tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63087787049071523352024-03-24T02:11:15.902-05:00andrea grimespurveyor of words, written and spokenAndrea Grimeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01506359863855911734noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308778704907152335.post-89431092101976237672023-05-12T19:54:00.011-05:002024-03-23T08:54:19.318-05:00some things i have written<p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.msnbc.com/author/andrea-grimes-ncpn1304426">For MSNBC</a>, I write op-eds about <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/question-republicans-dont-want-answer-abortion-bans-rcna89528">politics</a>, <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/ohio-woman-miscarriage-case-brittany-watts-rcna130511">abortion rights</a>, and <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/netflix-the-greatest-night-in-pop-documentary-rcna136459">pop culture</a>.</li><li><a href="https://www.damemagazine.com/tag/the-well-actually/">The Well Actually</a> (<i>DAME</i> magazine) - I write a monthly media criticism and cultural zeitgeist column using an intersectional feminist lens.</li><li><a href="https://homewiththearmadillo.blog/category/texas-writers-byline-scan/">Texas Writers Byline Scan</a> (Home with the Armadillo) — An annual examination of byline representation along the axes of race, gender, and location in Texas magazines, with the aim of improving accountability around the diversity of writers telling stories for and about Texas and Texans in the state's mainstream and legacy glossies. I've <a href="https://www.cjr.org/first_person/why-counting-bylines-is-important.php">published follow-up coverage</a> in the <i>Columbia Journalism Review</i>.</li><li><a href="https://revivalweekly.com/">Revival! Weekly</a> — An epistolary spec-fic/horror project about a dystopian alternate-America led by a zombie president. </li><li>"<a href="https://homewiththearmadillo.blog/2023/10/31/a-sand-castle-for-the-space-man/">A Sand Castle for the Space Man</a>," "<a href="https://homewiththearmadillo.blog/2022/10/31/local-boos-terror-in-marghoulritaville/" target="_blank">Local Boos: Terror in Marghoulritaville</a>," "<a href="https://homewiththearmadillo.blog/2020/10/25/the-stair-sweeper/">The Stair Sweeper</a>" and "<a href="https://homewiththearmadillo.blog/2021/10/29/the-ghost-of-quarantine-present/" target="_blank">The Ghost of Quarantine Present</a>" (Home with the Armadillo) - Spooky fiction stories published annually in my newsletter.</li><li>"<a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/biden-response-dobbs-abortion/">Biden's Troubling Response to 'Dobbs</a>'" (<i>The Nation</i>) — I penned the print editorial for the 8/15/22 issue on President Joe Biden's historic and contemporary reluctance to champion abortion rights.</li><li>"<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/16/opinion/abortion-health-religion.html">Fake Clinics Aren't the Answer</a>" (<i>New York Times</i>) - First in Texas, and then across the nation, anti-abortion lawmakers are remaking the safety net for reproductive health care in their own image of God. I am not a fan.</li><li>"How Texas Became Ground Zero in the Abortion Wars" (<i>Rewire News)</i> — a three-part series looking at the history of abortion legislation in Texas from <i>Roe v. Wade</i> to today. <a href="https://rewirenewsgroup.com/article/2022/02/22/how-texas-became-ground-zero-in-the-abortion-wars/">Part one</a> covers the <i>Roe</i> years and the 80s; <a href="https://rewirenewsgroup.com/article/2022/03/01/abortion-was-the-obvious-play-to-turn-texas-red-how-did-democrats-miss-it/">part two</a> covers the late 80s until the early 00's; <a href="https://rewirenewsgroup.com/article/2022/03/08/when-it-comes-to-abortion-rights-texans-will-save-texas/">part three</a> covers the 2013 filibuster until today.</li><li>"<a href="https://www.damemagazine.com/2021/10/27/when-cancel-culture-means-letting-go/">When Cancel Culture Means Letting Go</a>" (<i>DAME </i>magazine<i>) — </i>a look at "cancel culture" from fans' perspectives, examining what it means to let go of a favorite cultural artifact when it no longer feels good to consume work you once loved.</li><li>"<a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/opinion-from-friendly-state-to-enmity-state/">From 'Friendly' State to Enmity State</a>" and "<a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/editorial-even-turning-texas-blue-wont-fix-us-if-we-dont-face-some-hard-truths/">Even 'Turning Texas Blue' Won't Save Us If We Don't Face Some Hard Truths</a>" (<i>Texas Observer</i>) - Two 2021 op-eds for the watchdog magazine look at Texas leaders' bad decisions and bids to pit neighbor against neighbor amid a raging pandemic.