Jude Ellison Sady Doyle (formerly known by the pen name Sady Doyle; born June 11, 1982) is an American

feminist Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideology, ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social gender equality, equality of the sexes. Feminism holds the position that modern soci ...

author.

Career

In 2005, Doyle graduated from

Eugene Lang College Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts, commonly referred to as Lang, is the seminar-style, undergraduate, liberal arts college of The New School. It is located on-campus in Greenwich Village in New York City on West 11th Street off Sixth Avenue ( ...

. He founded the

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Tiger Beatdown (a punning reference to ''

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'') in 2008. It concluded in 2013. His 2010

critique Critique is a method of disciplined, systematic study of a written or oral discourse. Although critique is frequently understood as fault finding and negative judgment, Rodolphe Gasché (2007''The honor of thinking: critique, theory, philosophy ...

Liz Lemon Elizabeth Miervaldis Lemon is a fictional character and the protagonist of the American television series '' 30 Rock''. She created and wrote for the fictional comedy-sketch show ''The Girlie Show'' and later ''TGS with Tracy Jordan''. She is ...

on Tiger Beatdown was oft-cited.''Sex and Sexuality'' (2019, , edited by The New York Times Editorial Staff, published by New York Times Educational Publishing in association with The Rosen Publishing Group), pages 185-189 Alyssa Rosenberg, writing for ''

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'' in 2011, criticized Doyle's critique in Tiger Beatdown that year of the sexual violence in ''

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''.Alyssa Rosenberg,
Feminist Media Criticism, George R.R. Martin’s A Song Of Ice And Fire, And That Sady Doyle Piece
', August 29, 2011, ''

'' Doyle is a feminist author; his first book, titled ''Trainwreck: The Women We Love to Hate, Mock, and Fear... and Why'' (2016), dealt with the ways in which society, and especially the media, have built up (and spotlighted) and then torn down women who defied social norms throughout history, particularly by classifying them as "crazy" and " trainwrecks". His second book, '' Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers: Monstrosity, Patriarchy, and the Fear of Female Power'', about patriarchy, monsters, and the horror of being female, was released in August 2019, and deals with the roles women are often pushed into by society, and the ways women are seen as monsters. Doyle contributed "The Pathology of

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" to the 2017 anthology ''Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America'', edited by

Samhita Mukhopadhyay Samhita Mukhopadhyay (born May 3, 1978) is an American writer and former executive editor of ''Teen Vogue''. She writes about feminism, culture, race, politics, and dating. She is the author of ''Outdated: Why Dating is Ruining Your Love Life'' an ...

and

Kate Harding Kate Harding (born c. 1975) is an American feminist and fat-acceptance writer. She was founding editor of the Shapely Prose blog, author of ''Asking For It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture—and What We Can Do About It,'' co-author of ''Lessons ...

, and the piece “Nowhere Left to Go: Misogyny and Belief on the Left“ to the 2020 anthology ''Believe Me: How Trusting Women Can Change the World'', edited by

Jessica Valenti Jessica Valenti ( ; born November 1, 1978) is an American feminist writer. She was the co-founder of the blog Feministing, which she wrote for from 2004 to 2011. Valenti is the author of six books: ''Full Frontal Feminism'' (2007), '' He's a Stu ...

and Jaclyn Friedman, as well as contributing to ''

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– Yearbook One'' (2012), ''Rookie – Yearbook Two'' (2014), and ''The Book of

Jezebel Jezebel ()"Jezebel"
(US) and

: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Lady Things'' (2013). Doyle also edited and wrote the introduction for ''

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: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations'' (2020). Doyle was a staff writer for ''

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'' and ''

'', and has also written for other outlets including ''

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'', ''

Elle Elle may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media * Elle (magazine), ''Elle'' (magazine), a fashion publication ** Elle Style Awards * Elle (India), ''Elle'' (India), the Indian edition * Elle (film), ''Elle'' (film), a 2016 French film * ''Elle: ...

'', ''

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'', and NBCNews.com. Doyle has written extensively about

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and the misogynistic abuse that many women face online, which Doyle has also endured. In 2020, he published the teenage

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''Apocalypse 1999 Or The Devil in Jenny Long'', offering it as a free download via the book's website. He wrote the comic ''MAW'', which was a five-issue horror series, the last issue of which came out in January 2022. The comic was released by

BOOM! Studios Boom! Studios (stylized as BOOM! Studios), is an American comic book and graphic novel publisher. They are headquartered in Los Angeles, California, United States. The company is a subsidiary of Random House division of Penguin Random House sin ...

. His piece "The Healed Body", about '' In My Skin'', is part of the anthology '' It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror'', published on October 4, 2022. He also worked on the

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for the musical ''Queen of Hearts'' about Martin Bashir’s interview with Diana, Princess of Wales; the musical premiered October 20, 2022. Doyle wrote the horror story comic series '' The Neighbors'', released by

in 2023. He was one of the writers for the comic ''Hello Darkness #1'', released by BOOM! Studios in July 2024. His story for that comic was called "Contagious".

Social media activities

In 2010, Doyle started the #MooreandMe campaign against

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's rejection of rape allegations made about

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. In 2011, Doyle started the hashtag #mencallmethings as a way to further discussion of sexist abuse received by women writers on the Internet. The same year, Doyle received the first

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Social Media Award. In 2013,

Kurt Metzger Kurt Metzger is an American stand-up comedian, writer and actor. He won an Emmy Award and a Peabody Award for his work on the television series '' Inside Amy Schumer''. Early life Metzger was raised in Toms River, New Jersey. He was raised as ...

feuded with Doyle and

Lindy West Lindy West (born March 9, 1982) is an American writer, comedian, and activist. She is the author of the essay collections '' Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman'' and ''The Witches Are Coming'' and a contributing opinion writer for ''The New York Ti ...

via Facebook and Twitter during a defense of rape humor.

Personal life

Doyle is

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non-binary Non-binary or genderqueer Gender identity, gender identities are those that are outside the male/female gender binary. Non-binary identities often fall under the transgender umbrella since non-binary people typically identify with a gende ...

, and

transgender A transgender (often shortened to trans) person has a gender identity different from that typically associated with the sex they were sex assignment, assigned at birth. The opposite of ''transgender'' is ''cisgender'', which describes perso ...

, and uses ''he/him'' and ''

they/them Singular ''they'', along with its inflected or derivative forms, ''them'', ''their'', ''theirs'', and ''themselves'' (also ''themself'' and ''theirself''), is a gender-neutral third-person pronoun derived from plural they. It typically occu ...

'' pronouns. He wrote that in April 2022 he had top surgery. He stated that he was sexually assaulted, and that his father was abusive and almost killed him, his mother, and his brother. Doyle also mentioned having

post-traumatic stress disorder Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental disorder that develops from experiencing a Psychological trauma, traumatic event, such as sexual assault, domestic violence, child abuse, warfare and its associated traumas, natural disaster ...

. Doyle has a husband and a daughter.

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References

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