Lindy West Explained

Lindy West
Birth Date:9 March 1982
Birth Place:Seattle, Washington, United States
Education:Occidental College
Occupation:Writer, comedian, activist
Spouse:Ahamefule J. Oluo (m. 2015)
Notable Works:

Lindy West (born March 9, 1982) is an American writer, comedian, and activist. She is the author of the essay collections and The Witches Are Coming and a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times. Topics she writes about include feminism, popular culture, and the fat acceptance movement.[1]

Career

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] [2] [3]

She was a staff writer for Jezebel[4] [5] where she wrote on racism, sexism, and fat shaming. West's work has been published in The Daily Telegraph,[6] GQ,[7] the New York Daily News,[8] Vulture.com,[9] Deadspin, Cracked.com,[10] MSNBC[11] and The Guardian. Describing West's often-comedic approach to serious issues, Dayna Tortorici wrote in The New York Times that West:

has changed more minds this way than you could count. One of the most distinctive voices advancing feminist politics through humor, West is behind a handful of popular pieces — "How to Make a Rape Joke" on Jezebel, "Hello, I Am Fat" on The Stranger’s blog, "Ask Not for Whom the Bell Trolls; It Trolls for Thee" on "This American Life" — that have helped shift mainstream attitudes about body image, comedy and online harassment over the past several years. Culture molds who we are, West argues, but it’s ours to remold in turn.[12]
In 2013, West won the Women's Media Center Social Media Award, which was presented by Jane Fonda in New York City. 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."[13]

Also in 2013, Kurt Metzger feuded with West and Jude Doyle via Facebook and Twitter during a defense of rape humor.[14] [15] [16] [17]

On September 19, 2015, West co-founded Shout Your Abortion, a social media campaign on Twitter where people share their abortion experiences online without "sadness, shame or regret" for the purpose of "destigmatization, normalization, and putting an end to shame". The social media campaign was initiated in response to efforts by the United States House of Representatives to defund Planned Parenthood following the Planned Parenthood 2015 undercover videos controversy.[18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23]

In 2016, West won The Strangers Genius Award in Literature for her book . On July 1, 2017, West became a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times, after having written two op-ed columns for the Times in 2016. She wrote a weekly column on feminism and popular culture.

On March 15, 2019, Shrill, the television series adaptation of West's memoir starring Aidy Bryant, premiered on Hulu. West was an executive producer and writer for the show, which ran for three seasons. l[24]

West's second essay collection, The Witches Are Coming, was published on November 5, 2019, by Hachette Book Group.

In October 2020, Hachette Books released West's book Shit, Actually: The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema.[25]

Personal life

Originally from Seattle, Washington, West is the daughter of Ingrid, who is a nurse, and Paul West, who was a musician. She attended Occidental College in Los Angeles, California.[1] In 2024, Occidental awarded West an honorary doctorate.[26]

On July 11, 2015, West married musician and writer Ahamefule J. Oluo, younger brother of Seattle writer Ijeoma Oluo.[27] [28]

In 2022, West and Oluo revealed that they are polyamorous.

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/lindy-west/Author?oid=21605 "Author Archive: Lindy West."
  2. http://seattlest.com/2011/08/30/lindy_west_announces_move_to_la_sea.php "Lindy West Announces Move to LA, Seattle Cries."
  3. West, Lindy. "So Long, Suckers!!! I Never Liked You!" The Stranger. September 13, 2011. Accessed on January 21, 2012.
  4. Web site: Waldman, Katy. Stop Calling Yourself A Feminist. Slate. August 3, 2012. August 20, 2012.
  5. http://articles.redeyechicago.com/2012-08-06/news/33086722_1_column-tosh-outrage "Whoa, The Reaction To That Column Was Crazy"
  6. Web site: Lindy West. https://web.archive.org/web/20100614082238/http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/author/lindywest1/. dead. June 14, 2010. . January 21, 2012.
  7. Web site: Contributors: Lindy West. . January 21, 2012.
  8. West, Lindy. "Anatomy of a racist: Our awkward relationship with Mel Gibson." NY Daily News. July 19, 2010. Accessed on January 21, 2012.
  9. Web site: February 2, 2012 . Glee Recap: Takin' It to the Streets. Lindy. West. Vulture.com.
  10. Web site: How To Be a Person: A Guide to Life for the Recent Graduate . June 11, 2011 . West, Lindy . .
  11. Web site: I Jumped the Shark on My Pony. It Is My Pony's Only Trick. . Lindy West . October 25, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029203025/http://lindywest.net/bio . October 29, 2013 .
  12. News: 'Sex Object: A Memoir' and 'Shrill: Notes From a Loud Woman'. Tortorici. Dayna. 2016-06-13. The New York Times. 2018-01-17. en-US. 0362-4331.
  13. video . Lindy West Receives the WMC's Social Media Award from Jane Fonda .
  14. Web site: Jung. E. Alex. Brill. Karen. August 17, 2016. 'Amy Schumer 'Couldn't Be More Against' Writer Kurt Metzger's Comments on Rape. August 17, 2016. Vulture.
  15. Web site: Bonazzo. John. August 17, 2016. 'Amy Schumer's Writer Harasses Women Online—But She Blocks Fans Who Bring It Up'. August 17, 2016. Observer.
  16. Web site: Watson. Rebecca. November 9, 2011. 'Kurt Metzger Totally PWNED Me!. February 1, 2016. Skepchick.
  17. Web site: Romano. Aja. July 2, 2013. 'The disturbing online trail of Comedy Central writer Kurt Metzger. February 1, 2016. The Daily Dot.
  18. News: Pearson . Michael . Women embrace, criticize #ShoutYourAbortion. October 12, 2015 . CNN . September 29, 2015.
  19. News: Buchanan. Rose. Tens of thousands of women share their abortion experiences in global attempt to end stigma. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220614/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/tens-of-thousands-of-women-share-their-abortion-experiences-in-global-attempt-to-end-stigma-10512161.html . June 14, 2022 . subscription . live . October 12, 2015 . . September 22, 2015 .
  20. News: Wilmer . Henry . The women 'shouting' their abortions . October 12, 2015 . BBC . September 22, 2015.
  21. News: Bowden . George . Planned Parenthood' #ShoutYourAbortion Sees Women Take To Social Media To Help Save Funding . October 13, 2015 . . September 22, 2015.
  22. News: Kahn . Matie . The Dark Side of Hashtag Activism . October 24, 2015 . . September 25, 2015.
  23. News: Roy . Aditi . How the #ShoutYourAbortion Hashtag Started and Sparked a New Movement . October 23, 2015 . ABC News. October 23, 2015.
  24. Web site: Bryant. Aidy. Aidy Bryant On 'Shrill,' 'SNL' Thrills, And Not Feeling Bad About Her Body. 2021-07-25. NPR.org. en.
  25. Book: Shit, Actually . February 4, 2020 . Hachette Book Group . 9780316449847 . 2020-08-08.
  26. Web site: Honorary Degree Recipients . 2024-05-16 . www.oxy.edu . en.
  27. Web site: CityArts. Q&A with Ahamefule J. Oluo . https://web.archive.org/web/20141231003227/http://www.cityartsonline.com/articles/qa-ahamefule-j-oluo. usurped. December 31, 2014. December 2, 2014 . Brett . Hamil.
  28. Web site: West . Lindy . My wedding was perfect – and I was fat as hell the whole time. . July 21, 2015.
  29. News: Here Comes Lindy West, and She's Holding a Broom. Jerkins. Morgan. 2019-11-05. The New York Times. 2020-01-06. en-US. 0362-4331.

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