Kelsey Bolar
- Founding Editor
Kelsey Bolar is the Director of IW Features and a Senior Policy Analyst at Independent Women’s Forum.
She is also a senior Blankley Fellow at The Steamboat Institute. Her work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Newsweek, The Daily Mail, Fox News, National Review, The Washington Examiner, and more.
Bolar appears frequently in radio and TV outlets across the country and is a regular guest on the Fox News and Fox Business channels.
Before joining IWF, Bolar worked for The Heritage Foundation as a senior writer and producer. There, she co-hosted the weekly podcast, “Problematic Women,” produced videos that received millions of views, and regularly appeared on radio and TV.
A Connecticut native, Bolar graduated from Lafayette College in Easton, Pa., and lives in northern Virginia with her husband and three children.
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Stories by Kelsey
Documentary
Cat’s Story | Detransitioner Loses Natural Singing Voice After ‘Gender Affirming’ Care
Cat started testosterone after it was prescribed by Planned Parenthood, but soon it was…
Documentary
Daisy’s Story | After ‘Top Surgery’ & Hormones, Female Detransitioner Decided She Wanted to Be A Mom
Three years into her “transition,” Daisy Strongin was committed to being “trans until I…
Documentary
Vera’s Story | Mom Accuses Educators, Therapist of Driving Her Autistic, Gender Confused Child Into ‘Catastrophic Ruin’
Vera Lindner says educators and a therapist drove her high-functioning autistic, gender-confused daughter into…
Documentary
Susie’s Story | Public School, Mental Health Professionals Deceive Mom To Secretly Affirm Daughter
This mother of two young daughters came face-to-face with the growing phenomenon of adolescent…
Documentary
Jennifer’s Story | After Identifying as Trans, a Male Teacher Asked Her 11-Year-Old Daughter to Sleep In the Boy’s Cabin
At the beginning of the school year in 2019, Jennifer received an email from…
Documentary
Jeannette’s Story | Chicago Mother Loses Custody of Her Daughter—For Insisting That Her Daughter Is A Girl
Jeannette is speaking out to warn parents how gender ideology has become the latest…
Profile
Kristin’s Story | Classical Soprano Refuses to Allow AB5 to Silence Her Voice
Classical soprano Kristin Genis-Lund says mid-tier opera companies are in jeopardy with AB5.
Commentary
Survey: Majority Of Moms And Dads Prefer Flexible Work
Many moms and dads discovered the joys of spending more time with their children,…
Commentary
Biden Administration’s New Title IX Guidance Solidifies Threat To Girls’ Sports
The Department of Education on Wednesday took steps to legally redefine “sex” to include...