Laura Barcella is a freelance writer and the weekend editor at xoJane. She's the author of the book The End: 50 Apocalyptic Visions From Pop Culture That You Should Know About...Before It's Too Late (Zest Books, July 2012), and the editor of Madonna & Me, an anthology of women-penned personal essays about Madonna (Soft Skull Press, March 2012). She's obsessed with animals, trash rags, feminist-y stuff, and sugar.