Vanessa Maia Grigoriadis is an American

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. Her work has been featured in ''The

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'', '' Vanity Fair'', and ''

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'' among other publications.

Background

Grigoriadis is of Greek descent and grew up in

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. When she was younger she played classical violin and danced. Grigoriadis graduated from

Wesleyan University Wesleyan University ( ) is a Private university, private liberal arts college, liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut. Founded in 1831 as a Men's colleges in the United States, men's college under the auspices of the Methodist Epis ...

. She also spent a year studying the sociology of religion at

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

Career

Grigoriadis is a generalist writer for ''

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'', and '' Vanity Fair''. Her feature ''Power Girls'' reportedly inspired the MTV reality series '' PoweR Girls''. Her work does not cover one specific topic. She has been working on and off for the ''New York'' magazine since she graduated from college. Here, she began working as an editorial assistant and eventually worked her way up to becoming a contributing editor at the age of 25. In 2003, she was a writer on the Style desk at the ''

''.

Blurred Lines

In 2014, Grigoriadis wrote a cover story on

Emma Sulkowicz Emma Sulkowicz (born October 3, 1992) is an American performance artist and anti-rape activist"Carr ...

, the Columbia student known for her '' Mattress Performance''. That story grew into Grigoriadis's first book, ''Blurred Lines: Rethinking Sex, Power, and Consent on Campus''. Published in September 2017, the book is an exploration of the changing attitudes toward consent on college campuses across the United States.

Awards and honors

Grigoriadis received the

National Magazine Award The National Magazine Awards, also known as the Ellie Awards, honor print and digital publications that consistently demonstrate superior execution of editorial objectives, innovative techniques, noteworthy enterprise and imaginative design. Or ...

in 2007 in profile writing for a profile of

Karl Lagerfeld Karl Otto Lagerfeld (; 10 September 1933 – 19 February 2019) was a German fashion designer, creative director, artist and photographer. He was known as the creative director of the French fashion house Chanel, a position held from 1983 ...

. She was nominated in 2008 for feature writing, a piece titled ''Gawker and the Rage of the Creative Underclass''.Vanity Fair contributors page
/ref> She was also nominated for a Mirror Award for a profile of

Arianna Huffington Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington (née Ariadnē-Anna Stasinopoúlou, el, Αριάδνη-Άννα Στασινοπούλου ; born July 15, 1950) is a Greek-American author, syndicated columnist and businesswoman. She is a co-founder of ''Th ...

Bibliography

Books

* ''Blurred Lines: Rethinking Sex, Power, and Consent on Campus'' (2017)

Essays and reportage

*
Karl Lagerfeld, Boy Prince of Fashion
', New York Magazine (2007 National Magazine Award winner) *
Gawker and the Rage of the Creative Underclass
', New York Magazine (2008 National Magazine Award nominee) *
The Tragedy of Britney Spears
' Rolling Stone *
Tory Burch's Ext Factor
' Vanity Fair *
Blow Up the Box: Barry Diller's Story
' New York Magazine *

' New York Times Magazine *
An American Drug Lord in Acapulco
' Rolling Stone *
Hollywood's Rising Class
' Vanity Fair *

' New York Times Magazine

References

External links

*
New York Magazine bibliography
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