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Zoe Strimpel | |
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| Born | Zoe Strimpel July 8, 1982 London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Jesus College, Cambridge Wolfson College, Cambridge University of Sussex |
| Occupation(s) | Author, journalist, historian |
| Years active | 2010-present |
| Website | zoestrimpel |
Zoe Strimpel is an academic historian, columnist, author and broadcaster focussing on feminism, dating, singleness and relationships in modern Britain. She comments on a wide variety of subjects as a columnist for The Sunday Telegraph.[1] She is a frequent guest on BBC Radio and television and has debated at the Oxford and Cambridge debating unions.[2][3] As a critic of the Me too movement, she appeared alongside Germaine Greer on Al Jazeera's Head to Head, in support of Greer.[4] Strimpel has been a prominent critic of anti-Semitism in the British Labour Party.[5][6][7] She appeared in the HBO documentary Swiped: Hooking Up in the Digital Age to discuss online dating apps.[8][9] In December 2019 Strimpel represented the University of Sussex on University Challenge's alumni Christmas edition on BBC2.[10] Strimpel held a post-doctoral research post at the University of Sussex, based at the British Library, where she investigated the evolution of Spare Rib, the British women's liberation magazine.[11] In 2019 she was a judge for the David Cohen Prize for Literature, an award for lifetime achievement in writing.[12]
Early life
[edit]Strimpel was born in London and grew up near Boston, Massachusetts.[13] She moved back to the UK to attend sixth form at Bedales School.[13]
Education
[edit]Strimpel studied English literature at Jesus College, Cambridge.[14] In 2013 she completed an Mphil in Gender Studies at Cambridge University and was awarded a Distinction for a thesis entitled Meat Market or Brave New World: How Women Go Shopping For Dates Online.[15][16] In 2017, Strimpel was awarded a PhD from the University of Sussex.[17] Funded by an Asa Briggs scholarship,[18] [19] her doctoral thesis was entitled The Matchmaking Industry and Singles Culture in Britain, 1970-2000, and examined the pre-history of internet dating and the emergence of 'the single'.[17]
Author and academic work
[edit]Strimpel is the author of What the Hell is He Thinking?: All the Questions You've Ever Asked About Men Answered, which was published in July 2010.[20] It aims to provide insight into men's thinking, researched by Strimpel interviewing men. Her second book, The Man Diet: One Woman's Quest to End Bad Romance was published on 22 December 2011.[21] Both books received positive reviews from critics[22][23][24] and press coverage.[13][25] Strimpel is the author of an academic book, Seeking Love in Modern Britain: Gender, Dating and the Rise of 'the Single',[26] which charts the emergence of the dating industry in Britain in the final decades of the 20th century against the backdrop of rapidly changing gender politics, class, and sexuality. James Bloodworth from UnHerd calls Strimpel's latest work a "fascinating new book".[27] Strimpel's discussion about her book with Mark Lawson at Jewish Book Week 2020 was named by the festival as 'a highlight'.[28] Strimpel's academic article, Computer dating in the 1970s: Dateline and the making of the modern British single, was included in the 2019 Top Ten Reading Suggestions from the Bibliography of British and Irish History.[29]
Journalist
[edit]Zoe Strimpel is an opinion columnist for the Sunday Telegraph, and a regular contributor to the Daily Telegraph.[1] Between 2006-2008, Strimpel wrote the Girl About Town column in The London Paper.[30] From 2008, Strimpel was a features and lifestyle writer for City AM, a business-orientated London daily newspaper.[31] Between 2010 and 2012 she was City AM's Lifestyle Editor.[32] She has also written for The Spectator,[33] Elle,[34] the Sunday Times Style magazine,[35] HuffPost,[36] and The Jewish Chronicle.[37] She is a regular contributor to UnHerd.[38]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "The Telegraph, Articles".
- ^ Oxford Union Debate: We CAN Separate The Art From The Artist (video). Oxford, UK: YouTube. 28 February 2019.
