Nina Shen Rastogi is a freelance writer and editor who was forged in the Bay Area but now lives in Brooklyn. She was most recently the lead writer for Brow Beat, Slate's culture blog, and an editor at DoubleX, the magazine's section for women. Her writing has appeared in the International Herald Tribune, the Washington Post, and the New York Times online, among other publications, and her commentary has been heard on such august public radio programs as All Things Considered, Talk of the Nation, and WNYC's Soundcheck.