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I'm Lena Chen, a writer, activist, and media producer who's been called a "skank" (by Bill O'Reilly) and "a small Asian woman" (by The New York Times). My favorite part of my workday is the hate mail.

For the unlikely story that is my life, read on.

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irregular features
Ask Lena: Reader Questions Answered
Anatomy of an Outfit
Bad Feminist Confessions
Freelance Friday: Career Advice for Young Writers
Hate Mail
Gratuitous Photos Of My Bulldog
Notes & Snapshots from Abroad
Recent Tweets @lenachen
In case you wanted to buy my outfit from the MORE shoot, here’s the totally reasonable brand and pricing info: Burberry London cotton silk blend dress, $850; burberry.com. Ralph Lauren Collection suede heels, $595; 212-434-8000. [Disclaimer: Since someone was confused, I will clarify that the outfit came from More magazine, NOT my own closet ;) ] I’m spending my afternoon penning my response to Tracy Clark-Flory’s piece in Salon about “the irony of [her] feminist photoshoot”. Tracy, who was profiled for the awesome writing she does at Broadsheet, wrote: “In the two-page photo spread (part of which you can see above), we look like a bunch of aspiring first ladies. We seem a group selected for mild variety and good-girl respectability. It’s a stately tableau that says: The kids are all right. We look like 20-somethings who do tea, not the binge-drinking, casual-sex-having “female chauvinist pigs” that get so much ink these days.” So, the Burberry IS quite a departure from my typical look. But you know, I think there are enough photos of me in underwear floating around on the Internet. (Photo from “This is What The New Feminists Look Like” - MORE Magazine)

In case you wanted to buy my outfit from the MORE shoot, here’s the totally reasonable brand and pricing info:

Burberry London cotton silk blend dress, $850; burberry.com. Ralph Lauren Collection suede heels, $595; 212-434-8000.

[Disclaimer: Since someone was confused, I will clarify that the outfit came from More magazine, NOT my own closet ;) ]

I’m spending my afternoon penning my response to Tracy Clark-Flory’s piece in Salon about “the irony of [her] feminist photoshoot”. Tracy, who was profiled for the awesome writing she does at Broadsheet, wrote:

“In the two-page photo spread (part of which you can see above), we look like a bunch of aspiring first ladies. We seem a group selected for mild variety and good-girl respectability. It’s a stately tableau that says: The kids are all right. We look like 20-somethings who do tea, not the binge-drinking, casual-sex-having “female chauvinist pigs” that get so much ink these days.”

So, the Burberry IS quite a departure from my typical look. But you know, I think there are enough photos of me in underwear floating around on the Internet.

(Photo from “This is What The New Feminists Look Like” - MORE Magazine)

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