- ^ Cambridge Union Debate: This House Would Nationalise Eton (video). Cambridge, UK: YouTube. Oct 29, 2019.
- ^ Hasan, Mehdi (Host) (10 October 2018). Head to Head - Has #MeToo failed? (Television production). Al Jazeera.
- ^ Strimpel, Zoe (18 December 2019). "I'm delighted Corbynism was defeated – but ready for 'Blame the Jews', round two". Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council.
- ^ Strimpel, Zoe (1 December 2019). "The 'shame about the anti-Semitism, but I'm voting Labour anyway' brigade make me sick". The Telegraph.
- ^ Strimpel, Zoe (10 November 2019). "The clear and present danger of Labour's anti-Semitism". The Telegraph.
- ^ Sales, Nancy Jo (Director) (10 September 2018). Swiped: Hooking Up in the Digital Age (Television production). HBO.
- ^ Strimpel, Zoe (cast). "Swiped: Hooking Up in the Digital Age (2018)". IMDb.
- ^ University Challenge (television broadcast). BBC TWO. 27 December 2019.
- ^ "The Business of Women's Words". University of Sussex.
- ^ "Judges". David Cohen Prize.
- ^ a b c "London men: playboys or losers". Evening Standard. 13 January 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ "2011 Annual Report" (PDF). College Collections. Jesus College, Cambridge.
- ^ "Zoe Strimpel". University Sussex Staff Profile (archived). University of Sussex.
- ^ Strimpel, Zoe (2020). Seeking Love in Modern Britain. Bloomsbury. p. 208. ISBN 978-1-3500-9939-5.
- ^ a b "The matchmaking industry and singles culture in Britain, 1970-2000". EThOS. British Library.
- ^ "Asa Briggs PhD Scholarship". University of Sussex - Study with Us. University of Sussex.
- ^ "Research Seminars Archive". University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Strimpel, Zoe (1 July 2010). What the Hell is He Thinking?: All the Questions You've Ever Asked About Men Answered. Penguin Books. ISBN 9780141049380.
- ^ Strimpel, Zoe (30 September 2011). The Man Diet: One woman’s quest to end bad romance. Harper Collins. ISBN 9781847563064.
- ^ "Review: What The Hell Is He Thinking?". Glamour. 29 June 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ "What The Hell Is He Thinking? Zoe Strimpel's amazing new book answers all the questions you've ever asked about men". Cosmopolitan. 2 July 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ Holland, Jessica (14 January 2012). "The Man Diet by Zoe Strimpel – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ "Interview: Zoe Strimpel". The JC. The Jewish Chronicle.
- ^ Strimpel, Zoe (5 May 2020). Seeking Love in Modern Britain Gender, Dating and the Rise of 'the Single;. Bloomsbury. ISBN 9781350095939.
- ^ "Review: The ruthlessness of the sexual marketplace". UnHerd. UnHerd.
- ^ Jewish Book Week [@JewishBookWeek] (11 March 2020). "One of the highlights of our free Fringe programme was Zoe Strimpel discussing Seeking Love in Modern Britain with Mark Lawson" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Top 10 summer reading suggestions from the Bibliography of British and Irish History". On History. Institute of Historical Research, School of Advanced Study University of London.
- ^ "Zoe Strimpel Biography". Penguin Books. Penguin Books Ltd.
- ^ Gunter, Joel (19 May 2018). "Zoe Strimpel joins City AM". journalism.co.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ "The diet that weans you off junk food love". CityA.M. CityAM Ltd.
- ^ "Writer - Zoe Strimpel". The Spectator. The Spectator.
- ^ "Elle Magazine, Article". 27 April 2015.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ "The People's Book Prize Website" (PDF). 20 April 2010.
- ^ "HuffPost, Articles".
- ^ "The Jewish Chronicle, Article". 16 January 2018.
- ^ "Author - Zoe Strimpel". unherd.com. UnHerd.
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