Columnist, The Guardian; Contributor, This American Life
April 13, 2017 - 7:30pm
“Being a Funny Woman: Comedy in the Age of Trump.”
Sudler Hall (WLH 201)
435 College St.
About the Speaker
Lindy West is a columnist at The Guardian, a contributor to This American Life, and a freelance writer whose work focuses on feminism, social justice, humor, and body image. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Cosmopolitan, GQ, Vulture, Jezebel, The Stranger, and others. She is the founder of I Believe You, It’s Not Your Fault, an advice blog for teens, as well as the reproductive rights destigmatization campaign #ShoutYourAbortion. Her first book, a memoir called Shrill, is out now from Hachette Books.