Say hi to Sally at give her a shout on Instagram or follow her on Twitter. She graduated from The George Washington University in 2013 with a degree in political science and a minor in queer studies. Her areas of focus included dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline and supporting community-based alternatives to youth incarceration.
Before she transitioned to a career in digital media, Sally worked as a program director for a non-profit in Washington, DC. Previously, she helped to shape BuzzFeed's early shopping coverage, which included introducing its popular "What's trending on Amazon?" series. Prior to joining Insider Inc., she was the lifestyle editor at Hearst's, where she wrote product reviews and gift guides, and developed the site's coverage of big deal days like Prime Day, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday. She has over six years' experience covering major deal holidays like Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and Amazon Prime Day, and has also helped pioneer the team's e-learning and personal development coverage amid a rapidly shifting education landscape. She has interviewed startup CEOs and brand founders, reported on the rebirth of a fashion company that narrowly escaped bankruptcy, written guides to wardrobe staples like the best loafers, developed testing methodology for hundreds of stories, and edited countless reviews, buying guides, deal articles, and gift guides. Sally started working at Insider in 2018 as an editor and has since held the role of senior editor and deputy editor on the Reviews team. She manages growth for all areas of editorial coverage, with a particular focus on developing tools for editorial decision-making, strategic content planning, and upholding strong journalistic standards for the Reviews team. Sally Kaplan is the Executive Editor for Insider Reviews, a wing of Insider's service journalism team. More than a typical music memoir about sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll-although it certainly has plenty of that - "Tranny" is an inside look at one of the most remarkable stories in the history of rock. "Tranny" is the intimate story of Against Me!'s enigmatic founder, weaving the narrative of the band's history, as well as Grace's, with dozens of never-before-seen entries from the piles of journals Grace kept. Not until May of 2012 did a Rolling Stone profile finally reveal it: Gabel is a transsexual, and would from then on be living as a woman under the name Laura Jane Grace. Underneath the public turmoil, something much greater occupied Gabel-a secret kept for 30 years, only acknowledged in the scrawled-out pages of personal journals and hidden in lyrics. Since its inception in 1997, Against Me! has been one of punk's most influential modern bands, but also one of its most divisive.
Gabel formed Against Me! and rocketed the band from its scrappy beginnings to a major-label powerhouse that critics have called this generation's The Clash. It began in a bedroom in Naples, Florida, when a misbehaving punk teenager named Tom Gabel, armed with nothing but an acoustic guitar and a headful of anarchist politics, landed on a riff. * Descriptions listed are from the book's page on Amazon, which are generally provided by the publisher. I drew upon my own reading list, and asked friends, coworkers, and professors from all walks of life, of all identities and religions, to share their must-reads - all of which you can find below. You'll find a mix of academic literature, fiction, poetry, and more. This year for Pride Month, instead of doing a roundup of businesses that have pride collections, we thought it would be more useful to put together a list of books about LGBTQ culture, history, politics, and even some fiction for anyone in pursuit of more knowledge about the brilliance of the queer community, our struggle, or stories of our lives. But less frequently do we write about books that have deeply personal meaning, or share our personal reading lists beyond what the BI Staff Book Club has been reading. We write about books a lot at Business Insider, particularly as they pertain to topics of succeeding in the worlds of business and technology. They can be a means for sharing our stories, constructing and deconstructing our identities, and learning about our own history. For our friends and family, they can be a tool for better supporting and understanding our lived experiences and histories. For many queer people, books are where we turn for validation, understanding, and connection.