About – Cancel the Patriarchy

Amy Wisner, Ph.D.

Founder

Amy is audacious and unapologetic in her quest to smash oppressive systems. As a former rule-following good girl, she can deeply empathize with anyone who struggles to break the rules. Once upon a time, she wanted nothing more than to check the patriarchal life boxes, keep everyone happy, and "live happily ever after."

What a crock. (more on that here)

At any rate, Amy decided to stop coloring her gray hair at nearly 40 years old... and the rest was history. A few years later, she chose to become a single mom by choice through double-donor IVF. She's now living her best life as Olivia and Caleb's mom, a professor at Michigan State University, and the founder of The Rebellion @cancelthepatriarchy.org.

Amy is an interpersonal communication researcher and professor who passionately peruses research journals and other academic publications for fun. (Yeah, she's a nerd.) She's a lifelong learner with a background in business and a deep need to understand everything she can about human communication behavior. She researches social influence with the goal of identifying the kinds of people who can create meaningful social change.

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Amy delivered a TEDxMSU talk that inspired her to start The Rebellion. While collaborating with the other amazing event speakers - Karl, Fatima, Kyle, and Jamie - she realized there was a serious need to take action. The Patriarchy needs to be cancelled, we can all agree on that. So, here we are. Let's do this.