Julie Zeilinger
{{short description|American editor and feminist writer (born 1993)}}
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| alma_mater = Barnard College
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Julie Zeilinger is an American author and writer. Her books include A Little F'd Up: Why Feminism is Not a Dirty Word (2012) and she founded the feminist blog The FBomb in 2009, which partnered with the Women's Media Center in 2014 to become the online platform WMC FBomb.
Early life and education
Zeilinger was raised in Pepper Pike, Ohio.{{cite news |last1=Crace |first1=John |title=The teen bloggers who took over the internet |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/sep/09/teenage-bloggers |access-date=22 November 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=8 September 2009}} At age 16, while she was attending high school at Hawken School in Ohio, she started a blog in spring 2009 titled The FBomb (TheFBomb.org), with the "F" denoting "feminist",{{cite journal |last1=Soder |first1=Chuck |title=Reporter's Notebook |journal=Crain's Cleveland Business |date=July 27, 2009 |volume=30 |issue=28|via=MasterFILE Complete}} which was described as a "grungy, angry, inspiring site" in 2009 by John Crace in The Guardian and "sharp, funny, insightful" by Lynn Harris at Salon.{{cite news |last1=Harris |first1=Lynn |author1-link=Lynn Harris |title=Letter from a young feminist |url=https://www.salon.com/2009/07/15/f_bomb/ |access-date=22 November 2023 |work=Salon |date=15 July 2009 |language=en}} She then obtained a summer internship at the National Council for Research on Women and continued blogging from New York.
Zeilinger has described the book Full Frontal Feminism by Jessica Valenti as an influence on the development of her feminism while she was a freshman during high school, and as what led her to the feminist blog Feministing and other feminist blogs. In 2009, she told The Guardian that she began blogging because "the mainstream feminist blogs I read weren't representing the teenage perspective on issues that directly affect us." At age 15, she conducted her first interview with Gloria Steinem.{{cite news |last1=Crump |first1=Sarah |title=Julie Zeilinger, creator of thefbomb.org, examines teen feminist issues |url=https://www.cleveland.com/arts/2010/05/julie_zeilinger_creator_of_the.html |access-date=22 November 2023 |work=The Plain Dealer |date=2 May 2010 |language=en}}
She graduated from Barnard College in 2015.{{cite news |title=A Feminist's Work |url=https://history.barnard.edu/news/feminists-work |access-date=22 November 2023 |work=Barnard History |date=March 7, 2022 |language=en}}
Career
Her first book, A Little F'd Up: Why Feminism Is Not a Dirty Word, was published in April 2012 and released by Seal Press.{{cite journal |last1=Kimball |first1=Gayle |title=Media Empowers Brave Girls to be Global Activists |journal=Journal of International Women's Studies |date=August 2019 |volume=20 |issue=7 |pages=35–56}} {{ProQuest|2292913893}} A review in Publishers Weekly said the book's "ultimate goal is to prove that despite having made great strides in terms of economic, social, and political equality, the feminist cause is still entirely relevant to women and men" and described the book as "ultimately an empowering and timely treatise."{{cite news |title=A Little F'd Up: Why Feminism Is Not A Dirty Word by Julie Zeilinger |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781580053716 |access-date=22 November 2023 |work=Publishers Weekly |date=April 30, 2012}} Elizabeth Millard wrote in a review for Foreword Reviews that "Zeilinger's wry, conversational style works exceedingly well at making her opinions and research accessible to a wide audience, particularly young adults."{{cite news |last1=Millard |first1=Elizabeth |title=Review of A Little F'd Up |url=https://www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/a-little-fd-up/ |access-date=22 November 2023 |work=Foreword Reviews |date=Summer 2012 |language=en}} A review by Cynthia Harrison in Library Journal describes the book as "talky and thinly resourced (with the occasional error)", while also noting "Zeilinger's goal is to entice her readers to stick with her as she demonstrates her understanding of their plight."{{cite journal |last1=Harrison |first1=Cynthia |title=A Little F'd Up: Why Feminism Is Not a Dirty Word |journal=Library Journal |date=July 1, 2012 |volume=137 |issue=12|via=Literary Reference Center Plus}} In an evaluation of A Little F'd Up for the journal Feminist Teacher, Katie Hogan reviews general criticism of the book and notes Zeilinger wrote the text while she was in high school, as well as the intended audience, and compares her writing to bell hooks, who encouraged people to "come closer to feminism."{{cite journal |last1=Hogan |first1=Katie |title=Come Closer to Feminism: Gratitude as Activist Encounter in Women's and Gender Studies 101 |journal=Feminist Teacher |date=2014 |volume=24 |issue=3 |pages=229–233 |doi=10.5406/femteacher.24.3.0229 |jstor=10.5406/femteacher.24.3.0229 |s2cid=145615186 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/femteacher.24.3.0229 |issn=0882-4843|url-access=subscription }} It was included in the 2013 Amelia Bloomer List, which highlights feminist literature for young readers.{{cite web |title=2013 Amelia Bloomer List |date=13 January 2017 |url=https://www.ala.org/rt/srrt/2013-amelia-bloomer-list |publisher=American Library Association Social Responsibilities Round Table |access-date=November 22, 2023}}
