Katie Simon (they/them) is the author of Tell Me What You Like: An Honest Discussion of Sex and Intimacy After Sexual Assault (2025). Based on dozens of survivors' true stories about sex and relationships, TMWYL is a first-of-its-kind resource for survivors, partners, therapists, and loved ones—as seen on Oprah Daily, The Cut, Vogue, NPR, and more.

Katie has been invited to speak at dozens of bookshop events, Columbia University, Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy, University of Minnesota, Indiana University and The Kinsey Institute, panels on queer survivor narratives, UT Austin sororities, and more. 

Katie can address topics like:

• Healthy Relationships After Sexual Assault

• SEX AFTER BLANK: The Formative Experiences That Affect How We Have Sex

• Embodied Consent: Why the Old Consent Isn’t Enough

• Survivors’ Wisdom: Reenvisioning Our Sexual Culture in a Post-#MeToo World

• How Survivors’ Knowledge Can Improve Care Workers’ Practices 

• What Partners of Survivors Can Do to Improve Communication, Consent, and Intimacy 

• …and any of the topics discussed in Tell Me What You Like. 

Available for Conferences, Campus-Wide Events, group discussions, Campus Sexual Health events, Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Mental Health Awareness Month, Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Department Keynotes (Social Work, Gender and Women’s Studies, Psychology, Sociology, Public Health), writing workshops, Hillel and Jewish programming, and more (including programs that offer CE credits). 

To enquire email katiewsimon@gmail.com.