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Short Bio (50 words):
Danielle Muscato is a civil-rights activist, public speaker, debater, writer, podcast host, pundit, and transgender woman from the United States. She has appeared on various national news media including CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, NPR, and many others representing progressive political and social perspectives. Contact Ms. Muscato at danielle@daniellemuscato.com or on Twitter @DanielleMuscato. |
Long Bio (additional 400 words): Ms. Muscato is the woman behind the December 2016 viral "tweetstorm" directed at Donald Trump on Twitter, following the President-elect's complaints about a Saturday Night Live skit. Her tweetstorm was featured on NBC News, NPR's "Here & Now," Huffington Post, VH1, Yahoo!, Pink News, Salon, Raw Story, and many more.
A civil rights activist since 2011, Ms. Muscato has also appeared on or been quoted in Rolling Stone, People, Time, The New York Times, The Economist, SPIN, Entertainment Weekly, Billboard Magazine, and on BBC News, CNN, CBS, NPR, MSNBC, ABC, MTV News, VH1, "The Real Story" with Gretchen Carlson, The O'Reilly Factor, Huffington Post Live, Huffington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Raw Story, RT, Howard Stern, Sean Hannity, and more. An avid traveler, she has visited more than 170 cities in 8 countries across two continents. She also volunteers for a local animal shelter and is a musician who enjoys collecting art, author-signed books, and handmade guitars.
In 2016, she was appointed by the Columbia City Council in Columbia, Missouri to serve on its Commission on Human Rights.
In 2012, she was a staff writer for the Secular Student Alliance and co-authored the Group Running Guide, 4th Ed. Muscato is also the former Vice President of MU SASHA.
In 2004, Muscato founded the website FreeFiona.com, a campaign to Sony/BMG Music for the release of Fiona Apple's allegedly shelved third album, "Extraordinary Machine." The campaign was a success and the album was released to the public on October 4th, 2005, debuting at #7 on the Billboard charts and later earning RIAA "Gold" certification and a Grammy Award nomination. The book "Citizen Marketers" by mega-bloggers Ben McConnell & Jackie Huba, available from Amazon and creatingcustomerevangelists.com, describes the campaign strategy in more detail.
Free Fiona maintains a Twitter feed @freefiona and a Facebook Page with news and updates about Fiona Apple & her music.
Muscato left high school at age 17 to play music, and in her mid-20s decided to go back to school to study the evolution of morality and altruism in cooperative species.
Also an ordained minister, in February of 2011, she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from the Universal Life Church Monastery in Seattle, Washington.
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Organizations, Memberships, and Certifications:
Commission on Human Rights (Columbia, Missouri city appointment), American Federation of Musicians (Local 2-197), American Mensa, American Atheists, the Secular Coalition for America, the Secular Student Alliance, Planned Parenthood (President's Circle), the Society for Economic Anthropology, the American Anthropological Association, the Jesus Seminar (Associate Member), Missouri Real Estate Broker license (non-practicing)
A civil rights activist since 2011, Ms. Muscato has also appeared on or been quoted in Rolling Stone, People, Time, The New York Times, The Economist, SPIN, Entertainment Weekly, Billboard Magazine, and on BBC News, CNN, CBS, NPR, MSNBC, ABC, MTV News, VH1, "The Real Story" with Gretchen Carlson, The O'Reilly Factor, Huffington Post Live, Huffington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Raw Story, RT, Howard Stern, Sean Hannity, and more. An avid traveler, she has visited more than 170 cities in 8 countries across two continents. She also volunteers for a local animal shelter and is a musician who enjoys collecting art, author-signed books, and handmade guitars.
In 2016, she was appointed by the Columbia City Council in Columbia, Missouri to serve on its Commission on Human Rights.
In 2012, she was a staff writer for the Secular Student Alliance and co-authored the Group Running Guide, 4th Ed. Muscato is also the former Vice President of MU SASHA.
In 2004, Muscato founded the website FreeFiona.com, a campaign to Sony/BMG Music for the release of Fiona Apple's allegedly shelved third album, "Extraordinary Machine." The campaign was a success and the album was released to the public on October 4th, 2005, debuting at #7 on the Billboard charts and later earning RIAA "Gold" certification and a Grammy Award nomination. The book "Citizen Marketers" by mega-bloggers Ben McConnell & Jackie Huba, available from Amazon and creatingcustomerevangelists.com, describes the campaign strategy in more detail.
Free Fiona maintains a Twitter feed @freefiona and a Facebook Page with news and updates about Fiona Apple & her music.
Muscato left high school at age 17 to play music, and in her mid-20s decided to go back to school to study the evolution of morality and altruism in cooperative species.
Also an ordained minister, in February of 2011, she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from the Universal Life Church Monastery in Seattle, Washington.
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Organizations, Memberships, and Certifications:
Commission on Human Rights (Columbia, Missouri city appointment), American Federation of Musicians (Local 2-197), American Mensa, American Atheists, the Secular Coalition for America, the Secular Student Alliance, Planned Parenthood (President's Circle), the Society for Economic Anthropology, the American Anthropological Association, the Jesus Seminar (Associate Member), Missouri Real Estate Broker license (non-practicing)
Photos:
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For additional permissions regarding the first three images, or for any permissions for any of the other 33 images, please email Ms. Muscato.
Danielle Muscato grants permission only to professional journalism outlets, bloggers, and conference organizers to reproduce and redistribute only the first three headshot images below under the conditions that the images are used for press purposes only; that absolutely no cropping or editing is performed and no overlays cover, hide, conceal, or distort any part of the images; and that "DanielleMuscato.com" is credited for providing them.
For additional permissions regarding the first three images, or for any permissions for any of the other 33 images, please email Ms. Muscato.
