Sarah Warn
Sarah Warn | |
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| Born | United States |
| Occupation | Writer, editor |
| Genre | Entertainment, non-fiction |
| Literary movement | LGBT, online |
Sarah Warn is an American writer and the former editor of entertainment website AfterEllen.com.
Biography
[edit]Warn graduated from Annie Wright School in Tacoma in 1992. She then attended Wellesley College in 1996 with a degree in women's studies, and received a master's degree in theological studies from Harvard University in 1998.[1] She spent eight years in online marketing[2] before selling her gay and lesbian entertainment websites AfterEllen.com and AfterElton.com to Logo in 2006.[3] Warn stepped down as the Editor in Chief of AfterEllen.com, with Karman Kregloe stepping into the role in 2009.[4] Warn is currently the Vice President of Growth at Seattle-based immigration startup Boundless Immigration.[5]
Warn's extensive written work on lesbian and bisexual women in entertainment has been included or cited in numerous magazines, including Velvetpark, Curve[6] and Lesbian News; in newspapers like USA Today,[7] Los Angeles Times, and Emmy Magazine; and in books like BITCHfest: Ten Years of Cultural Criticism from the Pages of Bitch Magazine, Queer Popular Culture: Literature, Media, Film, and Television, Bisexual Women: Friendship & Social Organization, and News and Sexuality: Media Portraits of Diversity.[8] Warn also wrote the introduction to the Reading the 'L' Word, a collection of essays by academics and journalists about the Showtime drama The L Word.[9]
In November 2006, Warn was honored as one of the year's "10 Amazing Gay Women in Showbiz" by non-profit organization Power Up.[10] In December 2006, she appeared on a panel with other notable LGBT actors and activists on Logo's Queer Year 2006 TV special.[11] She was one of four co-hosts on the first season of the online lesbian talk show She Said What?[12]
Warn currently co-hosts the entertainment news video blogs She Made Me Watch This[13] and Who Thought THAT Was A Good Idea? with her partner Lori Grant, which runs weekly on AfterEllen.com.[14][15]
References
[edit]- ^ "All hail the pioneer, Sarah Warn", LesbiaNation.com, March 9, 2007.
- ^ "Erosion Media Execs"
- ^ "MTVN's Logo Acquires Three LGBT Sites", paidContent.org, June 8, 2006.
- ^ "365gay Joins Logo", 365gay.com, June 8, 2006
- ^ "Tech Moves: AWS names first head of space policy; WeWork Labs leader joins Alexa Fund; Moz co-founder leaves board". GeekWire. September 16, 2020. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
- ^ "TV’s Top 10 “Lesbian” Crime-Fighter Shows" Curve Magazine
- ^ "It's In to be Out These Days", USA Today, June 1, 2003
- ^ "Books on Amazon.com that reference articles by Sarah Warn"
- ^ "Reading the L Word", March 30, 2006.
- ^ "10 Amazing Gay Women in Hollywood in 2006", Planetout.com, 2006.
- ^ 2006: The Queer Year, Logoonline.com December 2006.
- ^ "A Show of Their Own" SouthernVoice.com, January 26, 2006
- ^ "She Made Me Watch This!"
- ^ "Who Thought THAT Was A Good Idea?"
- ^ "One Word for 'L' Word: Logo" The Hollywood Reporter, September 21, 2007
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