ABOUT THE DEBATERS

HANNA ROSIN is the author of The End of Men, the definitive book on the decline of men and maleness in modern society. She is a national correspondent at The Atlantic, where she writes broadly about American culture; a writer and editor for Slate; and a founder and editor of DoubleX, Slate’s site for women. She has written for The New Yorker, the New York Times, GQ, The New Republic, and the Washington Post. A National Magazine Award winner, her stories have been included in the anthologies Best American Magazine Writing and Best American Crime Reporting. Hanna Rosin lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband and their three children.

MAUREEN DOWD is the winner of a Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary and the author of Are Men Necessary? She has been a New York Times op-ed columnist since 1995, after serving as a correspondent in the paper’s Washington bureau since 1996. She has covered four presidential campaigns for the New York Times and has served as White House correspondent. She is regularly ranked among the top hundred public intellectuals in America. Maureen Dowd lives in New York City.

CAITLIN MORAN is a British broadcaster, TV critic, and writer for The Times of London. Named Columnist of the Year in 2010 and both Critic and Interviewer of the Year in 2011 by the British Awards, she is the author of the global bestseller How To Be a Woman. The New York Times called the book a “glorious, timely stand against sexism so ingrained we barely notice it .  . . a book that needed to be written.” It has been published in twenty-three languages. Caitlin Moran lives on Twitter with her husband and two children.

CAMILLE PAGLIA is recognized as one of the world’s top hundred public intellectuals by Foreign Policy and Prospect. She is currently a professor of humanities and media studies at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Her book Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson is considered an iconic work of literary criticism. Her other books include Sex, Art, and American Culture; Break, Blow, Burn; and Glittering Images: A Journey Through Art from Egypt to Star Wars. She was a co-founding contributor and columnist for Salon and has written numerous articles on art, literature, popular culture, feminism, politics, and religion for publications around the world. Camille Paglia lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.