This biography of a living person relies too much on references to primary sources .(September 2008) |
Heather Corinna | |
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Born | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | April 18, 1970
Education | Chicago Academy for the Arts Shimer College |
Occupation(s) | Feminist activist, writer, photographer, artist, educator |
Heather Corinna (born April 18, 1970) is an author, activist, and Internet publisher with a focus on progressive, affirming sexuality. Corinna is a self-described "queer, rabblerousing, polymath". [1] Corinna is non-binary [2] and has advocated for accepting the diverse forms of a sexual experience and avoiding "expertitis". [3]
Corinna was born in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in Chicago and Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [1] Corinna suffered sexual assault at age 12, and was homeless by age 16. [4] Corinna has written about the role that sexual assault and other violence experienced as a youth have played in motivating their later art and activism. [5]
Corinna is a 1986 graduate of the Chicago Academy for the Arts, studying music, creative writing, and art. [6] Corinna also attended Shimer College, then located in Waukegan, majoring in Humanities. [1]
Later, Corinna worked for several years as an early childhood educator. After working in education with developmentally disabled adults and in a Montessori elementary classroom, Corinna founded an alternative kindergarten/pre-kindergarten in Chicago, running it from 1992 to 1996. [7] and continuing to work as a kindergarten teacher until quitting to work on Scarleteen (see below) full-time. [8]
In the late 1990s, Corinna founded Scarlet Letters, an adult erotica online magazine targeted at women. [9] Shortly after being created, the site was removed by web hosting provider Verio, forcing a need to find alternate hosting. [8]
Since the main content of the site was meant to be off-limits to teenagers, Corinna posted five pages of basic sexual education content for teenagers to read. [6] Upon being deluged with requests for further information, Corinna established Scarleteen in 1998. [6] The side of the website targeted at girls was originally known as "Pink Slip". [8] In 1999, a section targeted at boys, initially known as "The Boyfriend", was added. [8]
Both Scarlet Letters and Scarleteen faced difficulty obtaining traffic and financial support in their early years. In the 1990s, Scarleteen was often excluded by mainstream directories as too sexual, while pornographic sites also refused to provide a link to it for their under-18 visitors. [8] The site subsequently came to survive largely on donations, [8] some of which came from past users with children of their own. [10]
In 2015, Corinna received the Sexual Health Champion award from Vancouver-based Options for Sexual Health. [10]
Corinna established a Facebook group for people in perimenopause and menopause in 2019. [11]
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