</li><li>"<a href="https://homewiththearmadillo.blog/2019/09/07/we-are-the-daughters-of-the-silent-generations/">We Are the Daughters of the Silent Generations</a>" (Home with the Armadillo) - The first installment of my newsletter, wherein I unpack the Highwomen's reimagining of a country music classic.</li><li>"<a href="https://medium.com/@andreagrimes/texas-is-the-last-stop-5d724ff816a2">Texas is the Last Stop</a>" (Medium) - Is a genuinely less fucked-up Texas even possible? Beto O'Rourke tried it!</li></ul><p></p>Andrea Grimeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01506359863855911734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308778704907152335.post-71867854652337541632023-05-12T19:46:00.000-05:002023-05-12T19:46:08.083-05:00Podcasts and Other Recorded Things<p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>"<a href="https://medium.com/intimates/this-says-not-c9b4f5f2e12" target="_blank">This Says Not</a>" — An audio essay about technology and family and the native big cats of Texas. Performed live in December 2017 for <i>Intimates, </i>a pop-up magazine from <i>The Establishment.</i></li><li><a href="http://texasobserver.org/tag/the-texas-miracle/" style="font-style: normal;">The Texas Miracle</a><span style="font-style: normal;"> - I produced and hosted the </span><i>Texas Observer's</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> podcast-slash-news mag, featuring a weekly politics news roundup with Texas' top reporters and strange tales from far-flung corners of the state. </span></li><li><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><a href="https://traitorradio.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Traitor Radio</a> - I produced and hosted an eight-episode independent storytelling podcast featuring first-person audio essays and activist homework for listeners. </span></i></li><li><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/purple-shed-productions/id1236280350" target="_blank">Purple Shed Productions</a>: With my husband, I produced Nope Country (a music criticism podcast interrogating country music's greatest crimes and most notable achievements), and Let It Stream, a goofy foray into low-budget holiday romance films. </span></i></li><li><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tomato-pickup/id1412799907">Tomato Pickup</a> - I produced this eleven-episode podcast about the history and craft of Bloody Marys, with a healthy garnish of social and reproductive justice activism.</span></i></li></ul><p></p>Andrea Grimeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01506359863855911734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308778704907152335.post-41462394315184387002023-05-12T19:38:00.011-05:002024-02-05T15:35:00.339-06:00An Introduction<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT0kUxs1k9r3o3UXT4MUgzNdw4WYQMeOAvZ0-aIpetLQB2yXVTbybjG6bg4yjKJ1VjO4AB9FUfXa6SAJoMfsucL2KCy6EbiJmhG_xI39RPofSt70WvShSzEuKV6mrpCXClqisJK9yQpysy_xkmmjyZJTll1IfQX0Q345rMbjTZfBV1a1lsmKvhX4EiEIs/s2320/24_02%20Grimes%20Headshot%20crop.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="1958" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT0kUxs1k9r3o3UXT4MUgzNdw4WYQMeOAvZ0-aIpetLQB2yXVTbybjG6bg4yjKJ1VjO4AB9FUfXa6SAJoMfsucL2KCy6EbiJmhG_xI39RPofSt70WvShSzEuKV6mrpCXClqisJK9yQpysy_xkmmjyZJTll1IfQX0Q345rMbjTZfBV1a1lsmKvhX4EiEIs/s320/24_02%20Grimes%20Headshot%20crop.png" width="270" /></a></div><br />I'm a writer, editor, podcaster, and activist living in Austin, Texas with my husband, two unusually small but nevertheless vocal cats, and an eminently goofy hound dog. I mostly write about Texas, politics, and reproductive justice, and I often engage in strategic communications work around sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice. <div><br /></div><div>This website exists because maybe you'd like to hire me to write, edit, or produce a thing for you, and you're interested in hearing what I'm about.<br /><div><br /></div><div>I am deeply biased in favor of abortion rights and access, and I like it that way. From 2018-2021, I led the communications team at <a href="http://www.ifwhenhow.org" target="_blank">If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice</a>, a legal organization at the vanguard of the reproductive health, rights, and justice movements. A lot of folks know me as the founder of the <a href="https://time.com/3160471/tacobeerchallenge-abortion-twitter/">Taco or Beer Challenge</a>. Because writing is a non-stop hustle and I've never been happy doing one thing at a time anyway, I've been freelancing for nearly 20 years, even while working a slate of full-time journalism (and very not-journalism) gigs. My work has been published in the <i><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/16/opinion/abortion-health-religion.html">New York Times</a></i>, <i><a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/biden-response-dobbs-abortion/">The