Hadley Freeman

Hadley Freeman
Born Hadley Clare Freeman
(1978-05-15) 15 May 1978
New York City, New York, U.S.
Residence London, United Kingdom
Education Cambridge Centre for Sixth-form Studies
Alma mater St Anne's College, Oxford
Employer
Known for Journalist, author

Hadley Clare Freeman (born 15 May 1978)[1][2] is an American British journalist based in London.[3]

Early life

Freeman was born in New York City into a Jewish family.[4][5] Her father worked in finance. The family moved to London when Freeman was eleven.[6]

Education

After taking her A-level examinations while boarding at the Cambridge Centre for Sixth-form Studies,[2] she read English Literature at St Anne's College, Oxford, and edited Cherwell.[7]

Career

After a year in Paris, she worked on the fashion desk of The Guardian for eight years.[8] Freeman is a columnist and writer for The Guardian newspaper who also contributes to the UK version of Vogue.[9]

Starting in 2000, Freeman has occasionally written about her experiences with anorexia. She was treated in a psychiatric unit during six different periods between ages 13 and 17.[10]

Her first book, The Meaning of Sunglasses: A Guide to (Almost) All Things Fashionable, was published in 2009.[11] Be Awesome: Modern Life for Modern Ladies followed in 2013.[12] The Jewish Chronicle described it as "a detailed attack on how women are both portrayed and conditioned to act in public life".[13] In 2015, she released the book Life Moves Pretty Fast.[14]

In her books, Freeman discusses cinema, particularly from the 1980s, and she occasionally appears in the media to discuss films. She has said that her favourite film is the original Ghostbusters[15] and that she has collected books and articles connected to the film.[16]

Following an article for The Guardian in July 2013 criticising misogynistic behaviour, Freeman became the target of a bomb threat on Twitter.[17]

In June of 2018, Freeman denounces the treatment of undocumented child immigrants arriving in America, specifically the holding cells that they may be detained in for up to three days and the forced separation from any undocumented adults they may have been travelling with, drawing parallels between these policies and her Grandmother's experience of escaping Nazi Germany during the Holocaust. Freeman concludes the opinion piece with a strong statement that these policies are due to deliberate targeted cruelty against children by the Trump administration, and a reflection a latent racism amongst the Americans that voted for Trump.[18]

References

  1. ↑ Freeman, Hadley (12 May 2018). "I can't wait to turn 40. After four decades of getting things wrong, I know some stuff". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Alumni Profiles". Cambridge Centre for Sixth-form Studies. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  3. ↑ Freeman, Hadley (4 July 2012). "Cricket and other baffling British habits". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  4. ↑ Groskop, Viv (19 May 2013). "Be Awesome: Modern Life for Modern Ladies, by Hadley Freeman – review". The Observer. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  5. ↑ Freeman, Hadley (6 November 2012). "Sick of US news? Don't worry: there are lots of other things to discuss". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  6. ↑ Gil, Natalie; Forster, Katie (4 November 2012). "Interview: Hadley Freeman". The Tab. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  7. ↑ Levy Gale, Sadie (10 August 2013). "Interview: Hadley Freeman — How to be Awesome". Cherwell. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  8. ↑ Freeman, Hadley (10 May 2013). "I was banned from a slew of shows and never brushed my hair: Hadley Freeman's life as a fashion misfit". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  9. ↑ "Hadley Freeman". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  10. ↑ Freeman, Hadley (25 November 2017). "It wasn't feminist theory that cured my anorexia – it was having something to eat for". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  11. ↑ Freeman, Hadley (5 February 2009). The Meaning of Sunglasses: A Guide to (Almost) All Things Fashionable. Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-670-01867-3.
  12. ↑ Freeman, Hadley (25 April 2013). Be Awesome: Modern Life for Modern Ladies. Fourth Estate. ISBN 978-0-007-48570-3.
  13. ↑ Lipman, Jennifer (30 May 2013). "Be Awesome: Modern Life for Modern Ladies". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  14. ↑ Ellen, Barbara (17 May 2015). "Life Moves Pretty Fast review – a funny, absorbing study of 80s Hollywood". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  15. ↑ Freeman, Hadley (27 October 2011). "My favourite film: Ghostbusters". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  16. ↑ Freeman, Hadley (27 October 2011). "Why I owe it all to 1980s movies". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  17. ↑ Batty, David (1 August 2013). "Bomb threats made on Twitter to female journalists". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  18. ↑ Freeman, Hadley (19 June 2018). "Donald Trump's child cruelty shocks us, but it shouldn't surprise us". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
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