Carolyn Hax
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Carolyn Hax is a writer and columnist for the Washington Post
and the author of the eponymous advice column
Carolyn Hax — formerly titled Tell Me About It. The column debuted in 1997 and is published Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday – syndicated in more than 200 newspapers. It originally provided advice targeted at people under 30, but has in recent years broadened its age range, and features cartoons by Hax's ex-husband, Nick Galifianakis
.
Hax also participates in a weekly Friday web chat
, Carolyn Hax Live, on the paper's website with selected transcripts published subsequently.
, Hax grew up in Trumbull, Connecticut
, the youngest of four daughters. Her father is director of research planning at Sikorsky Aircraft
. She earned a Bachelor of Arts
degree from Harvard University
(1988).
Hax had been associate editor and news editor at the Army Times and copy editor and news editor at the Washington Post. In 2001, Hax published her first book, Tell Me About It: Lying, Sulking and Getting Fat and 56 Other Things Not to Do While Looking for Love. Her essay "Peace and Carrots," which describes how she is too busy to care about the so-called "Mommy Wars", was included in the 2006 anthology Mommy Wars by her Washington Post colleague Leslie Morgan Steiner
.
In 2003, Hax received scrutiny as an advice columnist when – over a two year period – she divorced her first husband, cartoonist Nick Galifianakis
, and married childhood friend Ken Ackerman – while pregnant with twins. Hax responded in December 2002 in her weekly online chat, Carolyn Hax Live, and Galifianakis commented in 2011 on their eight year relationship, saying "We were a great couple that could maybe be greater apart. The point of the column is not to keep people together; it's for people to be happy. And sometimes being happy means making that kind of adjustment, where maybe you're not together." She and Galifianakis continue to collaborate on the advice column.
With Ackerman, who is a Spanish teacher and coach at the Maret School
, Hax has identical twins Jonas and Percy – as well as a younger son August "Gus." They live in Washington, D.C.
The Washington Post
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and the author of the eponymous advice column
Advice column
An advice column is a column in a magazine or newspaper written by an advice columnist . The image presented was originally of an older woman providing comforting advice and maternal wisdom, hence the name "aunt"...
Carolyn Hax — formerly titled Tell Me About It. The column debuted in 1997 and is published Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday – syndicated in more than 200 newspapers. It originally provided advice targeted at people under 30, but has in recent years broadened its age range, and features cartoons by Hax's ex-husband, Nick Galifianakis
Nicholas Galifianakis
Nick Galifianakis is an American cartoonist and artist. Since 1997, he has drawn the cartoons for the nationally syndicated advice column Carolyn Hax, formerly, Tell Me About It – authored by ex-wife, writer and columnist for the Washington Post, Carolyn Hax.Galifianakis illustrated the book...
.
Hax also participates in a weekly Friday web chat
Web chat
A web chat is a system that allows users to communicate in real time using easily accessible web interfaces. It is a type of internet online chat distinguished by its simplicity and accessibility to users who do not wish to take the time to install and learn to use specialized chat software. This...
, Carolyn Hax Live, on the paper's website with selected transcripts published subsequently.
Background
Born December 5, 1966, in Bridgeport, ConnecticutBridgeport, Connecticut
Bridgeport is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Located in Fairfield County, the city had an estimated population of 144,229 at the 2010 United States Census and is the core of the Greater Bridgeport area...
, Hax grew up in Trumbull, Connecticut
Trumbull, Connecticut
Trumbull, a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut in the New England region of the United States, is bordered by the towns of Monroe, Shelton, Stratford, Bridgeport, Fairfield and Easton along Connecticut's Gold Coast. The population was 36,018 according to the 2010 census.Family Circle magazine...
, the youngest of four daughters. Her father is director of research planning at Sikorsky Aircraft
Sikorsky Aircraft
The Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation is an American aircraft manufacturer based in Stratford, Connecticut. Its parent company is United Technologies Corporation.-History:...
. She earned a Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
degree from Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
(1988).
Hax had been associate editor and news editor at the Army Times and copy editor and news editor at the Washington Post. In 2001, Hax published her first book, Tell Me About It: Lying, Sulking and Getting Fat and 56 Other Things Not to Do While Looking for Love. Her essay "Peace and Carrots," which describes how she is too busy to care about the so-called "Mommy Wars", was included in the 2006 anthology Mommy Wars by her Washington Post colleague Leslie Morgan Steiner
Leslie Morgan Steiner
Leslie Morgan Steiner is an American author, blogger and businesswoman.-Life and career:Morgan was born in Washington, D. C. A 1987 graduate of Harvard College with a B.A. in English, Steiner's first published work was an autobiographical account of her teenage struggle with anorexia nervosa,...
.
In 2003, Hax received scrutiny as an advice columnist when – over a two year period – she divorced her first husband, cartoonist Nick Galifianakis
Nicholas Galifianakis
Nick Galifianakis is an American cartoonist and artist. Since 1997, he has drawn the cartoons for the nationally syndicated advice column Carolyn Hax, formerly, Tell Me About It – authored by ex-wife, writer and columnist for the Washington Post, Carolyn Hax.Galifianakis illustrated the book...
, and married childhood friend Ken Ackerman – while pregnant with twins. Hax responded in December 2002 in her weekly online chat, Carolyn Hax Live, and Galifianakis commented in 2011 on their eight year relationship, saying "We were a great couple that could maybe be greater apart. The point of the column is not to keep people together; it's for people to be happy. And sometimes being happy means making that kind of adjustment, where maybe you're not together." She and Galifianakis continue to collaborate on the advice column.
With Ackerman, who is a Spanish teacher and coach at the Maret School
Maret School
Maret School was founded by Marthe Maret in 1911 as a French primary school. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, three French sisters, Mlles Marthe, Louise, and Jeanne Maret, left their home in Geneva, Switzerland to teach. Louise taught in Russia, Jeanne in the Philippines, and Marthe, who...
, Hax has identical twins Jonas and Percy – as well as a younger son August "Gus." They live in Washington, D.C.