Jamie Lauren Keiles
Jamie Lauren Keiles (born 1992) is an American writer and journalist. They are currently a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine[1] and a lecturer at The New School.[2] They first gained attention as a teenage blogger in 2010 for "Seventeen Magazine Project," a blog chronicling their attempt to follow the advice of Seventeen Magazine for 30 days.[3]
Early life
Jamie Keiles grew up in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, where they attended Central Bucks High School West. They graduated from the University of Chicago in 2014 with a degree in interdisciplinary studies in the humanities.[4]
Career
In April 2010, at age 18, Keiles launched "The Seventeen Magazine Project",[5] a blog documenting their attempt to follow the advice of Seventeen Magazine for 30 days.[6] The project criticized Seventeen for promoting a limited conception of adolescent femininity; the project quickly drew coverage from feminist blogs[7] as well as national outlets, including NPR's All Things Considered and CBC's Q, among others.[8] Upon completion of "The Seventeen Magazine Project," Keiles initiated "Hey Mainstream Media",[9] a photo submission project encouraging internet users to air their grievances with mainstream media through the use of handwritten signs.[10] In July 2010, Keiles launched "Teenagerie".[11] Though the site was initially founded as a means of challenging societal conceptions of adolescence, it has since expanded to cover a wide range of feminist issues.[12] In August 2010, Keiles was the subject of much criticism from the conservative blogging community for a critique they wrote on the public image of Taylor Swift.[citation needed][13] In September 2010, Keiles was listed as #7 on Woman's Day magazine's list of the eight most influential bloggers under 21, behind Bryanboy and Tavi Gevinson.[14]
As an undergraduate at the University of Chicago, Keiles worked for the alternative newspaper the Chicago Weekly.[15]
Since 2015, Keiles has been working as a full-time freelance writer[16] and part-time lecturer.[17][2] Their work has appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Vox, and The Awl.[1][18][19][20] They write about American culture, including subjects like Adam Sandler,[21] the Jewish American princess stereotype,[19] and Coca-Cola.[22]
References
- ^ a b "The New York Times Magazine - Masthead (Published 2011)". The New York Times. 2011-03-01. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
- ^ a b "Jamie Keiles | Parsons School of Design". www.newschool.edu. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
- ^ Norris, Michele (12 June 2010). "Living By 'Seventeen' Magazine's Rules". NPR. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
- ^ Gomeshi, Jian. "Living Seventeen Magazine". Q. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 4 April 2011. written July 2, 2010
- ^ Haggerty, Meredith (December 3, 2014). "Somebody Think of the (Internet Famous) Children". WNYC. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
- ^ "Living By Seventeen Magazine". Fox. Retrieved 4 April 2011. (page is down but captures exist although they are redirected) written June 24, 2010 and updated June 25
- ^ North, Anna. "Seventeen Project Teen Finds Hope Online". Jezebel.com. Retrieved 4 April 2011. written June 25, 2010
- ^ Keller, Jessalynn (2015). Girls' Feminist Blogging in a Postfeminist Age. Routledge. ISBN 9781317627753. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
- ^ Hey Mainstream Media group on Flickr
- ^ Bradshaw, Paul. "Hey mainstream media, we are..." Online Journalism Blog. June 25, 2010
- ^ Teenagerie.com
- ^ Angyal, Chloe. "The Feministing Five: Jamie Keiles". Feministing.com. Retrieved 4 April 2011. written March 5, 2011
- ^ "Feminazis Go Too Far". A Soldier's Perspective. Archived from the original on August 10, 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
- ^ Greene, Amanda. "8 Influential Bloggers Under 21". Woman's Day. Archived from the original on 27 January 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2011. site is down August 28, 2011 archive available, originally written September 1, 2010
- ^ "Chicago Weekly Article". Archived from the original on 2012-07-07. written January 27, 2012 by Jamie Keyes.
- ^ Keiles, Jamie Lauren (2016-05-17). "Finances for my first year of freelance writing (+ a few notes)". Medium. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
- ^ "Catapult | jamielaurenkeiles". Catapult. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
- ^ Keiles, Jamie Lauren. "Catching California's Superbloom". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
- ^ a b Keiles, Jamie Lauren (2018-12-05). "How the "Jewish American Princess" became America's most complex Jewish stereotype". Vox. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
- ^ "How to Optimize Your Flesh Prison". The Awl. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
- ^ Keiles, Jamie Lauren (2019-11-27). "Adam Sandler's Everlasting Shtick". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
- ^ Keiles, Jamie Lauren (2016-09-07). "The 24-Year-Old Coca-Cola Virgin". Eater. Retrieved 2020-10-18.