Anna Holmes

Anna Holmes
Born California, United States
Residence Queens, New York[1]
Nationality American
Alma mater New York University
Known for Creator of the Jezebel blog
Awards Mirror Award for Best Commentary, 2012[2]

Anna Holmes is an American writer and blogger, who founded Jezebel.com.

Early life and education

Holmes was born in California, and studied journalism at New York University.

Career

Holmes was a staff writer for Glamour.[3]

In 2007, she founded Jezebel.com, a blog, as a project for Gawker Media. She left in 2010.[4]

She is a columnist for the New York Times Sunday Book Review.[5] Her work appears in The New Yorker,[6] and Time.[7]

Works

References

  1. Holmes, Anna. "I'll be damned if I go to dancing school.: About". http://annaholmes.tumblr.com. Tumblr. Retrieved January 1, 2015. I am a California-born editor/writer living in Queens, New York. External link in |website= (help)
  2. http://annaholmes.com
  3. Filipovic, Jill. "Get That Life: How I Founded Jezebel and Became a New York Times Columnist". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  4. Holmes, Anna. "I'll be damned if I go to dancing school.: About". http://annaholmes.tumblr.com. Tumblr. Retrieved January 1, 2015. In early 2007 I conceived of and created Jezebel.com, which I oversaw until my departure in June 2010. External link in |website= (help)
  5. Raja, Tasneem. "How Jezebel Smashes the Patriarchy, Click by Click". Mother Jones (November/December 2013). Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  6. "Maybe You Should Read the Book: The Sheryl Sandberg Backlash". The New Yorker. March 4, 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  7. "Anna Holmes". Time. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  8. Hess, Amanda (Oct 22, 2013). "Were You the One Who Did the Entry for Cunnilingus?". Slate. Retrieved 23 October 2014. Released today, The Book of Jezebel: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Lady Things, edited by Jezebel’s founding editor Anna Holmes with contributions from a group of female writers, include Slate contributors Jessica Grose, Amanda Marcotte, and yours truly, is both an earnest celebration of the historical and pop cultural figures that have shaped women’s lives in the 21st century and a compendium of elaborate menstruation jokes.
  9. Doll, Jen (November 6, 2013). "Remembering the Early Days of Jezebel with Anna Holmes". thehairpin.com. it's a work of art, a humor book, a compendium of writing from an array of notable names, and an excellent guide to important topics of our time.

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