Anne Elizabeth Moore
American cultural critic, artist, journalist, and editor
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Anne Elizabeth Moore (born 1971 in Winner, South Dakota) is an American cultural critic, artist, journalist, and editor. She is well known for her books Body Horror: Capitalism, Fear, Misogyny, Jokes (2017), Sweet Little Cunt: the Graphic Work of Julie Doucet (2018), about Julie Doucet, and Gentrifier: A Memoir (2021). Her work mainly deals with the nature of power and women’s oppression, the housing crisis and gentrification, and women’s health.
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
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| Born | 1971 (age 54–55) Winner, South Dakota, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
| Known for | Illustrations |
Moore’s writing has been featured in various publications, including the Guardian, Salon, Paris Review, Chicago Journal, and The Baffler. She has written extensively about culture and media, illness, and human rights. Her essays “Reimagining the National Border Patrol Museum (and Gift Shop)” (2008) and “17 Theses on the Edge” (2010) have respectively received honorable mentions in Best American Non-Required Reading.
Life and career
Born 1971 in Winner, South Dakota, Moore attended the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire and later the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she got her start and trained as an artist to eventually exhibit work internationally.[citation needed] Her work has also been in the Whitney Biennial in New York City and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.[1] She also received various awards, including the National Endowment for the Arts Media Award, the Ragdale Fellowship, the USC Annenberg/Getty Arts Journalism Fellowship, the UN Press Fellowship for journalism, and two Fulbright Scholarships.[citation needed]
Moore was named editor-in-chief of the Chicago Reader in October 2018, replacing Mark Konkol.[2] She abruptly departed the Reader in March 2019.[3]
Currently, she lives in Upstate New York with her cat, Captain America, writing, traveling, teaching, and dealing with the occasional cow and snake.[citation needed]
Nonfiction
Books
- Moore, Anne Elizabeth (2007). Unmarketable: Brandalism, Copyfighting, Mocketing, and the Erosion of Integrity. The New Press. ISBN 9781595581686.[4]
- — (2012). Hip Hop Apsara: Ghosts Past and Present. Chicago, IL: Green Lantern Press. ISBN 9781450775267.[5]
- — (2013). New Girl Law: Drafting a Future for Cambodia. Portland, OR: Cantankerous Titles. ISBN 9781621064626.[6]
- — (2016). Threadbare: Clothes, Sex, and Trafficking. Portland, OR: Microcosm Publishing. ISBN 9781621067399.[7]
- — (2017). Body Horror: Capitalism, Fear, Misogyny, Jokes. Chicago, IL: Curbside Splendor. ISBN 9781940430935.[8] (Feminist Press edition 2023, ISBN 9781558612860)
- — (2018). Sweet Little Cunt: the Graphic Work of Julie Doucet. Minneapolis, MN: Uncivilized Books. ISBN 9781941250280.
- — (2021). Gentrifier: A Memoir. New York, NY: Catapult. ISBN 9781646221592.
Selected Essays
Essays on American Culture
- On Leaving the Birthplace of Standard Time, The Believer (an excerpt from Body Horror)[9]
- Knocked Out Loaded, The New Inquiry[10]
Comics, Books, Film & Art
- The Destabilizing Desire of Julie Doucet, Paris Review (an excerpt from Sweet Little Cunt)[11]
- The Never-ending Story, The Baffler[12]
- Silenced without Proof: On Soft Censorship, PEN America[13]
Media and Politics
- The Vertically Integrated Rape Joke, The Baffler[15]
Women & Labor
- Degendering Value, Jacobin[17]
Awards
- 2019 Eisner Award for Best Academic/Scholarly Work for Sweet Little Cunt: The Graphic Work of Julie Doucet (Uncivilized Books)