Meredith Haaf

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Meredith Haaf at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2018

Meredith Haaf (* 1983 in Munich ) is a German journalist , author and editor of the Süddeutsche Zeitung . In 2007 she founded the feminist blog Mädchenmannschaft together with the authors Barbara Streidl and Susanne Klingner .

Life

Meredith Haaf studied history and philosophy in Munich. She worked for, among others, Jetzt , the magazine of the Süddeutsche Zeitung and Missy Magazine - and was later a permanent writer for NEON . Together with Susanne Klingner and Barbara Streidl , she published the book We Alpha Girls in 2008 . Why feminism makes life more beautiful . In it, the authors propagate a modern, undogmatic feminism and defend themselves against biological gender ascriptions. In 2011 Haaf Heult published : About a generation and its luxury problems . In this book she criticizes the indecision and political apathy of her generation. In autumn 2018 Haaf published the book Streit! An invitation, a plea for a better culture of debate. Haaf is married to the journalist Patrick Bauer and lives with her family in Munich.

reception

The Zeit reviewer Alice Bota criticized the, in her opinion, confused mix of topics in We Alpha Girls and that in the book, of all things , tragic figures such as the late singer Amy Winehouse and the actress Lindsay Lohan are portrayed as role models for young women. She also criticized the fact that the authors “declare themselves to be girls again as established women”. In the taz the too youthful, naive language of the authors was criticized, while the "refreshing tone" of the book was praised in the Süddeutsche Zeitung . SZ reviewer Iris Hanika wrote that she would like to recommend the book to every girl.

Howls was highly praised in the Swiss Tages-Anzeiger , especially for the combative tone: "She shakes powerfully at the gates of the makers and the powerless, and one always thinks in amazement: She's only 28!"

Publications (selection)

Books

  • We alpha girls. Why feminism makes life more beautiful , together with Susanne Klingner and Barbara Streidl, Hoffmann and Campe Verlag, Hamburg, hardcover 2008, ISBN 978-3-45-550075-2
  • We alpha girls: why feminism makes life more beautiful , paperback edition 2009 published by Blanvalet, ISBN 978-3-442-37313-0
  • Howls: About a generation and its luxury problems , Piper Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-492-25951-4
  • Dispute! A request , dtv Verlagsgesellschaft, 2018, ISBN 978-3423289771

items

  • Lonely heroines. Women are freer today than ever. But why are they primarily seen as partners again? , in: Süddeutsche Zeitung , No. 284, December 10, 2014, ISSN  0174-4917 , page 11.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Author page at dtv. Retrieved October 18, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Mysterious twenties: Burnout is there for everyone , Spiegel article from January 29, 2012, accessed on October 18, 2014
  3. ↑ G + J press release. Retrieved October 18, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Alpha girl Meredith Haaf: "Sexyness is so unimportant" , Spiegel article from April 9, 2008, accessed on October 18, 2014
  5. ↑ Meredith Haaf: Quarrel! An invitation . dtv Verlagsgesellschaft, ISBN 3-423-28977-5 , p. 288 ( dtv.de [accessed October 18, 2018]).
  6. ↑ "I rummage in the closet and come across a strange life". Retrieved October 18, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Author page at dtv. Retrieved October 18, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Reviews at perlentaucher.de , accessed on October 18, 2014
  9. ↑ No more cuddling , Tages-Anzeiger from December 19, 2012, accessed on October 18, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Haaf, Meredith
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and author
DATE OF BIRTH 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich