Dear Thyroid^TM

Katie Schwartz: Founder, Dear Thyroid.

Katie is a comedy writer and essayist. Her essays have been featured in Ostrich Ink, Monkeybicycle, Dirty Humor Issue #5, Farmhouse Magazine, Girlistic Magazine, Tastes like Chicken and 6S, among others. Her essays have also debuted at Comedy Central’s Sit-n-Spin. Katie’s first, essay collection titled Emotionally Pantsed is forthcoming (date TBA).You can read her daily rants about life, love—or lack thereof and social commentary at her website, KatieSchwartz.com and her archives at All the Way from Oy to Vey. Katie is also the LA Thyroid Health Examiner for The Examiner.

Ravaged, not in an, “Oh, please don’t stop” kind of way, by Graves’ disease and Graves’ Opthalmopathy, she is an inductee into the Jacked Thyroid Club. A practicing vegan, gluten free, feminist and vintage tchoch collector, Katie gave birth to Dear Thyroid after recalling the many hate letters she penned at the too-many-to-cite heights of her illness, hoping other members of the JTC  (jacked thyroid club) might find it as cathartic as she did and still does.

You can find out more about Katie by visiting her website.

PS: Katie would also like to extend special thanks and gratitude to Quin Browne and Freida Bee, two women she adores who, to this day will always be a part of Dear Thyroid in spirit.

PSS: Katie would also like to thank Dear Thyroid’s Editor-In-Chief, Liz Schau, for her tireless work and commitment to our ever growing community. Additionally, Katie is grateful for Liz’s passion, enthusiasm and work towards improving our lives as we strive towards whole body wellness via her column “How To Kick Your Thyroid’s Ass“.

PSSS: Robyn Davis Hahn, Dear Thyroid’s Forum Manager, a fellow thyroid patient, friend and inspiration, wrote a post that encapsulates, so beautifully, one of my greatest hopes and dreams for Dear Thyroid. I hope you you will read it: Almost Famous.