Jamilah Lemieux

Jamilah Lemieux is an American columnist, cultural critic, and editor based in New York City. She is a three-time Black Weblog Awards winner and in 2010, she ranked #94 on BlackWeb 2.0's "100 Most Influential Black Women On Twitter."^[1] Lemieux was born in Chicago, Illinois, where she attended Whitney M. Young Magnet High School. Her father is David Lemieux, a former member of the Black Panther Party who appeared in The Spook Who Sat by the Door.

Lemieux has contributed to numerous publications including Essence, Jet, Black Enterprise and Jezebel. She has also been on several NPR's "All Things Considered".^[2]

On Twitter, Lemieux was one of the people credited for popularizing the hashtag #SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen, started in opposition to feminist Hugo Schwyzer.^[3] She has discussed many cultural issues, from "rape lyrics" in Rick Ross' music^[4] to challenging author Kim Foster's interpretation of Questlove's reaction to the Trayvon Martin verdict.^[5]

In 2011, she became the News & Lifestyle Editor for Ebony.com and was promoted to Senior Editor in 2014. In late 2015, she became the Senior Editor for the print magazine.

Personal life

Lemieux lives in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn^[6] and is a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.^[1]

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