Lena Chen
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Lena Chen is a blogger, freelance writer, and graduate of Harvard College
, where she co-organized the Feminist Coming Out Day campaign in 2010. Born in San Francisco, California
and raised in Los Angeles
, Lena studied sociology and minored in Studies of Women, Gender, & Sexuality. Best known for her work on the blog Sex and the Ivy, she also writes the blog The Chicktionary and was the founding editor of CollegeOTR, a news and entertainment blog network.
In August 2006, she started penning the blog Sex and the Ivy. Her first-person accounts of sexual experiences, depression, and undergraduate life at one of America's premier academic institutions spurred campus discussion, prompted media attention, and garnered a following. Quickly becoming a controversial figure, she has been criticized by some as “morally reprehensible” and praised by others for encouraging frank sexual dialogue. With a daily readership of 2,000, Lena has been featured in multiple media outlets.
Since gaining notoriety for her blogging, she has contributed to a variety of online and print publications, including The Boston Globe
Magazine, Hustler Magazine, Lola Magazine, CollegeHumor
, The Frisky, and Beauty Launchpad.
Harvard College
Harvard College, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is one of two schools within Harvard University granting undergraduate degrees...
, where she co-organized the Feminist Coming Out Day campaign in 2010. Born in San Francisco, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
and raised in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, Lena studied sociology and minored in Studies of Women, Gender, & Sexuality. Best known for her work on the blog Sex and the Ivy, she also writes the blog The Chicktionary and was the founding editor of CollegeOTR, a news and entertainment blog network.
In August 2006, she started penning the blog Sex and the Ivy. Her first-person accounts of sexual experiences, depression, and undergraduate life at one of America's premier academic institutions spurred campus discussion, prompted media attention, and garnered a following. Quickly becoming a controversial figure, she has been criticized by some as “morally reprehensible” and praised by others for encouraging frank sexual dialogue. With a daily readership of 2,000, Lena has been featured in multiple media outlets.
Since gaining notoriety for her blogging, she has contributed to a variety of online and print publications, including The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe is an American daily newspaper based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Boston Globe has been owned by The New York Times Company since 1993...
Magazine, Hustler Magazine, Lola Magazine, CollegeHumor
CollegeHumor
CollegeHumor is a comedy website owned by InterActiveCorp and based in New York City. The site features daily original comedy videos and articles created by its in-house writing and production team, in addition to user-submitted videos, pictures, articles and links. In early 2009, CollegeHumor's...
, The Frisky, and Beauty Launchpad.