Catherine Seipp (; November 17, 1957 – March 21, 2007) was a Los Angeles freelance writer and media critic. She is best known for writing the weekly "From the Left Coast" column for ''

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'' and a monthly column for the ''

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Personal life

Cathy Seipp was born in

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, Manitoba, Canada in November 1957. Her family moved to

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when she was five years old. When she was 16, she enrolled at

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and earned a bachelor's degree in English. Seipp married

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in 1986; their daughter, Maia, was born in 1989. Seipp and Lazar divorced in 1990, and Seipp never remarried.

Career

In addition to her regular columns, Seipp wrote for a variety of publications and websites, including ''Buzz'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Penthouse'', ''

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'', Canada's ''

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'', and ''

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''. During the 1980s, Seipp wrote a column titled "Miss Hot Tips" for the ''

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'' giving household hints and suggesting inexpensive but classy entertainments. She was also a regular guest on

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's ''

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'' until the show's cancellation in May 2005.

Death

Seipp, a non-smoker, died of lung cancer on March 21, 2007. She was survived by her parents, daughter, and sister.

Quotes

*"I just want to let everyone know having cancer hasn't made me a better person." *"And to all those proper feminists asking how I could work for a mag enthousethat exploits women like that, I would suggest: Go write for a woman's mag if you want to experience an institution that exploits women."

References

External links

An NRO Symposium: Friends remember Cathy SeippIndependent Women's Forum
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