Sasha Cagen
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Sasha Cagen is an American
writer, editor, and entrepreneur best known for starting the quirkyalone
movement. Her first book was Quirkyalone: A Manifesto for Uncompromising Romantics (Harper
San Francisco, 2004), and her second book To-Do List: From Buying Milk to Finding a Soul Mate, What Our Lists Reveal About Us, a collection of 100 handwritten lists and the stories behind them, was released by Simon & Schuster
in November 2007.
She is the founding editor and publisher of To-Do List, a "magazine of meaningful minutiae"http://www.todolistblog.com/ that used the idea of a to-do list to explore the details of daily life, and of todolistblog.com http://www.todolistblog.com/. Among other major recognitionhttp://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/09/01/WB83972.DTL, To-Do List was named Best New Magazine of 2000 in Utne's Alternative Press Awards, Reader's Choice.
Cagen cofounded StyleMob, a social networking site "dedicated to real people and their style."http://www.stylemob.com The site started in early 2007, and has already received a lot of media coverage.http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/2007/08/08/2007-08-08_local_style_gets_a_global_shoutout_onlin.html
http://www.twincities.com/life/ci_6760504http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/08/12/LV58RE065.DTLhttp://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/2007/08/08/2007-08-08_local_style_gets_a_global_shoutout_onlin.html
Cagen has appeared on the BBC
, Anderson Cooper 360http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y12rEN1VusU, CNN Headline News
, Countdown with Keith Olbermann
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIraVZ4G3Rg&feature=related, and NPR
's "Day to Day" and "Talk of the Nation"http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17580371. Quirkyalone received attention in newspapers and magazines including USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2004-01-08-quirkyalone_x.htm, the New York Timeshttp://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/30/fashion/30SING.html?ex=1385528400&en=25cacef4b62edd63&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND, and the London Observerhttp://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,6903,1136122,00.html. The Quirkyalone book has been translated in German, Danish, and Portuguese, and was named a finalist in the Books for a Better Life Awards, 2004. Cagen's essays have appeared in newspapers and magazines including the Village Voice, Utne Reader
, and Men's Health
, as well as in numerous anthologies.
Cagen got her start as a writer in the "girl zine
revolution," writing about topics ranging from the class politics of attending an elite women's college to the taste of grape soda and the fear of being pushed or pushing someone else into the subway tracks. During the mid-nineties in New York, Cagen co-edited the popular girlzine Cupsize.
Cagen attended Amherst College
and graduated from Barnard College
. A native of Cranston, Rhode Island
, she lives in San Francisco.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
writer, editor, and entrepreneur best known for starting the quirkyalone
Quirkyalone
Quirkyalone is a neologism referring to someone who enjoys being single and generally prefers to be alone rather than dating for the sake of being in a couple....
movement. Her first book was Quirkyalone: A Manifesto for Uncompromising Romantics (Harper
Harper (publisher)
Harper is an American publishing house, the flagship imprint of global publisher HarperCollins.-History:James Harper and his brother John, printers by training, started their book publishing business J. & J. Harper in 1817. Their two brothers, Joseph Wesley Harper and Fletcher Harper, joined them...
San Francisco, 2004), and her second book To-Do List: From Buying Milk to Finding a Soul Mate, What Our Lists Reveal About Us, a collection of 100 handwritten lists and the stories behind them, was released by Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster, Inc., a division of CBS Corporation, is a publisher founded in New York City in 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. It is one of the four largest English-language publishers, alongside Random House, Penguin and HarperCollins...
in November 2007.
She is the founding editor and publisher of To-Do List, a "magazine of meaningful minutiae"http://www.todolistblog.com/ that used the idea of a to-do list to explore the details of daily life, and of todolistblog.com http://www.todolistblog.com/. Among other major recognitionhttp://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/09/01/WB83972.DTL, To-Do List was named Best New Magazine of 2000 in Utne's Alternative Press Awards, Reader's Choice.
