Caity Weaver

{{Infobox person

| name = Caity Weaver

| occupation = Journalist

| years_active = 2011–present

| website = https://www.caity.info/

}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}Caity Weaver is an American journalist, humorist, and writer at The Atlantic. Previously she wrote for The New York Times, GQ magazine and Gawker, and contributed to Mental Floss.

Career

In 2011, Weaver joined Gawker,{{cite news |date=2015-10-28 |title=Caity Weaver To Join GQ as Writer and Editor |url=http://www.magazine.org/industry-news/press-releases/member-press-releases/caity-weaver-join-gq-writer-and-editor |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211222402/https://magazine.org/industry-news/press-releases/member-press-releases/caity-weaver-join-gq-writer-and-editor |archive-date=11 December 2015 |accessdate=2018-05-28 |work=MPA}}{{Cite web |last=Sterne |first=Peter |date=2015-01-27 |title=Gawker promotes Caity Weaver to senior editor |url=http://politi.co/21psq4g |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160721234901/https://www.politico.com/media/story/2015/01/gawker-promotes-caity-weaver-to-senior-editor-003372/ |archive-date=21 July 2016 |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=POLITICO Media |language=en}} shortly after she graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. With her irreverent write-ups on celebrity news and restaurant reviews, she became one of the site's most popular writers.{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/media/story/2015/07/gawker-buyout-watch-004011|title=Gawker buyout watch|last=Sterne|first=Peter|date=2015-07-15|work=Politico|accessdate=2017-05-11}} She won critical acclaim in September 2014 for writing a 6,000-word feature article, "My 14-Hour Search for the End of TGI Friday's Endless Appetizers", about a 14-hour all-you-can-eat mozzarella sticks binge at T.G.I. Friday's.[https://www.gawkerarchives.com/my-14-hour-search-for-the-end-of-tgi-fridays-endless-ap-1606122925 Weaver, Caity. "My 14-Hour Search for the End of TGI Friday's Endless Appetizers".] Gawker. September 18, 2014.{{cite news|url=http://bklyner.com/gawker-writer-suffered-14-hours-endless-mozzarella-sticks-sheepshead-bays-t-g-fridays-sheepshead-bay/|title=A Gawker Writer Suffered Through 14 Hours Of Endless Mozzarella Sticks At Sheepshead Bay's T.G.I. Fridays|date=2014-07-22|work=Bklyner|accessdate=2017-05-11}} In January 2015, she was promoted to senior editor at Gawker.

In October 2015, Weaver joined the staff of GQ,{{cite news |url=http://www.adweek.com/digital/gq-adds-caity-weaver/ |title=GQ Adds Caity Weaver |work=Adweek |date=2015-10-28 |accessdate=2017-05-11 }} writing about arts and entertainment for the publication. Her feature article about Kim Kardashian in 2016 brought GQ its "two biggest days of online traffic in the publication’s history — a million unique views when the story went live on June 16 and more than two million views over 36 hours."{{cite news |last=Brackebush |first=Jemma |url=https://digiday.com/media/kim-kardashion-drove-gqs-biggest-days-online-traffic-ever/ |title=How Kim Kardashian drove GQ's biggest days of online traffic, ever |work=Digiday |date=2016-07-05 |accessdate=2017-05-11 }}

In 2016, Brooklyn Magazine named Weaver one of Brooklyn's "50 Funniest People".{{cite news |url=http://www.bkmag.com/2016/06/01/brooklyns-50-funniest-people-caity-weaver/ |title=Brooklyn's 50 Funniest People: Caity Weaver |work=Brooklyn Magazine |date=2016-06-01 |accessdate=2017-05-11 }}

Weaver joined the Styles desk at the New York Times in March 2018.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytco.com/caity-weaver-of-gq-to-join-styles-and-magazine/|title=Caity Weaver of GQ to Join Styles and Magazine|date=2018-03-22|work=The New York Times Company|accessdate=2018-05-28}} She then joined the New York Times Magazine in February 2022.{{Cite web |last=Silverstein |first=Jake |date=February 11, 2022 |title=Caity Weaver Joins The New York Times Magazine |url=https://www.nytco.com/press/caity-weaver-joins-the-new-york-times-magazine/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211151824/https://www.nytco.com/press/caity-weaver-joins-the-new-york-times-magazine/ |archive-date=February 11, 2022 |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=The New York Times Company |language=en-US}}

In January 2025, she joined The Atlantic as a staff writer.{{cite web | title=The Atlantic Hires Caity Weaver as Staff Writer; Jonathan Lemire and Alex Reisner to Join as Contributing Writers | website=The Atlantic | date=2025-01-14 | url=https://www.theatlantic.com/press-releases/archive/2025/01/new-writers-caity-weaver-jonathan-lemire-alex-reisner/681304/ | access-date=2025-01-14}}