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Courtney E. Martin

Courtney E. Martin
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Courtney E. Martin

Courtney E. Martin, M.A., is a writer, filmmaker, and teacher. Her work on eating disorders, perfectionism, and feminism has appeared in The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, The Village Voice, The Christian Science Monitor, and Poets & Writers, among other national publications (see her website, www.courtneyemartin.com, for a complete list). She has a B.A. from Barnard College in political science and sociology and an M.A. from New York University's Gallatin School in writing and social change. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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New York Times, April 2, 2012
...with a large branch, rendering us unconscious consumers. It’s simply not going to work this way anymore.” Courtney E. Martin is the author of “Do It Anyway: The New Generation of Activists” and a founding director, with David Bornstein, of the...
New York Times, March 31, 2012
...with a large branch, rendering us unconscious consumers. It’s simply not going to work this way anymore." Courtney E. Martin is the author of "Do It Anyway: The New Generation of Activists” and a founding director, with David Bornstein, of the...
Indian Express, March 24, 2012
...today. We watched the second-wave feminists wrestle about this question of who owns the movement and why, said Courtney E. Martin, a founder of the blog Feministing. Along with Jessica Valenti, Martin is a pioneer of the feminist blogosphere where the...
Care2, March 22, 2012
...ballot initiative that sought to repeal same sex marriage. It’s real-world fan activism with real results, as Courtney E. Martin writes in the New York Times. Indeed, with the movie of Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games due to be released tonight,...
New York Times, March 22, 2012
...is headed. David Bornstein is off this week. Join Fixes on Facebook and follow updates on twitter.com/nytimesfixes. Courtney E. Martin is the author of ?Do It Anyway: The New Generation of Activists? and a founding director, with David Bornstein, of the...
New York Times, March 21, 2012
...alternative form of citizen engagement is headed. David Bornstein is off. Join and follow updates on twitter.com/nytimesfixes. Courtney E. Martin is the author of Do It Anyway: The New Generation of Activists and the Founding Director of the Solutions...
Vibrant Nation, November 21, 2011
...genre. “The legacy of Our Bodies, Ourselves is that it spawned a whole new kind of book,” said Courtney E. Martin, an editor at Feministing.com in a recent interview, “like your best friend sitting down in a room with you and telling you about...
AOL.com, February 28, 2012
...Groundbreaker Faith Ringgold Groundbreaker Gina Bianchini Kris Carr Kathrine Switzer Groundbreaker Tavi Gevinson SuChin Pak Eve Ensler Groundbreaker Courtney E. Martin...
Christian Science Monitor, February 24, 2012
...professor at Tulane University, she raises academia to a new level where it can enrich public discourse. By Courtney E. Martin posted February 24, 2012 at 2:00 pm EST While watching Melissa Harris-Perry debut her own show on MSNBC last weekend, I found...
CNNMoney.com, February 14, 2012
...a story titled "How to have more Sheryl Sandbergs." The key? "Peer influence," posed the authors, Courtney E. Martin and Katie Orenstein. The authors explained what results when too few peers go for it, career-wise: "In many cases, the impulse to do...
CNN Money, February 14, 2012
...a story titled "How to have more Sheryl Sandbergs." The key? "Peer influence," posed the authors, Courtney E. Martin and Katie Orenstein. The authors explained what results when too few peers go for it, career-wise: "In many cases, the impulse to do...
Fortune, February 14, 2012
...the world. On Saturday, CNN.com ran a story titled The key? "Peer influence," posed the authors, Courtney E. Martin and Katie Orenstein. The authors explained what results when too few peers go for it, career-wise: "In many cases, the impulse to do...
CNN, February 12, 2012
...Editor's note: Courtney E. Martin is the author of "Perfect Girls, Starving: How Perfection is Harming Young Women," and Katie Orenstein is the founder and CEO of . (CNN) -- Facebook's decision...
CNN, February 11, 2012
...Editor's note: Courtney E. Martin is the author of "Perfect Girls, Starving: How Perfection is Harming Young Women," and Katie Orenstein is the founder and CEO of . (CNN) -- Facebook's decision...