1. Lindy West was born on March 9,1982 and is an American writer, comedian, and activist.
14 Facts About Lindy West
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Lindy West is the author of the essay collections Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman and The Witches Are Coming and a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times.
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In 2009, West began working as the film editor for Seattle's alternative weekly newspaper, The Stranger.
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Lindy West's work has been published in The Daily Telegraph, GQ, the New York Daily News, Vulture.
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Culture molds who we are, Lindy West argues, but it's ours to remold in turn.
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In 2013, Lindy West won the Women's Media Center Social Media Award, which was presented by Jane Fonda in New York City.
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On September 19,2015, Lindy 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".
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In 2016, Lindy West won The Strangers Genius Award in Literature for her book Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman.
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On July 1,2017, Lindy West became a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times, after having written two op-ed columns for the Times in 2016.
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Lindy West wrote a weekly column on feminism and popular culture.
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On March 15,2019, Shrill, the television series adaptation of Lindy West's memoir starring Aidy Bryant, premiered on Hulu.
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Lindy West was an executive producer and writer for the show, which ran for three seasons.
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Originally from Seattle, Washington, Lindy West is the daughter of Ingrid, who is a nurse, and Paul Lindy West, who was a musician.
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On July 11,2015, West married musician and writer Ahamefule J Oluo, younger brother of Seattle writer Ijeoma Oluo.