Jia Tolentino

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Summary

Jia Tolentino is a writer and staff writer at The New Yorker, formerly a deputy editor at Jezebel. Her essays and cultural criticism examine internet culture, consumerism, feminism, beauty standards, and the ways identity is shaped by media and social systems. She has repeatedly written from a feminist perspective, criticized corporate feminism, published essays opposing the repeal of Roe v. Wade, discussed her Asian American identity in political terms, and described herself as anti-capitalist.