Amy Siskind
Amy Siskind | |
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NYU Stern School of Business (MBA) | |
Subjects | Politics, women's rights |
Years active | 2008–present |
Notable work | The List: A Week-by-Week Reckoning of Trump’s First Year (2018) |
Children | 2 |
Website | |
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Amy Siskind (born December 16, 1965) is an American activist and writer. She is the author of The List: A Week-by-Week Reckoning of Trump’s First Year (2018) and organizer of the We the People March.
Early life and education
Siskind was born in
Career
Early career
As a Wall Street executive, Siskind was a pioneer and expert in the
The New Agenda and political activism
Siskind was an early supporter of Hillary Clinton during the 2008 United States presidential election cycle, having previously supported Clinton's re-election bid to the United States Senate, and having taken her daughter to meet Clinton at an event in 2006.[10] Siskind has drawn criticism from liberals for voting for John McCain over Barack Obama.[11]
In August 2008, Siskind co-founded The New Agenda in her living room with 30 Hillary Clinton supporters who alleged sexism and misogyny were at play during the 2008 election.[12][13] The New Agenda is a non-profit organization "dedicated to improving the lives of women and girls by bringing about systemic change in the media, at the workplace, at school and at home".[13] As of August 2019[update] she is president of the organization.[14][15] It focuses on issues that affect the success of women, including pay discrimination, sexual assault and sexual harassment.[9]
Siskind was reported to be one of the earliest supporters of the
The List
In November 2016, Siskind started keeping a weekly list of not-normal events of the Trump administration, and posting the lists on social media.[9][18] Siskind indicated that she did not intend to merely recite normal political disputes, but to catalogue "things that are uncharacteristic of our democracy".[18] In September 2017, she was named in Politico's 2017 "Politico 50".[18] In March 2018 she compiled the first year of weekly lists and published them as The List: A Week-by-Week Reckoning of Trump's First Year. In June 2018, Siskind started The Weekly List podcast to accompany the lists;[19] writing in Forbes in July 2018, Jo Piazza listed this as one of the "Podcasts Created by Women You Need to Be Listening To Right Now".[20] In July 2017, the United States Library of Congress began archiving her weekly reports.[18] Siskind acknowledged in an interview the following year that a downside of taking such a highly public stance is that "I can tweet things that are inarticulate and be attacked for months and get death threats".[21]
In 2018, The List: A Week-by-Week Reckoning of Trump's First Year was called one of the best books of 2018 by Carlos Lozada of The Washington Post.[22] Her podcast was also recognized by Marie Claire in 2019.[23] Siskind also organized the 2019 We the People March, a national march advertised as an event to remind elected officials that they work for the American people.[24] The march took place on September 21, 2019, in Washington D.C., with others in various cities across the United States.[24]
In 2021, Siskind donated The List collection to the Annenberg School library. The List was archived along with Siskind's podcast and other content she had created.[25]
Personal life
Siskind lives in Westchester County, New York with her two children.[19][7][26] She is openly lesbian.[27]
References
- ^ "Obituary of Bernard Siskind". The Marblehead Reporter. December 29, 2012.
- ^ "Marblehead native Amy Siskind has turned her online Trump 'List' into a book - Itemlive". April 17, 2018.
- ^ "Letter to the Editor: Happy with Tribute". jewishjournal.org. October 13, 2016.
- ^ "Marblehead High School Virtual Yearbook".
- ^ "What I Learned from What I Wish I Knew at 22". eship.dyson.cornell.edu.
- ^ "To The Contrary Panelists". www.pbs.org. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
- ^ a b "About Amy". The Weekly List. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
- ^ University, Office of Web Communications, Cornell. "What I Wish I Knew at 22". Cornell. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
- ^ Silberstein, Judy (June 8, 2006). "Senator Clinton Reviews Mamaroneck 3rd Grader's Report". Larchmont Gazette. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
- ^ Sales, Ben (August 16, 2018). "Amy Siskind has been called a face of the anti-Trump resistance. Liberal critics claim she is an impostor". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
- ^ "It's No Longer Just About Hillary". RealClearPolitics. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
- ^ a b "About Us - The New Agenda". October 12, 2012.
- ^ Fine, Melanie (February 7, 2019). "The Incredible Symbolism Of That Sea Of White At The State Of The Union". Forbes.
- ^ "2017 Board of Directors and Officers". The New Agenda. November 11, 2012. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
- ^ France, Lisa Respers (October 15, 2017). "#MeToo: Social media flooded with personal stories of assault". CNN.
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- Weill, Kelly (November 13, 2018) "Gavin McInnes Whines His Fellow Rich Neighbors Don’t Like Him" The Daily Beast
- Rom, Gabriel (October 29, 2018) "Amy Siskind warns that far-right leader Gavin McInnes lives here" The Journal News
- Campbell, Andy (January 4, 2019) "Proud Boys Founder Gavin McInnes Can Get Back To Antifa After He Battles His Neighbors" HuffPost
- Doughtery, Owen (January 4, 2019) "Proud Boys founder asked neighbors to take down anti-hate signs: report" The Hill
- Sommer, Will (January 4, 2019) "Gavin McInnes Writes Letters to Neighbors to Take Down Anti-Hate Signs" The Daily Beast
- Campbell, Andy (January 8, 2019)"Gavin McInnes’ Wife Threatens Neighbors Over ‘Hate Has No Home Here’ Signs" HuffPost
- ^ a b c d "#37 Amy Siskind - POLITICO 50 2017". Politico. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
- ^ a b "Mamaroneck's Siskind Continues Documenting The Trump Era". Larchmont-Mamaroneck, NY Patch. July 9, 2018. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
- ^ Piazza, Jo (July 18, 2018). "Podcasts Created by Women You Need to Be Listening To Right Now". Forbes. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
- ^ Lungariello, Mark (October 1, 2018). "Author Amy Siskind brings her list on Donald Trump to Eastchester". Rockland/Westchester Journal News.
- ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
- ^ Jones, Alexis (May 22, 2019). "The 15 Podcasts by Women That Need to Be on Your Playlist". Marie Claire.
- ^ a b Fuller, Bonnie (October 4, 2019). "We the People March Organizer AmySiskind On Why It's Needed: The TrumpRegime Must Be Accountable". Hollywood Life. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^ Sloan, Julie (October 6, 2021). "Amy Siskind Donates The Weekly List Collection to the Annenberg School Library". Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
- ^ "Amy Siskind -". aroomofherownfoundation.org.
- ^ Times, Windy City (March 20, 2018). "With 'The List,' Amy Siskind documents democracy's downfall". Windy City Times.
External links
External media | |
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Audio | |
Make America “Normal” Again, WAMU | |
Amy Siskind Chronicles Trump's First Year, "U-God" on the Wu-Tang Clan, Can We Fix Our Bail System?, WNYC | |
Video | |
Video: Amy Siskind of Mamaroneck, author of "The List" speaking at Barnes & Noble in Manhattan, Seth Harrison, Lohud |