Samhita Mukhopadhyay (born May 3, 1978)[1] is an American writer and former executive editor of Teen Vogue. She writes about feminism, culture, race, politics, and dating. She is the author of Outdated: Why Dating is Ruining Your Love Life and the co-editor of the anthology, Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America.
Samhita Mukhopadhyay | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | May 3, 1978 |
| Education | San Francisco State University (MA) |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, editor |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Employer | Teen Vogue |
| Notable work | Outdated: Why Dating is Ruining Your Love Life (2011) Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance and Revolution in Trump's America (ed., 2017) |
| Website | samhitamukhopadhyay |
Career
editThe child of immigrants from India, Mukhopadhyay was raised in New York City.[2]
She started blogging in 2005.[3]
In 2008, Mukhopadhyay contributed an essay on the sexualization of black women to Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica Valenti's anthologyYes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Empowerment.[4]
Mukhopadhyay earned a master's degree in Women and Gender Studies in 2009 from San Francisco State University, where her thesis was entitled "The Politics of the Feminist Blogosphere."[5]
Mukhopadhyay is the former Executive Editor of the blog Feministing.com[6] and former Senior Editorial Director of Culture and Identities at millennial media platform Mic.[7]
In February 2018, Mukhopadhyay was named executive editor at Teen Vogue, following Elaine Welteroth's departure from Condé Nast.[7]
In 2022, after stepping down from Teen Vogue, Mukhopadhyay was named a MacDowell Fellow.[8]
Books
editIn 2011, Mukhopadhyay published her first book, Outdated: Why Dating is Ruining Your Love Life,[9] a feminist intervention to mainstream dating books.[3][6][9][10][11][12]
In 2017, Mukhopadhyay co-edited an anthology with Kate Harding entitled Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance and Revolution in Trump's America. Mukhopadhyay wrote the introduction to the collection of essays, in which prominent feminists discussed the impact of Donald Trump's election on hard-fought wins for gender, race, sexuality, class and ethnicity.[13][14][15][16][17][18]
Bibliography
editReferences
edit- ^ Mukhopadhyay, Samhita (2 May 2017). "On the eve of my 39th birthday I'm sitting on my couch with an ice pack on my leg from a dance class/twerking incident. I slay". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
- ^ "Meet Samhita Mukhopadhyay, Teen Vogue's New Executive Editor". Vogue India. 2018-03-14. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
- ^ a b Banerjee, Neelanjana (November 10, 2011). "The Rumpus Interview with Samhita Mukhopadhyay". The Rumpus. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
- ^ "Yes Means Yes". Publishers Weekly.
- ^ "San Francisco State University MA Culminating Projects". San Francisco State University. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
- ^ a b McCarthy, Allison (2011-10-21). "Dating While Feminist: An Interview with Samhita Mukhopadhyay". Ms. Magazine. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
- ^ a b Bloomgarden-Smoke, Kara (February 5, 2018). "Teen Vogue Taps Samhita Mukhopadhyay as Executive Editor". Women's Wear Daily. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
- ^ "Samhita Mukhopadhyay". MacDowell. 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ a b Clark-Flory, Tracy (October 1, 2011). "She's just not that into dating". Salon. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
- ^ Bielski, Zosia (September 29, 2011). "Why feminists have better sex". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
- ^ de la Paz, Noelle (2011-11-17). "It's Not Feminism That's Ruining Romance: A Fresh Spin on Dating". Colorlines. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
- ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: Outdated: Why Dating is Ruining Your Love Life by Samhita Mukhopadhyay. Seal, $17 trade paper (280p) ISBN 978-1-58005-332-7". Publishers Weekly. August 15, 2011. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
- ^ Levitt, Aimee (October 11, 2017). "Nasty Women attempts to sum up what it's like to be a feminist in Trump's America". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
- ^ Stevens, Heidi (October 6, 2017). "Spend a little (or a lot) of time with these 'Nasty Women'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
- ^ Burda, Joan M. "A book review by Joan M. Burda: Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America". New York Journal of Books. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
- ^ Enjeti, Anjali (October 3, 2017). "'Nasty Women' Essay Collection Chucks Pantsuits for a More Inclusive Outfit". Rewire. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
- ^ "NASTY WOMEN Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America". Kirkus Reviews. August 6, 2017. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
- ^ Charles, Anne (2018-01-04). "'Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's..." Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2018-02-05.