About Kristen

Kristen J. Sollée is a writer, curator, and educator exploring the electric intersections of art, gender, and occulture. She has written for mainstream and academic publications including The Huffington Post, VICE, NYLON, Time Out New York, BUST, The Journal of Fashion, Style and Popular Culture, and Current Musicology; organized dozens of multi-disciplinary music and art events and exhibitions; and lectured at colleges and conferences in the U.S. and Europe on topics as disparate as feminist witchcraft, Japanese visual culture, and the performance of masculinity in 80s glam metal.

As a lecturer at The New School, her signature college course "The Legacy of the Witch" followed the witch across history, pop culture, and politics. Sollée’s critically-acclaimed book inspired by the course, Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive, was published by Stone Bridge Press in 2017. She has appeared on NPR, Viceland’s Slutever, and Huffington Post Live and at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, George Washington University, the University of Southern California, and the University of Alabama to discuss the political history of the witch archetype. In 2020, Witch, Sluts, Feminists was chosen by the New York Public Library as one of its Essential Reads on Feminism for Adults.

Kristen is also the founding editrix of Slutist, a sex positive feminist website that was active between 2013-2019, and she produced the Slutist Tarot deck by Morgan Claire Sirene between 2017-2024.

Kristen’s work has recently been featured in National Geographic, Teen Vogue, The Times Literary Supplement, Atlas Obscura, Dazed, and The Guardian. Her second and third books, Cat Call: Reclaiming the Feral Feminine and Witch Hunt: A Traveler’s Guide to the Power and Persecution of the Witch, were published by Weiser Books.

Recent Speaking Engagements

“We Are Entranced, Spellbound: Undressing A 40-Year Love Affair Between Goth and the Occult.” Lecture presented at the Goth Symposium at Brooklyn Bazaar. Brooklyn, NY, October 2019.

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“Witches, Sluts, Feminists.” Lecture presented at the Chicago Humanities Festival at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Chicago, IL, November 2018.

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“Exploring the Demon Feminine in Film.” Lecture presented at the Monsters of Film Festival. Stockholm, Sweden, October 2018.

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“Witch Feminism: A Brief History.” Lecture presented at the Student Association for Gender Empowerment at the University of Southern California. Los Angeles, CA, November 2017.

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“Examining The ‘Witch’ Archetype and its Impact on Women’s Leadership Opportunities & Global Politics.” Lecture presented at Elliot School of International Affairs, George Washington University. Washington, D.C., October 2017.