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 she wrote on the public image of Taylor Swift.[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,[22] and Coca-Cola.[23]

References
  1. "The New York Times Magazine - Masthead (Published 2011)". The New York Times. 2011-03-01. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  2. "Jamie Keiles | Parsons School of Design". www.newschool.edu. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  3. Norris, Michele (12 June 2010). "Living By 'Seventeen' Magazine's Rules". NPR. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
  4. Gomeshi, Jian. "Living Seventeen Magazine". Q. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 4 April 2011. written July 2, 2010
  5. Haggerty, Meredith (December 3, 2014). "Somebody Think of the (Internet Famous) Children". WNYC. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  6. "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
  7. North, Anna. "Seventeen Project Teen Finds Hope Online". Jezebel.com. Retrieved 4 April 2011. written June 25, 2010
  8. Keller, Jessalynn (2015). Girls' Feminist Blogging in a Postfeminist Age. Routledge. ISBN 9781317627753. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  9. Hey Mainstream Media group on Flickr
  10. Bradshaw, Paul. "Hey mainstream media, we are..." Online Journalism Blog. June 25, 2010
  11. Teenagerie.com
  12. Angyal, Chloe. "The Feministing Five: Jamie Keiles". Feministing.com. Retrieved 4 April 2011. written March 5, 2011
  13. "Feminazis Go Too Far". A Soldier's Perspective. Archived from the original on August 10, 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
  14. 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
  15. "Chicago Weekly Article". Archived from the original on 2012-07-07. written January 27, 2012 by Jamie Keyes.
  16. Keiles, Jamie Lauren (2016-05-17). "Finances for my first year of freelance writing (+ a few notes)". Medium. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  17. "Catapult | jamielaurenkeiles". Catapult. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  18. Keiles, Jamie Lauren. "Catching California's Superbloom". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  19. Keiles, Jamie Lauren (2018-12-05). "How the "Jewish American Princess" became America's most complex Jewish stereotype". Vox. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  20. "How to Optimize Your Flesh Prison". The Awl. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  21. Keiles, Jamie Lauren (2019-11-27). "Adam Sandler's Everlasting Shtick". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  22. Keiles, Jamie Lauren (2018-12-05). "How the "Jewish American Princess" became America's most complex Jewish stereotype". Vox. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  23. Keiles, Jamie Lauren (2016-09-07). "The 24-Year-Old Coca-Cola Virgin". Eater. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
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