Abigail Shrier | |
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 Shrier in 2020 | |
| Born | Abigail Brett Krauser [1] Maryland, U.S. |
| Education | Columbia University (BA) University of Oxford (BPhil) Yale University (JD) |
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| Known for | Irreversible Damage (2020) |
| Website | abigailshrier |
Abigail Shrier is an American author and former opinion columnist for The Wall Street Journal . [2]
Shrier is the daughter of Peter B. Krauser and Sherrie L. Krauser, both judges in the state of Maryland. She grew up in a Conservative synagogue, and was educated in a Jewish day school that was predominately Conservative. [3] She graduated from Columbia University with a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy, and earned a Kellett Fellowship. She then attended the University of Oxford, where she received a B.Phil. in philosophy, and Yale Law School, where she was a Coker Fellow. [4] [5] [6]
From 2018 through 2020, Shrier wrote opinion pieces for the Wall Street Journal .
In 2020, Shrier's book Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters [7] [8] was published by Regnery Publishing. The book supports the rapid onset gender dysphoria hypothesis. [a] [9] [10] : ch 2 Shrier has previously criticised individuals who use the singular they, comparing it to idol worship. [11] [12] Shrier appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience to discuss her views on transgender people, a conversation that was also streamed on Spotify and subsequently sparked complaints from the platform's employees. [13] Her book was controversial for its views about transgender issues [14] [9] and has been described by the author [15] and other commentators as subject to a campaign of censorship. [16] [17] It was first withdrawn, [18] and then reinstated, by retailer Target. The Economist gave the book a positive review, [19] and included it in their 2020 list of Economist Books of the Year. [20] A reader erected a billboard in Los Angeles that read, "Get the facts, read this book", in support of the ideas in the book. [21] Her book was criticized by psychiatrist Jack Turban in 2020 for misinterpreting and omitting scientific evidence to support her claims. [22] Time Magazine also reported that hundreds of Amazon employees petitioned to stop the book's sale on Amazon, criticizing its harmful portrayal of the transgender community. [23]
In 2024, Shrier published Bad Therapy: Why the Kids aren't Growing Up, which details her thoughts on the origins and solution to the American mental health crisis. [2] [24] [25]
In 2025, she was awarded the RealClearPolitics Samizdat Prize, alongside Linda Yaccarino, CEO of X, and Jonathan Turley. [26]
