How to Do Consent (Without Sounding Like a Robot): Learning Boundaries, Navigating Discomfort, and Getting to Know What You Really Want

Mia Schachter (they/them) is a writer, consent educator, and intimacy coordinator based in Los Angeles. A queer, millennial artist and philosopher, they are the creator of Consent Wizardry, an online consent school serving over a thousand students seeking more easeful relationships, clearer boundaries, and authentic self-expression. Mia is Tinder's Resident Consent Educator and has taught and spoken for organizations including Planned Parenthood, XBiz, and the Directors Guild's Women's Steering Committee. They are the author of Boundaries & Consent: A Workbook and Boundaries + Consent for People Pleasers. Drawing on a background in philosophy, gender studies, ethics, and neuroscience--as well as their lived experience with chronic illness--Schachter explores consent as a creative, anti-carceral practice that links body, desire, and imagination.