The Hairpin
The Hairpin was a women's website in The Awl network. It was founded in 2010 by Edith Zimmerman. It ceased publication at the end of January 2018.[2]
Type of site | Current events, culture |
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Available in | English |
Created by | Edith Zimmerman |
Editors | Edith Zimmerman Emma Carmichael Haley Mlotek Sylvia Killingsworth |
Key people | Michael Macher |
URL | thehairpin.com |
Alexa rank | |
Launched | 2010 |
Current status | Shut down |
From 2013 to 2014, The Hairpin was edited by Emma Carmichael, with Jia Tolentino as contributing editor. Haley Mlotek was editor at The Hairpin from 2014 to 2015,[3] with Jazmine Hughes as contributing editor, followed by Alexandra Molotkow.[4][5] The site went on hiatus briefly but was revived in 2016 when Sylvia Killingsworth left The New Yorker to become editor of both The Awl and The Hairpin.[6]
Carmichael described her role as the first new editor at The Hairpin after Zimmerman stepped down in 2013 as "really hard; Edith created a perfectly formed product in The Hairpin and her voice was...The Hairpin".[7]
The Hairpin had been home to several recurring features including Jia Tolentino's "Interview With a Virgin",[8] Jolie Kerr's "Ask A Clean Person",[9] former This American Life producer Jane Marie's makeup tutorial series "How To Be A Girl"[10] and Lindsay King-Miller's advice column "Ask A Queer Chick".[11]
Glen Weldon discussed the demise of The Hairpin as being in response to the decline in advertisement-driven website revenue, making a difficult situation for independent publishers.[12]
References
- "thehairpin.com traffic". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
- The Hairpin, "The Hairpin is ending" 16 January 2018
- Bloomgarden-Smoke, Kara. "The Hairpin's Editors Are Leaving". The Observer. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
- The Hairpin - About
- Mlotek, Haley (October 30, 2015). "Bye!!!". The Hairpin. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
- "The Awl Names Silvia Killingsworth as Editor | Cision". 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
- Emma Carmichael, "Longform Podcast # 118: Emma Carmichael" Longform.org, 19 November 2014
- Jia Tolentino, "Interview With a Virgin: Ben" The Hairpin, 29 January 2013
- Jolie Kerr, Ask A Clean Person The Hairpin
- Jane Marie, "How To Be A Girl" on Vimeo
- Lindsay King-Miller, "Ask A Queer Chick" The Hairpin
- Weldon, Glen (19 January 2018). "Is That Awl There Is? Remembering The Awl And The Hairpin". NPR.org. Retrieved 2018-11-03.