Jamilah Lemieux

Jamilah Lemieux

Intersectional Feminist Magic Maker.

A renowned cultural critic and writer with a focus on issues of race, gender and sexuality, Jamilah Lemieux is a leading millennial feminist thinker, influencer and game-changing media maverick.

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Intersectional Feminist Magic Maker.

A renowned cultural critic and writer with a focus on issues of race, gender, and sexuality, Jamilah Lemieux is a leading millennial feminist thinker, influencer, and game-changing media maverick. Her written work has been featured via a host of print and digital platforms, including Vanity Fair, the Los Angeles Times, the Nation, Essence, Refinery 29, Playboy, Self, Wired, the Guardian, Colorlines, the Washington Post and the Columbia Journalism Review. She is also a weekly contributor to Slate’s ‘Care and Feeding’ parenting column and co-host of the publication’s Mom and Dad Are Fighting podcast. An important voice in the construction of the Black feminist blogosphere of the early twenty-first century, Lemieux formerly served as the Vice President of News and Men’s Programming for iOne Digital and as the Senior Editor for EBONY magazine She penned the forward for the Verso anniversary edition of Michele Wallace’s Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman and the 2017 re-release of Ann Petry’s Miss Muriel and Other Stories.

A native of Chicago, Lemieux has provided news and cultural commentary for CNN, ABC, CBS, and MSNBC. She has been featured on Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah and Desus and Mero, as well as Lifetime’s critically acclaimed, Surviving R. Kelly and Surviving R. Kelly 2: The Reckoning. She is currently working on her first book, She Bad: Tales of Love, Hate and Baby Motherhood (Roc Lit 101/Penguin Random House.)

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  • Toppling the myth of the motherly aesthetic by going topless in L.A.
    To say I’ve never been a modest dresser may be an understatement. I’ve always been a fan of showing some skin — despite the criticisms lobbed from my parents, teachers…
  • What Black Schools Mean to Black Kids
    Being in the racial majority at school can make all the difference for Black children.
  • Toppling the myth of the motherly aesthetic by going topless in L.A.
    This story is part of Parents Are Cool!, the third issue of Image, which explores the myriad ways in which L.A. parents practice the craft of care.
  • We, The Super Ones
    Black women are already superheroes, even if Hollywood doesn’t see it.
  • The Kids are Asleep by Jamilah Lemieux featuring Alencia Johnson
    A grow-ups only chat show by Jamilah Lemieux with the special guest Alencia Johnson
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