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Occupation Writer, Performer, Activist Notable work My One-Night Stand With Cancer: A Memoir, #ItWasNeverADress: Campaign Books My One-Night Stand With Cancer: A Memoir Nominations Stonewall Book Awards - Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award, Lambda Literary Award for Belles Lettres | ||
It was never a dress the power of a poetic leap of faith tania katan tedxncssm
Tania Katan (born, 1971) is an award-winning author, playwright, public speaker, activist, and performer. Katan's writing and creative works use humor to challenge notions of gender, voice, family and illness. Katan is known in the tech world for the #ItWasNeverADress campaign which strives to shift perceptions of women in male-dominated fields.
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- It was never a dress the power of a poetic leap of faith tania katan tedxncssm
- Books
- Plays
- Programs
- ItWasNeverADress Campaign
- References
Katan's battle with cancer led her to write for the cancer-awareness initiative Stand Up to Cancer and to publish her first memoir My One-Night Stand With Cancer. She adapted the memoir into a one-woman show, Saving Tania's Privates. Katan's works have been presented internationally and won several awards.
Books
Tania Katan has been treated for breast cancer twice: at age 21, and at age 31. As a result of her experiences, she has become an advocate for breast cancer awareness, and has written a memoir and a play about breast cancer. Her first memoir, My One-Night Stand With Cancer, received the Stonewall Book Award, the Judy Grahn Award for Nonfiction from the Publishing Triangle, and a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award.
Katan published a second memoir, Pop (Childhood 6 of 1) in 2015. Her writing can also be found in publications such as The Huffington Post, The Advocate, and Stand Up to Cancer's website.
Plays
While studying theatre at Arizona State University, Katan wrote her first play Stages. It was produced at University of Connecticut and received staged readings at American Stage Theatre Company and Circle Repertory. Stages met with positive reviews.
She adapted her first memoir, My One-Night Stand With Cancer, into a solo-show, Saving Tania’s Privates. The show made its New York debut at Frigid New York Festival in 2011 where it won the Audience Choice Award for Best Show and the Sold Out Run Award.
Katan’s plays and solo-performance have also appeared at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Circle Repertory Theatre Theatre of NOTE, and the Renberg Theatre. Her work has gained national recognition. Publications such as New York Times, Huffington Post, DIVA Magazine, The Scotsman, The Advocate have all written about her work.
Programs
Katan has created and produced programs at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, including Arm Wrestling For Art and Lit Lounge.
#ItWasNeverADress Campaign
Tania Katan is one of the co-creators for #ItWasNeverADress. This campaign is focused on addressing gender inequality in the technology industry and beyond. The Scottsdale-based software company Axosoft is doing away with the age-old symbol of a generic lady in a dress, as seen on women's bathroom's, and instead replacing the "triangle dress" with a superhero cape. Katan first came up with the idea as a part of an inaugural Girls In Tech Catalyst Conference in Phoenix, Arizona. Katan was asked to create an empowering campaign for women in tech, which led to her new take on the traditional female symbol. #ItWasNeverADress hopes to spark conversations about gender norms, not only by encouraging women to be more involved in STEM fields, but also by raising important points about representation of the LGBT community. This campaign became an Internet sensation, picked up by national news outlets such as CNN, The New York Times, TIME magazine and Yahoo!