Lindy West

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Lindy West
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Lindy West
Born United States
Residence Seattle, Washington
Occupation Writer, newspaper editor
Spouse(s) Ahamefule J. Oluo
Parent(s) Paul West
Ingrid West[1]

Lindy West is an American writer,[2] feminist, and fat acceptance movement activist, and film criticism editor.[3][4] West won the 2013 Women's Media Center Social Media Award.[5] West married musician and writer Ahamefule J. Oluo on July 11, 2015.[6][7]

Career

Originally from Seattle, Washington, West is the daughter of Ingrid, a nurse and Paul West, who was a musician.[1] She attended Occidental College in Los Angeles, California.[2][8]

In 2009, West began working as the film editor for Seattle's alternative weekly newspaper, The Stranger.[2] In 2011, she moved to Los Angeles, but continued to write for The Stranger until September 2012.[2][9][10]

She was a staff writer for Jezebel[11][12] where she wrote on racism, sexism, and fat shaming.[3][13] West's work has been published in the Daily Telegraph,[14] GQ,[15] the New York Daily News,[16] Vulture.com,[17] Deadspin, Cracked.com,[18] MSNBC[19] and The Guardian.[2][20] In 2013 West won the Social Media Award from the Women's Media Center, presented by Jane Fonda in New York City.[5] 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."[5][21]

On September 19, 2015, West co-founded Shout Your Abortion, a social media campaign on Twitter where women 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 the US House of Representatives efforts to defund Planned Parenthood following the Planned Parenthood 2015 undercover videos controversy.[22][23][24][25][26][27]

Books

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Notes

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  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Author Archive: Lindy West." The Stranger. Accessed on January 21, 2012.
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  9. "Lindy West Announces Move to LA, Seattle Cries." Seattlest. August 30, 2011. Accessed on January 21, 2012.
  10. West, Lindy. "So Long, Suckers!!! I Never Liked You!" The Stranger. September 13, 2011. Accessed on January 21, 2012.
  11. "Stop Calling Yourself A Feminist" Slate. Accessed on August 20, 2012.
  12. "Whoa, The Reaction To That Column Was Crazy" RedEye Chicago. Accessed on August 20, 2012.
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  16. West, Lindy. "Anatomy of a racist: Our awkward relationship with Mel Gibson." NY Daily News. July 19, 2010. Accessed on January 21, 2012.
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  20. "Lindy West." The Guardian. Accessed on January 21, 2012.
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