Niko Stratis is a culture writer based in Toronto, Ontario. Her work has appeared in Spin, Xtra, Autostraddle, Paste, Bitch, Catapult, and in her newsletter, Anxiety Shark. Her forthcoming collection of essays, The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman, is slated to be published through the American Music Series at the University of Texas in early 2025. Niko is also working on her debut novel, Girls of Summer, a punk rock novel about three friends spending a life-altering day at the Vans Warped Tour in 2001. Niko handles the Canadian side of Girl Dad Press.