Her next book, College 101: A Girl's Guide to Freshman Year was first published in 2014,{{cite news |last1=Yandoli |first1=Krystie Lee |title=What Everyone Should Know Before They Start College |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/krystieyandoli/what-everyone-should-know-before-they-start-college |access-date=22 November 2023 |work=BuzzFeed |date=10 July 2014 |language=en}} and a second edition was published in 2017.{{cite news |last1=Zeilinger |first1=Julie |title=There Is No 'Perfect' College Experience |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/w310uo/there-is-no-perfect-college-experience |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231122053340/https://www.mtv.com/news/w310uo/there-is-no-perfect-college-experience |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 22, 2023 |access-date=22 November 2023 |work=MTV |date=May 1, 2017 |language=en}} A review of the 2014 edition in Feministing by Ava Kofman described it as "the book I wish I read four years ago when I started college" and states "Zeilinger’s additive model of difference (one is first born a woman, and then some) misses the opportunity to speak to the powerful intersectional experiences of incoming freshmen."{{cite web |last1=Kofman |first1=Ava |title=Not Oprah's Book Club: College 101: A Girl's Guide to Freshman Year |url=https://feministing.com/2014/05/06/not-oprahs-book-club-college-101-a-girls-guide-to-freshman-year/ |website=Feministing |access-date=22 November 2023 |date=6 May 2014}} A third edition was set for release in 2024.{{cite web |title=College 101: A Girl's Guide to Freshman Year |url=https://www.routledge.com/College-101-A-Girls-Guide-to-Freshman-Year/Zeilinger-Koppelman/p/book/9781032525235 |website=Routledge & CRC Press |access-date=22 November 2023 |language=en}}
In 2014, Women's Media Center and TheFBomb began a partnership to create content{{cite news |last1=Behrens |first1=Caitlin |title=Where Are They Now: Julie Zeilinger |url=https://clevelandmagazine.com/in-the-cle/people/articles/where-are-they-now-julie-zeilinger |access-date=22 November 2023 |work=Cleveland Magazine |date=December 13, 2017 |language=en}} in an online platform that became known as WMC FBomb, where Zeilinger has continued as the editor.{{cite web |title=What We Do - WMC FBomb |url=https://womensmediacenter.com/about/learn-more-about-wmc#wmc-fbomb |website=womensmediacenter.com |publisher=Women's Media Center |access-date=22 November 2023}} In 2017, Zeilinger was also working as an editor at MTV News. In 2021 and 2022, she was a senior content manager for Girls Who Code.
Her writing has appeared in Huffington Post,{{cite web
|title=Julie Zeilinger
|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/julie-zeilinger
|publisher=Huffington Post}} Feminist.com,{{cite news
|last=Zeilinger
|first=Julie
|url=http://www.feminist.com/resources/girlsyoungwomen/youngwomen/teenshowrant.html
|title=Another Teen Show Rant
|work=Feminist.com}} Skirt Magazine,{{cite news
|last=Zeilinger
|first=Julie
|url=http://skirt.com/essays/gloria-who
|title=Gloria Who?
|work=Skirt Magazine}} The Frisky,{{cite news
|last=Zeilinger
|first=Julie
|url=http://www.thefrisky.com/author/julie-zeiliger/
|title=Julie Zeilinger
|work=The Frisky
|access-date=2012-02-11
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921013557/http://www.thefrisky.com/author/julie-zeiliger/
|archive-date=2015-09-21
|url-status=dead
}} and Feministing.{{cite news
|last=Zeilinger
|first=Julie
|url=http://feministing.com/2010/01/23/the-feministing-five-julie-zeilinger/
|title=The Feministing Five: Julie Zeilinger
|work=Feministing.com
|date = May 30, 2010}}
Books
- (2012). A Little F'd Up: Why Feminism is Not a Dirty Word. Seal Press. {{ISBN|978-1-58005-371-6}}.
- (2014). College 101: A Girl’s Guide to Freshman Year. Sourcebooks. {{ISBN|9781618211774}}.
Honors and awards
- Most Interesting People 2011, Cleveland Magazine{{cite news |title=Most Interesting People 2011: Julie Zeilinger |url=https://clevelandmagazine.com/in-the-cle/people/articles/most-interesting-people-2011-julie-zeilinger |access-date=22 November 2023 |work=Cleveland Magazine |date=December 16, 2010 |language=en}}
- Forbes 30 Under 30, 2016
- Newsweek's "150 Women Who Shake the World", 2012{{cite news |title=150 Women Who Shake the World |url=https://www.newsweek.com/150-women-who-shake-world-66131 |access-date=November 22, 2023 |work=Newsweek |date=March 5, 2012}}
- The Jezebel 25, 2012{{cite news |title=The Jezebel 25: Kick-Ass and Amazing Women We Love |url=https://jezebel.com/the-jezebel-25-kick-ass-and-amazing-women-we-love-5920640 |access-date=November 22, 2023 |work=Jezebel |date=June 22, 2012}}
- More Magazine's "New Feminists You Should Know, 2011[http://www.more.com/news/womens-issues/what-new-feminists-look "What the New Feminists Look Like"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111029163253/http://www.more.com/news/womens-issues/what-new-feminists-look |date=2011-10-29 }}, More Magazine, accessed February 11, 2012.
- The Times of London's "40 bloggers who really count", 2012[https://web.archive.org/web/20100505225842/http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article7108518.ece "40 Bloggers Who Really Count"], The Times, accessed February 10, 2012.
- Woman's Day magazine's "8 Influential Bloggers Under 21", 2010{{cite news |last1=Greene |first1=Amanda |title=8 Influential Bloggers Under 21 |url=https://www.womansday.com/life/a1890/8-influential-bloggers-under-21-110693/ |access-date=November 22, 2023 |work=Woman's Day |date=September 1, 2010}}
References
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External links
- {{official website|https://www.juliezeilinger.com/}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20170810135814/http://thefbomb.org/ The FBomb] (Archive as of August 10, 2017)
- [https://womensmediacenter.com/fbomb WMC FBomb]
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