Ana Marie Cox
Ana Marie Cox (born September 23, 1972) is an American author, blogger, political columnist, and critic. The founding editor of the political blog Wonkette, she was recently the Senior Political Correspondent for MTV News, and conducted the “Talk” interviews featured in The New York Times Magazine from 2015 to 2017.[1][2]
In 2010, Cox held the position of Washington correspondent for GQ. Cox has been a contributor for The Daily Beast since 2009.[3] She previously worked at Air America Media.[4] She was a lead blogger on U.S. politics for The Guardian,[5] until August 2014,[6] and an editor at Mother Jones.[1]
Cox was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Her family is from Texas and is of Scots-Irish descent.[7][8] She attended Lincoln Southeast High School in Lincoln, Nebraska, where she wrote for the school’s newspaper, The Clarion. She graduated from the University of Chicago with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history in 1994. She began graduate school at the University of California, Berkeley, where she was studying American history, but left school, and instead became an editorial assistant at the publishing company Alfred A. Knopf.[9]
In 2004, Cox became the founding editor of the political blog Wonkette. Under her tenure, Wonkette was a sportive commentary on Capitol Hill Washington politics, as well as more serious matters of politics and policy. Cox and Wonkette gained notoriety in the political world for publicizing the story of Jessica Cutler, also known as “Washingtonienne,” a staff assistant to Senator Mike DeWine (R–Ohio) who accepted money from a George W. Bush administration official and others in exchange for sexual favors. On January 5, 2006, Cox officially announced her retirement as the blog’s editor and her imminent transition to “Wonkette Emerita.”
Cox’s novel Dog Days,[11] a satire of Washington, D.C. life for which she was reportedly paid $250,000, was published on January 6, 2006.
[From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ana_Marie_Cox%5D
2007
“We moved around a lot. That’s what did it, I think. Born in Puerto Rico, I was dragged around the south-central region of the country as my father hopped academic jobs: New Orleans, Dallas, Austin for the longest stretches of time and then, finally, Lincoln, Neb. Constantly being immersed in new situations forces you to pick up local mores and social heirachies quickly… figuring out who people are sucking up to, what favors are being traded and how not to get your lunch money stolen. This was exceptionally good training for Washington, though in all of these cases my keen knowledge of tribal customs didn’t necessarily mean that I found myself trading cows with the chief, though I have avoided getting beaten up. Until that Washington Post review. Ouch.
I am currently at work on my next book — a non-fiction anthropological survey of young political operators, though “work” is a flexible term at the moment. My husband provides the health care and the coffee, my three pets provide templates for good nap practices. Be like the cat.”
[From: Amazon]
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/ana-marie-cox
https://childmind.org/blog/ana-marie-cox-myyoungerself/
https://www.pbs.org/video/ana-marie-cox-q-ktn0l6/
https://www.thedailybeast.com/author/ana-marie-cox
https://www.wired.com/author/ana-marie-cox/
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