Melissa Gira Grant is a journalist and author, covering sexual politics and human rights. She's a contributing writer for Pacific Standard and the Village Voice. Her feature reporting has been published in the Guardian, BuzzFeed, VICE, and The Nation, and her commentary has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Slate, Salon, and Jezebel, among other publications. Her latest book is Playing the Whore: The Work of Sex Work.