Club des Femmes and Raising Films.