Doreen St. Félix

Doreen St. Félix
Born 1993
Occupation Writer
Education Brown University
Website
twitter.com/dstfelix

Doreen St. Félix (born 1993) is a writer at MTV News and formerly editor-at-large for Lenny Letter, a newsletter from Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner.[1] She has also written for The New York Times Magazine,[2] The New Yorker,[3] and Pitchfork.[4] In 2016, Forbes Magazine named St. Félix to its 30 Under 30 list,[5] citing her work on the Lenny Letter launch with the newsletter reaching 400,000 subscribers in under six months.[6] i-D called her "a guiding voice in the worlds of writing, art and activism."[7] Brooklyn Magazine named St. Félix to its 2016 list of the "100 Most Influential People in Brooklyn Culture," calling her Pitchfork essay on Rihanna "definitive."[8] The Huffington Post named the same essay to its list of "The Most Important Writing From People Of Color In 2015;"[9] NPR called it "excellent"[10] and Paper Magazine described it as "the best damn thing ever written re. Rihanna."[11]

St. Félix also cohosts a podcast at MTV News called "Speed Dial with Ira and Doreen," focused on music, pop culture, sex and race.[12] St. Félix attended Brown University where she edited the weekly newspaper.[13]

References

  1. ↑ Lewis, Hilary (July 14, 2015). "Lena Dunham Launching Feminist Newsletter". The Hollywood Reporter.
  2. ↑ St. Félix, Doreen (21 March 2016). "Drake's Very Own: On Dennis Graham's Instagram". The New York Times Magazine.
  3. ↑ St. Félix, Doreen (27 July 2015). "Amnesty in Brooklyn". The New Yorker.
  4. ↑ St. Félix, Doreen (April 1, 2015). "The Prosperity Gospel of Rihanna | Pitchfork". Pitchfork.
  5. ↑ Inverso, Emily. "Doreen St. Félix, 23 - In Photos: 2016 30 Under 30: Media". Forbes.
  6. ↑ Hazard Owen, Laura (March 2, 2016). "Lena Dunham's Lenny Letter has grown to 400,000 subscribers with a 65 percent open rate". Neiman Journalism Lab.
  7. ↑ Iseman, Courtney (March 28, 2015). "New Gen Activist Doreen St. Félix on Scandal and Beyoncé". i-D.
  8. ↑ "The 100 Most Influential People in Brooklyn Culture". Brooklyn Magazine. 1 March 2016.
  9. ↑ Blay, Zeba (16 December 2015). "The Most Important Writing From People Of Color In 2015". The Huffington Post.
  10. ↑ Macleod, Erin (February 9, 2016). "Anti-Everything: The Culture Of Resistance Behind Rihanna's Latest Album". NPR.
  11. ↑ Song, Sandra (July 14, 2015). "Lena Dunham's 'Lenny' Newsletter Looks To Be a Step Toward a More Inclusive Feminism". Paper Magazine.
  12. ↑ Steinberg, Brian (20 April 2016). "MTV News Launches Podcast Slate, Will 'Power' mtvU". Variety.
  13. ↑ Gore, Sydney (February 18, 2016). "Writer Doreen St. Félix Is Voicing Issues That Matter". NYLON.


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