Lindy West
American writer, comedian and activist
Lindy West is an American writer, comedian and activist who writes about feminism, pop culture and body image. She is the author of the essay collection The Witches Are Coming.
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American Born 1982 in Seattle, United States
About Lindy West
Lindy West was born in Seattle on March 9, 1982. Her memoir Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman, published in 2016, was a New York Times bestseller and was later adapted for television. Her essay collections are The Witches Are Coming and Shit, Actually. Her work has appeared in The Guardian, This American Life, GQ and Jezebel, among other places. West co-hosts the comedy podcast Text Me Back. She also worked as a writer and executive producer on the television version of Shrill, and she was one of the people who launched the #ShoutYourAbortion campaign.