Mirjam Herrmann, born in 1997, is a lawyer and climate activist. She studied law in Passau and London and currently coordinates the legal department of the protest group Last Generation. She gained notoriety in 2022 through a public campaign: to draw attention to climate change, she threw mashed potatoes at
Ronya Othmann, born in Munich in 1993, is an author and journalist. She studied at the Swiss Literature Institute in Biel and the German Literature Institute in Leipzig. Until 2020, she wrote about Middle East politics for taz. Since 2021, she has been responsible for the »Import Export« column in
Ann-Kristin Tlusty, born in 1994, studied sociology, psychology and cultural studies, works as an editor at »ZEIT ONLINE« since 2018 and is a freelance author for Deutschlandfunk Kultur. Her topics include social injustice, feminist issues, and contemporary cultural phenomena. In 2021, she published her first book »Süß. Eine feministische Kritik«
Wolfgang M. Schmitt, born in 1988, is a film critic, web video producer, podcast presenter, and author. He gained fame mainly through his YouTube channel »Die Filmanalyse«. Together with Stefan Schulz, he runs the political podcast »Die Neuen Zwanziger« and with Ole Nymoen the economic podcast »Wohlstand für Alle«. He
Şeyda Kurt, born in Cologne in 1992, studied philosophy, Romance studies, and cultural journalism in Cologne, Bordeaux, and Berlin. As a publicist, she places herself in the field between Marxism and queer-feminist theory and practice and works, among others, for the political features section of »Deutschlandfunk Kultur« and »ZEIT Online«.
Dilek Mayatürk was born in Istanbul in 1986, where she also began her studies in sociology. She continued her studies at the Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt and then worked as a documentary film producer and author for various media. She writes poetry in German and Turkish. Her first volume of poetry »Cesaret
Mithu Sanyal was born in Düsseldorf in 1971. She holds a doctorate in cultural studies and works as an author, journalist and critic. In 2009, she published the non-fiction book »Vulva. Die Enthüllung des unsichtbaren Geschlechts (tr: Vulva: Revealing the Invisible Sex) about the historical and cultural changes in the
Daniel Schreiber was born in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in 1977. He is a writer, translator, and columnist. As an author, he published the Susan-Sontag biography »Geist und Glamour« (2007; Eng. »Susan Sonntag: A Biography«, 2014) as well as four extremely successful volumes of essays in which he interweaves his personal memories and
Logan February was born in 1999 in Anambra, Nigeria. In addition to writing poetry, essays, and song lyrics, Logan February is an LGBTQI+ activist. February studied psychology at the University of Ibadan and creative writing at Purdue University. February’s texts challenge common thought patterns: West African traditions meet European discourses,
Charlotte Gneuß was born in Ludwigsburg in 1992, studied social work in Dresden, literary writing in Leipzig, and scenic writing in Berlin. Her debut »Gittersee« (2023), about a youth in the GDR in the 1970s, presented a »novel with the right tone and the right questions« (FAZ). It was longlisted
