Gina Arnold | |
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| Born | Regina A. Arnold Palo Alto, CA |
| Occupation | Author Academic |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Stanford University University of California, Berkeley University of California, Los Angeles |
| Subject | Music |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Notable works | 33⅓ Exile in Guyville Half A Million Strong: Crowds and Power from Woodstock to Coachella |
| Notable awards | National Arts Journalism Fellowship (Columbia University/Pew Organization) |
Gina Arnold is an American author, music critic, and academic. A lecturer at Stanford University and an adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco, she is the author of four books, including the 33⅓ book on Liz Phair, Exile in Guyville.
Between 1981 and 2003, Arnold contributed to publications including Spin, Entertainment Weekly, the Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, and the Village Voice. Additionally, she wrote columns for the East Bay Express, Metro Silicon Valley and the San Jose Metro. Written in the first person, her work was frequently controversial. "In the ten years that Gina Arnold wrote for this paper, no one received more hate mail," the East Bay Express wrote in 2003.[1]