Lindy West

Lindy West
Lindy West wears a black jacket and white t-shirt printed with the words "Lord, give me the confidence of a mediocre white man."
West in 2016
Born (1982-03-09) March 9, 1982 (age 42)
Seattle, Washington, United States
EducationOccidental College
Occupation(s)Writer, comedian, activist
Notable workShrill: Notes from a Loud Woman
SpouseAhamefule J. Oluo (m. 2015)
Websitelindywest.net

Lindy West (born March 9, 1982) is an American writer, comedian, and activist. She 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. Topics she writes about include feminism, popular culture, and the fat acceptance movement.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference ContributingNYT was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Author Archive: Lindy West." The Stranger. Accessed on January 21, 2012.
  3. ^ Brodeur, Nicole (July 7, 2013), "Lindy West: Finding 'Invisible Hypocrisies'", The Seattle Times
  4. ^ "Masthead", The Stranger, archived from the original on November 1, 2011