Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler

Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler is a writer, folklorist, and advocate currently working in reproductive justice. She earned her MA in Folklore from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2021, and her thesis project, Mir Zaynen Do!, was published in the inaugural issue of the Journal of Jewish Folklore and Ethnology. She co-edited a forthcoming volume from the University Press of Mississippi on American Girl dolls, girlhood, and nostalgia with Dr. KC Hysmith, and served as the 2023 Folklore Specialist for the Museum at Eldridge Street's annual Egg Rolls, Egg Creams, and Empanadas Festival. She is a frequent contributor to Lilith Magazine, and her work has also been featured in Southern Cultures, the Bitter Southerner, and the New York Times. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two cats.