{"id":109,"date":"2023-08-06T13:36:59","date_gmt":"2023-08-06T13:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alexandrakitty.com\/?page_id=109"},"modified":"2026-03-17T10:19:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T10:19:05","slug":"who-is-she","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alexandrakitty.com\/index.php\/who-is-she\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is She?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover has-black-background-color has-background-dim\" style=\"min-height:350px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"517\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-2009 size-large\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandrakitty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screen-Shot-2026-02-28-at-12.10.52-AM-1024x517.png\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexandrakitty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screen-Shot-2026-02-28-at-12.10.52-AM-1024x517.png 1024w, https:\/\/alexandrakitty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screen-Shot-2026-02-28-at-12.10.52-AM-300x152.png 300w, https:\/\/alexandrakitty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screen-Shot-2026-02-28-at-12.10.52-AM-768x388.png 768w, https:\/\/alexandrakitty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screen-Shot-2026-02-28-at-12.10.52-AM.png 1156w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#627775\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color\">Alexandra Kitty<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-white-color has-text-color\">Award-winning author, artist, educator, researcher, AI advocate, and scholar<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:65%\">\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Alexandra Kitty<\/strong> is an <a href=\"https:\/\/ippyawards.com\/157\/medalists\/2021-medalists-cat-1-28\/2021-medalists-cat-60-86\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">award<\/a>&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.mcmaster.ca\/s\/1439\/17\/interior.aspx?sid=1439&amp;gid=1&amp;pgid=2328\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">winning<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/policewriter.com\/2024\/07\/14\/2024-pswa-writing-competition-winners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">author<\/a>, artist, educator, researcher, and scholar. <br><br> Her work has appeared in <em>Presstime, Quill, Current, Editor &amp; Publisher, Elle Canada, Maisonneuve, Critical Review, Thorn Literary, Exterminating Angel,<\/em> and <em>Skeptic<\/em>. She was a relationships columnist for the <em>Hamilton Spectator<\/em> and an advice columnist for the <em>Victoria Times-Colonist<\/em>. <br><br> Alexandra has taught art and communications at various colleges, was a true crime <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm13460657\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">researcher<\/a> for Cineflix&#8217;s <em>A Time to Kill<\/em>, and is the first female recipient of the Arch Award from McMaster University. She is pro\u2011AI and uses it extensively in her creative, investigative, and educational work, while being sharply critical of fear\u2011based narratives, exploitative uses, and institutional hypocrisy around the technology.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-yellow-faint-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-radius:12px;padding-top:20px;padding-right:20px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:20px;flex-basis:35%\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">\ud83c\udfc6 Major Honors<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><br>        <strong>IPPY Silver Medalist<\/strong> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/ippyawards.com\/157\/medalists\/2021-medalists-cat-1-28\/2021-medalists-cat-60-86\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Art of Kintsugi<\/a><br>      <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><br>        <strong>Arch Award<\/strong> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.mcmaster.ca\/s\/1439\/17\/interior.aspx?sid=1439&amp;gid=1&amp;pgid=2328\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McMaster University<\/a><br>      <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><br>        <strong>PSWA Winner<\/strong> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/policewriter.com\/2024\/07\/14\/2024-pswa-writing-competition-winners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 PSWA Writing Competition<\/a><br>      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-blue-faint-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-radius:10px;padding-top:20px;padding-right:20px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:20px\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">\ud83d\udcda Books by Alexandra Kitty<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"272\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandrakitty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screen-Shot-2025-07-25-at-5.47.38-AM-1024x272.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexandrakitty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screen-Shot-2025-07-25-at-5.47.38-AM-1024x272.png 1024w, https:\/\/alexandrakitty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screen-Shot-2025-07-25-at-5.47.38-AM-300x80.png 300w, https:\/\/alexandrakitty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screen-Shot-2025-07-25-at-5.47.38-AM-768x204.png 768w, https:\/\/alexandrakitty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screen-Shot-2025-07-25-at-5.47.38-AM-1536x407.png 1536w, https:\/\/alexandrakitty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screen-Shot-2025-07-25-at-5.47.38-AM.png 2036w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">She has written numerous books over the years, spanning art, true crime, and cultural commentary.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-green-faint-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-radius:10px;padding-top:20px;padding-right:20px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:20px\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">\ud83c\udfa8 Kintsugi Instructor<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Alexandra also teaches the art of kintsugi: the Japanese craft of beautiful repair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandrakitty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/CopyofCopyofpodcastcompetition.png\" alt=\"Kintsugi Art by Alexandra Kitty\" class=\"wp-image-293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexandrakitty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/CopyofCopyofpodcastcompetition.png 1000w, https:\/\/alexandrakitty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/CopyofCopyofpodcastcompetition-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/alexandrakitty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/CopyofCopyofpodcastcompetition-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/alexandrakitty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/CopyofCopyofpodcastcompetition-770x433.png 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-yellow-faint-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" 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Her work has appeared in Presstime, Quill, Current, Editor &amp; Publisher, Elle Canada, Maisonneuve, Critical Review, Thorn Literary, Exterminating Angel, and Skeptic. She was a relationships columnist for the Hamilton Spectator and an advice columnist for the Victoria Times-Colonist. 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