Julielyn Gibbons, under her pseudonym Liberal Lucy, is one of the best-known and most respected voices in Michigan's progressive netroots community. A front-page contributor at MichiganLiberal.com, Michigan's chief progressive blog she's also the creator of Liberal, Loud and Proud, her personal blog, focused on living with a chronic illness and politics in the Mid-Michigan area.

A passionate advocator since falling ill with Crohn's Disease at the age of 14, Gibbons has worked tirelessly in all avenues of progressive advocacy on the local, state and federal levels, all while surviving more than 70 hospitalizations and 35 surgeries.

As the former Vice-President of the United Ostomy Associations of America, where she was the youngest national officer ever elected in the history of the organization at the age of 23, Gibbons now serves as the Online Campaign Coordinator for Progress Michigan, part of the Progress Now network, so she has to remind you that all of her thoughts and words here and at the blogs she contributes on are solely hers and do not necessarily reflect the views of her employer. She has also made numerous radio and television appearances to discuss netroots activism and state politics throughout Michigan.