Fuzzy Shostak (they/any) is an organizer, author, and educator of consent, co-ops, contact improvisation, and alternative economic systems. Chronically ill, disabled, polyamorous, queer, gender transcendent. Founder of six co-ops, including
Consent Beyond Yes—a worker co-op doing sex-positive consent education with an orientation toward mutual desire, under contract with Routledge to publish a book of the same name in 2024. Fuzzy also works as a worker co-op consultant with
Collective Seeds Consulting Co-op and a
freelance web and software developer. Their current home base is the
New Culture Co-op in Greenfield, MA, which they helped create. Fuzzy’s theme for 2024 is equanimity.