Erin Bried Explained

Erin Bried
Birth Date:Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Education:Pennsylvania State University
Spouse:Holly Bemiss m. 2008
Children:2
Known For:Editor-in-chief, Kazoo magazine
Url:kazoomagazine.com

Erin Bried is an American publisher, author, and the founder and editor-in-chief of Kazoo magazine, the first children’s magazine to win the National Magazine Award for General Excellence, in 2019.[1] She is the author of three books, including How to Sew a Button: and other Nifty Things Your Grandmother Knew.

Early life and education

Bried was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, to William Bried, a lawyer, and Claire Bried, a teacher.[2] She attended Parkland High School in South Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania[3] where she was captain of the soccer team in her senior year[4] and was nominated for the first "Soccer Scholar Athlete Award" from the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference in 1992.[5]

Bried then attended Pennsylvania State University’s Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications,[6] where she graduated with a degree in advertising in 1996.[7] [8]

Career

Between 1997 and 2015 Bried worked at Condé Nast as an editor at Glamour and then editor-at-large at Self.[9] She was also a writer and editor for Golf for Women, Women’s Health[10] and Good Housekeeping.[11]

Bried decided to create Kazoo magazine in 2016 in response to a shopping trip with her 5-year old daughter, where the covers of the girls’ magazines they looked at “all had dolls, lip gloss and princesses on them; they all had articles about ‘how to get pretty hair, how to have good manners’".[12] In creating a print-only magazine, Bried saw the “magazine as an opportunity to politicize girls at a critical moment in their lives, to ‘shore up their foundation’ of empowerment before the pressures of patriarchy set in during adolescence.”[13]

Bried is the only full-time staff member of the magazine, she writes everything except the fiction.[14] On behalf of Kazoo she has appeared on Today, Better TV and NPR.[15]

Kickstarter campaign

Bried launched a Kickstarter campaign in March 2016, with the aim of raising US$150,000. Two of Bried’s friends, both filmmakers, made a launch video that “went viral” and Neil Gaiman and Roxane Gay tweeted about it.[16] Within 30 days the campaign had raised $171,215 from 3,000 people.[17] At that point, it was the highest funded journalism campaign on Kickstarter (this record has since been superseded).[18] Almost one third of the donations came from first-time backers.[19]

Publications

Bried has published or edited the following books:

Awards and honours

In 2022, Bried was named a Parkland School District Education Foundation Distinguished Alumna and her name was added to its Wall of Honor.[24]

Personal life

As a student at Penn State, Bried met Holly Bemiss. In 1997, they moved to New York City[25] and married in 2008 at Prospect Park, Brooklyn.[26] A photo of Bried and Bemiss at their wedding ceremony appeared on the cover of New York Magazine’s 2008 winter issue.[27] [28] Bemiss is a literary agent. They have two children.[29]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ASME's Ellie Awards Honor the Old Guard — And Some Newcomers, Too. Maxine. Wally. March 15, 2019 . 2022-04-03.
  2. Web site: Holly Bemiss and Erin Bried . . . 2024-01-05.
  3. News: 1991-05-02 . The Morning Call . . Honor Rolls . 22 . Allentown, Pa, USA .
  4. News: 1989-08-09 . The Morning Call . . The Morning Call Area . 34 . Allentown, Pa, USA .
  5. News: 1992-07-02 . The Morning Call . . 9 area female soccer players receive awards . 22 . Allentown, Pa, USA .
  6. Web site: Alum's new magazine for girls is a noisemaker . Jonathan McVerry . psu.edu . 2024-01-05.
  7. News: 1996-09-30 . The Morning Call . . Students receive degrees from Pennsylvania State . 14 . Allentown, Pa, USA .
  8. Web site: Holly Bemiss and Erin Bried . . . 2024-01-05.
  9. Web site: Holly Bemiss and From Kazoo to Noisemakers: Alyssa Wejebe interviews Erin Bried . Alyssa Wejebe . solrad.co . 2024-01-05.
  10. Web site: The Ms. Q&A: Erin Bried believes in girls (and feminist media) . Chelsea Johnson . msmagazine.com . 2024-01-05.
  11. News: 2016-05-01 . The Palm Beach Post . Liz Smith . 'The Boss' a criminal waste of Melissa McCarthy's talent . F2 . West Palm Beach, Fl, USA .
  12. Web site: Finally there's a feminist magazine, Kazoo, for girls who love science and climbing trees . Anna Swartz . mic.com . 2024-01-05.
  13. Web site: The Ms. Q&A: Erin Bried believes in girls (and feminist media) . Chelsea Johnson . msmagazine.com . 2024-01-05.
  14. Web site: The little magazine that could . Erin Bried . pagesthemagazine.com . 2024-01-05.
  15. Web site: Erin Bried . . penguinrandomhouse.com . 2024-01-05.
  16. Web site: The little magazine that could . Erin Bried . pagesthemagazine.com . 2024-01-05.
  17. Web site: A magazine for little girls who want to grow up to be president . Michelle Ruiz . vogue.com . 2024-01-05.
  18. Web site: The little magazine that could . Erin Bried . pagesthemagazine.com . 2024-01-05.
  19. Web site: Alum's new magazine for girls is a noisemaker . Jonathan McVerry . psu.edu . 2024-01-05.
  20. Web site: New anthology aims to make some noise for women's history month . Rob Salkowitz . forbes.com . 2024-01-05.
  21. Web site: Grandmas share domestic expertise . Staff writer . dispatch.com . 2024-01-05.
  22. Web site: Lessons from a hero . Lori Gilbert . recordnet.com . 2024-01-05.
  23. Web site: Brooklyn-based author Erin Bried presents her new book, How to rock your baby and other timeless tips for modern moms . Brandi Tape . patch.com . 2024-01-05.
  24. News: 2022-05-12 . The Morning Call . . Joe Bergstein, Erin Bried, Jared Brown, Bryan Knouse . A11 . Allentown, Pa, USA .
  25. Web site: Comic book Noisemakers: How real superheroes save the world . Rob Bailey-Millado . nypost.com . 2024-01-05.
  26. Web site: Holly Bemiss and Erin Bried . . . 2024-01-05.
  27. Web site: New York Magazine embraces a wedding of two brides . Trish Bendrix . afterellen.com . 2024-01-05.
  28. Web site: The Cocktail soirée in the park . Catherine Coreno . nymag.com . 2024-01-05.
  29. Web site: Holly Bemiss and From Kazoo to Noisemakers: Alyssa Wejebe interviews Erin Bried . Alyssa Wejebe . solrad.co . 2024-01-05.

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