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Type of site | Current events,culture |
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| Available in | English |
| Dissolved | 2018; 8 years ago (2018) |
| Created by | Edith Zimmerman |
| Editors |
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| Key people | Michael Macher |
| URL | thehairpin.com |
| Launched | 2010; 16 years ago (2010) |
| Current status | Content farm |
The Hairpin was a women's writer-led website inThe Awl network.[1] It was founded in 2010 by Edith Zimmerman. It ceased publication at the end of January 2018.[2]
From 2013 to 2014,The Hairpin was edited by Emma Carmichael,[3] withJia Tolentino as contributing editor. Haley Mlotek was editor atThe Hairpin from 2014 to 2015,[4] withJazmine Hughes as contributing editor, followed by Alexandra Molotkow.[5][6] The site went on hiatus briefly but was revived in 2016 when Sylvia Killingsworth leftThe New Yorker to become editor of both The Awl and The Hairpin.[7]
Carmichael described her role as the first new editor atThe Hairpin after Zimmerman stepped down in 2013 as "really hard; Edith created a perfectly formed product inThe Hairpin and her voice was...The Hairpin".[8]
The Hairpin had been home to several recurring features including Jia Tolentino's "Interview With a Virgin",[9]Jolie Kerr's "Ask A Clean Person",[10] formerThis American Life producer Jane Marie's makeup tutorial series "How To Be A Girl"[11] and Lindsay King-Miller's advice column "Ask A Queer Chick".[12]
Glen Weldon discussed the demise ofThe Hairpin as being in response to the decline in advertisement-driven website revenue, making a difficult situation for independent publishers.[13] The URL and brand was resurrected withSEO-optimizedAI-generated articles in 2024. Some articles remain, but thebylines have been replaced with generic male names. The new owner, a Serbian DJ named Nebojša Vujinović Vujo, bought the site because it had "great reputation and excellentbacklinks." Vujo was able to buy the domain because the previous owners had let it lapse.[1][14]
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