Who is she?Bebe Rexha is a 31-year-old woman, who is admired by millions of fans around the world. The American singer and songwriter has sold 10 million copies of a single. However, she is still trying to break out in the music industry. Rexha, whose legal name is Bleta Rexha, is from New York City.…
Photo Courtesy of Kelly Phillips Erb/Forbes Who is she? Years ago, before she was a Senior Contributor at Forbes, Kelly Phillips Erb sat in a law class wearing an irritating blue suit, an awful experience she vowed not to try again. To avoid the situation, Kelly registered for a tax training course, and she enjoyed…
Who is she? Hanna Rosin is an American author, writer, and reporter. She writes for The Atlantic and has written for The Washington Post, The New Yorker, GQ, New York Magazine, and The New Republic. She has written two books, God’s Harvard (2007) and The End of Men: And the Rise of Women (2012). Most…
Photo courtesy of Independent.com Who is she? Samantha Bee is a Canadian-American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actress, and host of Full Frontal. The show won an Emmy Award in 2017 and has been nominated several times in its short series history. Previously, Samantha Bee was the longest-serving correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,…
Samantha Irby. Photo Courtesy of Los Angeles Times. Who is she? Samantha McKiver Irby is a comedian, author, and blogger. She runs the blog bitches gotta eat, which transitioned into her first book of essays. She currently has two books, Meaty and We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. In 2016, FX announced that they…
Carmen Maria Machado. Photo by Art Streiber. What does she do? Carmen Maria Machado is an American short story author, essayist, and critic. Her writing is frequently published in The New Yorker, Granta, and Lightspeed Magazine. Her story collection Her Body and Other Parties, published in 2017, was a finalist for the National Book Award…
Madeline Miller. Photo by Stephanie Diani. What does she do? Madeline Miller is an American novelist. Her debut novel, The Song of Achilles, won the Orange Prize for Fiction, making Miller the fourth debut novelist to win the prize. Miller spent ten years writing the book while she worked as a Latin and Greek teacher.…
Meghan Markle at the inaugural Royal Foundation Forum. 2018. Photo by Chris Jackson – WPA Pool/Getty Images. What does she do? Meghan Markle is an American actress and humanitarian. She was a counsellor One Young World, an international charity, and spoke at their 2014 annual summit in Dublin. She is concerned with gender equality…
Maggie Nelson. Profile image originally posted by author on Amazon. What does she do? Maggie Nelson is an American writer. Her best-known work, The Argonauts, has won several awards, including the New York Times Notable Book and the National Book Critics Circle Award for criticism. In 2012, she won a Creative Capital Literature Fellowship, in…
Lindy West. Photo from lindywest.net What does she do? Lindy West is a writer, comedian, and activist living Seattle, Washington. A former writer for online publication Jezebel, West is the author of the essay collection Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman and a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times. In the past, she…
Lena Waithe at the 2017 Emmys. Photo by Steve Granitz: WireImage. What does she do? Lena Waithe is an American actress, producer, and screenwriter. She is best known for her role on Aziz Ansari’s Netflix show, Master of None, wherein she portrays a young, African American gay woman named Denise. At the 2017 Emmys, she…
Elaine Welteroth. Teen Vogue Magazine. Photo by Kris Connor. What does she do? In 2017, Welteroth was named editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue magazine. This promotion makes her the second African-American editor-in-chief in Condé Nast’s 107-year-long history. Additionally, she is the youngest Condé Nast editor in history, receiving her promotion at age 29. Before serving as…