Title:The Write Stuff: A GEMA Talks Podcast – Soraya Chemaly (C’88) on Writing in the Public Eye

Welcome to another episode of The Write Stuff, a GEMA Talks podcast from the Hoya Writing Collective!

Hosts Brenna Gautam (L’19) and Maura McDonough (C’18) sit down with award-winning author and activist Soraya Chemaly (C’88) to discuss the impossible tension facing modern writers: you need to build a visible public platform, but visibility, especially for women, comes with real risks.

Soraya shares her journey from starting Georgetown’s feminist magazine The New Press in the 1980s to organizing a global campaign against Facebook over online harassment. She offers candid insights on building an audience (she went from viral Huffington Post posts to 200,000 followers), navigating the economics of freelance writing, and why writers should embrace their perspective rather than hide behind false neutrality. Watch the episode here.

The Write Stuff is a GEMA Talks podcast produced by the Hoya Writing Collective, an initiative to connect Georgetown alumni who are passionate about writing. To learn more, visit gema-hoyas.org.