Mallory Ortberg
Mallory Ortberg
Mallory Ortbergis an American author, editor, and a co-founder of the feminist general interest site The Toast. She previously wrote for Gawker and the Hairpin, where she met Toast co-founder Nicole Cliffe. Her first book, Texts from Jane Eyre, was released in November 2014, and became a New York Times bestseller. Ortberg was included in the 2015 Forbes 30 under 30 list in the media category. On November 9, 2015, it was announced that she was taking over Slate's "Dear...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth28 November 1986
CountryUnited States of America
Ghost! I miss him! Is that weird? I miss him even though I invented him. I feel a lot of tenderness toward him. I don't write a lot of stuff that is sad or that is tender and affectionate, so that has a very special place in my heart.
When I was twenty years old, I had gum grafts put in.
Weirdly, often the more I write, the more ideas I have.
Usually my writing is very over the top and bombastic and very, like, 'I'm amazing! Look at me!'
There's no specific mission statement for the 'Toast.'
I have fun going on Twitter and the Internet. I feel safe and comfortable, and I wish everyone could feel that way.
I grew up in a home where reading was a big deal.
Eighty per cent of my output is 'Mallory clowns on the Western canon,' and I'm happy to be that person.
I have a lot of faith in the power of joking to make something thoughtful.
My credentials, briefly: I no longer go to church or believe in God, but I can still name every one of the fruits of the Spirit and reeled for days upon hearing the announcement that Audio Adrenaline was reunited with one of the singers from DC Talk.
I attended an evangelical Christian university on the outskirts of suburban Los Angeles and by the time of my graduation was neither evangelical nor Christian.
In the hands of a passive-aggressive person who wants to abdicate responsibility for things, texting is a great tool. You can really go nuts.
One of the things that would be great is to some day have so many women comedy writers that we wouldn't say there's just one type of female humor. There's lots.
A lot of my creative energy is spent coming up with a concept that, once I get it, I feel like it writes itself.