Nation</a>,</i> <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/abortion-pill-mifepristone-ban-republicans-rcna80443" target="_blank">MSNBC</a>, the <i><a href="https://www.cjr.org/first_person/why-counting-bylines-is-important.php" target="_blank">Columbia Journalism Review</a></i>, <a href="https://www.damemagazine.com/author/andrea-grimes/"><i>DAME Magazine</i></a>, <i><a href="https://rewirenewsgroup.com/authors/andrea-grimes/">Rewire News</a>, <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/author/andrea-grimes/">The Texas Observer</a>, </i>on <a href="https://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/a8944406/senator-charles-schwertner-smashes-glass-table-during-abortion-bill-testimony/" style="font-style: italic;">Cosmopolitan.com</a><i> </i>and <i><a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/contributor/andrea-grimes">Rolling Stone.com</a>, </i>in the <i><a href="http://www.wcwonline.org/WRB-Issues/womens-review-of-books-2016">Women's Review of Books</a></i>, <a href="http://dmagazine.com/Home/D_Magazine/2011/May/Inside_Dallas_Incestuous_Mayoral_Race.aspx"><span style="font-style: italic;">D Magazine</span></a>, the <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.austinchronicle.com/authors/andrea-grimes/">Austin Chronicle</a>, </span><span>Salon</span>, <i><a href="https://bitchmedia.org/issue/71">Bitch</a></i>, <a href="http://msmagazine.com/blog/author/andreagrimes/"><i>Ms. Magazine</i></a>, <a href="http://jezebel.com/#%215767272/why-there-arent-more-female-comics-at-sxsw">Jezebel</a>, <a href="http://www.thefrisky.com/author/andrea-grimes/">The Frisky</a> and the <i>Los Angeles Review Of Books</i>' literary magazine, <a href="http://theoffingmag.com/wits-end/would-you-like-some-help-with-that/">The Offing</a><i>, </i>among many others.<div><div><br /></div><div>I was the <a href="http://www.texasobserver.org/author/andrea-grimes/"><i>Texas Observer</i>'s digital editor</a> from 2015-2016, juggling a host of editing duties as well as keeping an eye on a state legislature famous for its tomfoolery while producing the <a href="http://texasobserver.org/tag/the-texas-miracle/">Texas Miracle</a> podcast, an audio news magazine dedicated to progressive politics, cultural commentary, and social justice in Texas. Prior to my gig at the <i>Texas Observer</i>, I covered reproductive rights and state politics across the South as a senior political reporter with <a href="https://rewire.news/author/andrea-grimes/">Rewire</a>, a non-profit online magazine focused on reproductive rights and justice, while writing the <a href="http://texasobserver.org/"><i>Texas Observer</i>'s</a> monthly "State of the Media" column. Texans may also recognize my name <a href="http://austin.eater.com/authors/andrea-grimes">from the virtual pages of Eater Austin</a> and<i> </i><a href="http://dallas.eater.com/authors/andrea-grimes">Eater Dallas</a>, or from the <i><a href="http://www.dallasobserver.com">Dallas Observer</a> </i>alt-weekly, where I worked my first gigs in journalism as a staff writer and humor columnist.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I've done a lot of personal writing and podcasting about social change and pop culture (and the intersections of social change and pop culture). My newsletter is <a href="http://homewiththearmadillo.wordpress.com">Home with the Armadillo</a>. There, I write a <a href="https://homewiththearmadillo.blog/category/hard-to-believe-its-only-tuesday/" target="_blank">weekly abortion news roundup</a> and publish everything from yelling about the patriarchy to country music criticism to supernatural fiction. I produced <a href="http://www.patreon.com/tomatopickup">Tomato Pickup</a>, a podcast about Bloody Marys, and I was the executive producer and host of <a href="https://traitorradio.com/">Traitor Radio</a>, a storytelling podcast featuring activist homework for listeners. I once wrote and edited a <a href="https://resistancekitchen.tumblr.com/">food blog about politics</a>. Sometimes I talk about twang with my husband on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nopecountrypodcast/">Nope Country</a>, a podcast about the culture and politics of country music. We also have a <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/let-it-stream-episode-1-royalty/id1236280350?i=1000501765098">goofy little podcast</a> about low-budget holiday films.</div><div><br /></div><div>I have a B.A. in digital journalism from New York University, and an M.A. in cultural anthropology from the University of Texas at Austin.<br /><div>
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I'm always happy to take questions and assignments at andrea dot grimes at gmail dot com. For communications that require a more secure channel, you can contact me at grimesandrea at proton dot me.<br /></div></div></div></div></div>Andrea Grimeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01506359863855911734noreply@blogger.com