Lindy West

Lindy West
Born United States
Residence Seattle, Washington
Occupation Writer, newspaper editor

Lindy West is an American writer[1] and film criticism editor.[2][3] West won the 2013 Women's Media Center Social Media Award.[4]

Career

Originally from Seattle, Washington, West is the daughter of Ingrid and Paul West, who was a musician. She attended Occidental College in Los Angeles, California.[1][5]

In 2009, West began working as the film editor for Seattle's alternative weekly newspaper, The Stranger.[1] In 2011, she moved to Los Angeles, but continued to write for The Stranger until September 2012.[1][6][7]

She was a staff writer for Jezebel[8][9] where she wrote on racism, sexism, and fat shaming.[10][2] West's work has been published in the Daily Telegraph,[11] GQ,[12] the New York Daily News,[13] Vulture.com,[14] Deadspin, Cracked.com,[15] MSNBC[16] and The Guardian.[1][17] In 2013 West won the Social Media Award from the Women's Media Center, presented by Jane Fonda in New York City.[4] Accepting the award, West said, "I hear a lot these days about the lazy, aimless 'millennials' -- about how all we want to do is sit around twerking our iPods and Tweedling our Kardashians -- and I also hear people asking, 'Where is the next generation of the social justice movement? Where are all the young feminists and womanists and activists?' Dude, they're on the internet."[4][18]

Books

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Author Archive: Lindy West." The Stranger. Accessed on January 21, 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Brodeur, Nicole (July 7, 2013), "Lindy West: Finding 'Invisible Hypocrisies'", The Seattle Times
  3. ↑ "Masthead", The Stranger, archived from the original on November 1, 2011
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Lindy West Wins Women's Media Center Social Media Award, Women's Media Center, October 8, 2013
  5. ↑ "Entertaining Paul West always had 'droll story'; Obituary. (Obituary)", The Seattle Times, December 15, 2011
  6. ↑ "Lindy West Announces Move to LA, Seattle Cries." Seattlest. August 30, 2011. Accessed on January 21, 2012.
  7. ↑ West, Lindy. "So Long, Suckers!!! I Never Liked You!" The Stranger. September 13, 2011. Accessed on January 21, 2012.
  8. ↑ "Stop Calling Yourself A Feminist" Slate. Accessed on August 20, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Whoa, The Reaction To That Column Was Crazy" RedEye Chicago. Accessed on August 20, 2012.
  10. ↑ Davis, Brangien (January 2014), "Seattle's Lindy West Brings Women's Issues to Light Online; Writer, performer and activist Lindy West keeps her wit about her", Seattle Magazine
  11. ↑ "Lindy West." Telegraph. Accessed on January 21, 2012.
  12. ↑ "Contributors: Lindy West." GQ. Accessed on January 21, 2012.
  13. ↑ West, Lindy. "Anatomy of a racist: Our awkward relationship with Mel Gibson." NY Daily News. July 19, 2010. Accessed on January 21, 2012.
  14. ↑ West, Lindy (February 2, 2012). "Glee Recap: Takin’ It to the Streets". Vulture.com.
  15. ↑ West, Lindy (June 11, 2011). "How To Be a Person: A Guide to Life for the Recent Graduate". Cracked.com.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "I Jumped the Shark on My Pony. It Is My Pony's Only Trick.". Lindy West. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  17. ↑ "Lindy West." The Guardian. Accessed on January 21, 2012.
  18. ↑ Lindy West Receives the WMC's Social Media Award from Jane Fonda on YouTube

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