1. Ariel Schrag was born on December 29,1979 and is an American cartoonist and television writer who achieved critical recognition at an early age for her autobiographical comics.
18 Facts About Ariel Schrag
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Ariel Schrag then published three more graphic novels based on her next three years of school: Definition, Potential, and Likewise.
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Ariel Schrag graduated from Columbia University with a bachelor's degree in English in 2003, and has continued to work as a cartoonist and writer.
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Ariel Schrag was a writer for the third and fourth seasons of the Showtime series The L Word, and for the second season of the HBO series How To Make It in America.
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The documentary Confession: A Film About Ariel Schrag was released in 2004.
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Ariel Schrag is a part-time faculty member at The New School in Manhattan, where she teaches in the writing program.
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Ariel Schrag participates in the artistic community Yaddo, and the queer-centric creative retreat Radar Lab.
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In 2014, Ariel Schrag published her novel Adam, which in 2019 was adapted into a film of the same name.
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In 2008 it was announced that Ariel Schrag had written the screenplay for Killer Films movie adaptation of Potential.
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Ariel Schrag found the situation unusual and imagined Rapp going to gay bars pretending to be a transgender man to collect material for writing on the show.
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Ariel Schrag decided to write a novel based on the concept, initially picturing the character Adam as an adult male.
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Ariel Schrag started writing the book in 2007, and retained the setting even though the book was not released until 2014; it wound up a period piece as a result.
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Ariel Schrag has stated she feels this is to the book's benefit, as transgender issues were much less visible during the 2000s, meaning that Adam's ignorance about the transgender community was much more justifiable than it would be in a modern setting.
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Ariel Schrag addressed biphobia and heterophobia through the character Gillian, who was inspired by Constance McMillen.
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Ariel Schrag wondered how McMillen would feel if she later discovered she was attracted to men despite the heavy coverage of her as "a proud lesbian", and explored that through Gillian, a lesbian who comes to date Adam.
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Ariel Schrag explained that the book was intended to be "satirical and nuanced", rather than being a typical story about the experience of being transgender.
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Ariel Schrag has expressed frustration with people who have criticized the book's premise without first reading it; she feels it is unfair to do so and has asked people to refrain from forming an opinion before reading the book.
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Ariel Schrag's name appears in the lyrics of the Le Tigre song "Hot Topic".