Jake Maia Arlow is a Stonewall Hon­or author, pod­cast pro­duc­er, and bagel con­nois­seur. She stud­ied evo­lu­tion­ary biol­o­gy and cre­ative writ­ing (not as dif­fer­ent as you might think) at Barnard Col­lege. She lives with her girl­friend and their loud cat in the Pacif­ic Northwest.