{"id":32517,"date":"2017-12-10T20:36:41","date_gmt":"2017-12-10T20:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truthout.org\/author-bio\/jen-deerinwater\/"},"modified":"2020-08-21T15:31:09","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T19:31:09","slug":"jen-deerinwater","status":"publish","type":"to4_author_post","link":"https:\/\/truthout.org\/authors\/jen-deerinwater\/","title":{"rendered":"Jen Deerinwater"},"content":{"rendered":"<html><body><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jendeerinwater.com\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.jendeerinwater.com\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1598124365538000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEqmuz9Hu-Te9M_006k0v0DtdvhTA\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jen Deerinwater<\/a> is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, bisexual, Two Spirit, multiply-disabled journalist, speaker and organizer who covers the issues hir communities face with an intersectional lens. She\u2019s a contributor at<em> Truthout<\/em> and founding executive director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ircc.resist\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ircc.resist\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1598124365539000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE4q1JMwMenLWDe5vxrXvHL-u1rHA\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Crushing Colonialism. <\/a>Jen is the co-editor of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/sacredandsubversive.net\/about\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/sacredandsubversive.net\/about\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1598124365539000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHzp91ZgPrP08nUl-m5GRFnE9NUTw\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sacred and Subversive<\/a> <\/em>and hir work is included in the anthologies <em><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2019\/05\/23\/disability-visibility-new-anthology-coming-summer-2020\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2019\/05\/23\/disability-visibility-new-anthology-coming-summer-2020\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1598124365539000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHmJIBXagFze1ZxRux_LBCDAB2mag\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Disability Visibility<\/a> <\/em>and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/51243176-two-spirits-belong-here\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.nelwatishkamewe.com\/twospiritanthology&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1598124365539000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHeT1eZnlD5g-ovSC30cdz1-T7N4g\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Two-Spirits Belong Here<\/a>.<\/em> Jen has been interviewed for numerous outlets on hir work and <em>The Advocate<\/em> named hir a 2019 Champion of Pride. Follow Jen\u2019s musings and soapbox rants on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JDeerinwater\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JDeerinwater\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1598124365539000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGzySqLr5Pyhq9JVLJQkhfg3nUDHw\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JenDeerinwater\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/JenDeerinwater&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1598124365539000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHr3PU2b_uzyxXKOtU015Vb_QEB0Q\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jendeerinwater\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jendeerinwater\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1598124365539000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGUyEvb_LvNWoy_nTpeJRNAqpPY8w\">Insta<wbr><\/wbr>gram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jen Deerinwater is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, bisexual, Two Spirit, multiply-disabled journalist, speaker and organizer who covers the issues hir communities face with an intersectional lens. She\u2019s a contributor at Truthout and founding executive director of Crushing Colonialism. Jen is the co-editor of Sacred and Subversive and hir work is included &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/authors\/jen-deerinwater\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","tags":[],"admin_tag":[4],"class_list":["post-32517","to4_author_post","type-to4_author_post","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/to4_author_post\/32517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/to4_author_post"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/to4_author_post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32517"},{"taxonomy":"admin_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/admin_tag?post=32517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}