Cagen cofounded StyleMob, a social networking site "dedicated to real people and their style."http://www.stylemob.com The site started in early 2007, and has already received a lot of media coverage.http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/2007/08/08/2007-08-08_local_style_gets_a_global_shoutout_onlin.html
http://www.twincities.com/life/ci_6760504http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/08/12/LV58RE065.DTLhttp://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/2007/08/08/2007-08-08_local_style_gets_a_global_shoutout_onlin.html
Cagen has appeared on the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
, Anderson Cooper 360http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y12rEN1VusU, CNN Headline News
CNN Headline News
HLN, formerly known as CNN Headline News and CNN2, is a cable television news channel based in the United States and a spinoff of the cable news television channel, CNN. Initially airing tightly-formatted 30-minute newscasts around the clock, since 2005, the channel has increasingly aired long-form...
, Countdown with Keith Olbermann
Countdown with Keith Olbermann
Countdown with Keith Olbermann is an hour-long weeknight news and political commentary program that airs on Current TV, where it began airing on June 20, 2011. The program was broadcast on MSNBC from March 31, 2003, to January 21, 2011. On MSNBC, the show presented five selected news stories of...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIraVZ4G3Rg&feature=related, and NPR
NPR
NPR, formerly National Public Radio, is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to a network of 900 public radio stations in the United States. NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting...
's "Day to Day" and "Talk of the Nation"http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17580371. Quirkyalone received attention in newspapers and magazines including USA Today
USA Today
USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth. The newspaper vies with The Wall Street Journal for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States, something it previously held since 2003...
http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2004-01-08-quirkyalone_x.htm, the New York Timeshttp://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/30/fashion/30SING.html?ex=1385528400&en=25cacef4b62edd63&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND, and the London Observerhttp://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,6903,1136122,00.html. The Quirkyalone book has been translated in German, Danish, and Portuguese, and was named a finalist in the Books for a Better Life Awards, 2004. Cagen's essays have appeared in newspapers and magazines including the Village Voice, Utne Reader
Utne Reader
Utne Reader is an American bimonthly magazine. The magazine collects and reprints articles on politics, culture, and the environment from generally alternative media sources, including journals, newsletters, weeklies, zines, music and DVDs...
, and Men's Health
Men's Health (magazine)
Men's Health , published by Rodale Inc. in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, United States, is the world’s largest men’s magazine brand, with 44 editions around the world. It is also the best-selling men's magazine on U.S. newsstands. It covers fitness, nutrition, sexuality, lifestyle and other aspects of...
, as well as in numerous anthologies.
Cagen got her start as a writer in the "girl zine
Zine
A zine is most commonly a small circulation publication of original or appropriated texts and images. More broadly, the term encompasses any self-published work of minority interest usually reproduced via photocopier....
revolution," writing about topics ranging from the class politics of attending an elite women's college to the taste of grape soda and the fear of being pushed or pushing someone else into the subway tracks. During the mid-nineties in New York, Cagen co-edited the popular girlzine Cupsize.
Cagen attended Amherst College
Amherst College
Amherst College is a private liberal arts college located in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Amherst is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution and enrolled 1,744 students in the fall of 2009...
and graduated from Barnard College
Barnard College
Barnard College is a private women's liberal arts college and a member of the Seven Sisters. Founded in 1889, Barnard has been affiliated with Columbia University since 1900. The campus stretches along Broadway between 116th and 120th Streets in the Morningside Heights neighborhood in the borough...
. A native of Cranston, Rhode Island
Cranston, Rhode Island
Cranston, once known as Pawtuxet, is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. With a population of 80,387 at the 2010 census, it is the third largest city in the state. The center of population of Rhode Island is located in Cranston...
, she lives in San Francisco.
External links
- http://quirkyalone.net -Quirkyalone information, online quiz, and internet forumInternet forumAn Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages. They differ from chat rooms in that messages are at least temporarily archived...
- To-Do List
- StyleMob
- SashaCagen.com
- Authors@Google: Sasha Cagen