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| Born | Leandra Medine December 20, 1988 New York City, U.S. |
| Education | The New School (BA) |
| Occupation | Fashion blogger [1] |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Known for | Founder of Man Repeller |
| Notable work | Man Repeller: Seeking Love. Finding Overalls. |
| Spouse | Abraham "Abie" J. Cohen (m. 2012) |
| Children | 3 |
| Website | Man Repeller |
Leandra Medine Cohen (born December 20, 1988) [2] is an American author, blogger, and humor writer best known for Man Repeller.
Medine was born on December 20, 1988 [3] in Manhattan. [4] Her father, Mois Medine, is of Turkish-Jewish descent, and her mother, Lyora "Laura" Medine, is of Iranian-Jewish descent. [3] [5] [6] She grew up in an Orthodox Jewish household. [7]
Medine attended the Ramaz School in Manhattan. [8] She earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from the New School's Eugene Lang College in May 2011. [9] [10]
Medine began writing online in 2009 while a student at The New School. After studying abroad in Paris, she started a blog called Four Months in Paris, later renaming it Boogers + Bagels. [11]
Medine started the Man Repeller blog in May 2010. [12] The idea for the blog came during a shopping trip with her friend where they discussed how everything was man-repelling. [13]
A few days after it launched, the blog was featured on the fashion website Refinery29. [14] Medine began collaborating with magazines like Lucky and Harper's Bazaar . [13] [14]
In 2012, Medine appeared in a Forbes 30 Under 30 list. [15] Man Repeller was included in TIME's "25 Best Blogs of 2012", [16] and received "Best Overall Blog" at the 2012 Bloglovin' Awards. [17]
Initially, the blog was written solely by Medine but later grew to include contributions from several writers and editors. In September 2013, Grand Central Publishing published the book Man Repeller: Seeking Love, Finding Overalls.[ citation needed ]
Medine announced in June 2020 that she would “step back” from her involvement in Man Repeller after allegations of racism. [18] In September 2020, the site was rebranded to Repeller. On October 22, 2020, it was confirmed that Repeller would shut down due to financial constraints. [19] [20]
Medine currently maintains a Substack newsletter about "how to get dressed (mostly)."[ citation needed ]
Medine has collaborated with designers on limited collections of clothes and accessories, including Gryphon, shoe companies Del Toro and Superga, jewelry line Dannijo, and clothing line PJK. [21]
In 2012, Medine signed with the Creative Artists Agency, an entertainment talent agency headquartered in Los Angeles, California. [21] In 2016, Medine collaborated with Net-a-Porter to launch the shoe line MR by Man Repeller. Later, Medine created her own shoe line Leandra Medine. [22]
On October 29, 2019, Medine launched a partnership collection with Mango. [23]
Medine Cohen released her first book, an essay collection, and a memoir titled Man Repeller: Seeking Love, Finding Overalls, in 2013.[ citation needed ]
In December 2011, Medine announced her engagement to Abie J. Cohen, a financial advisor at UBS, whom she had met when she was 17 years old. [24] [25] [26]
Medine and Cohen married in June 2012. [27] They live in the East Village. [28] In a Man Repeller article published in December 2016, Medine revealed she had suffered a miscarriage. [29] On March 1, 2018, Medine gave birth to twin girls, Laura and Madeline. [30] Medine gave birth to her third daughter, Joelle, in August 2024.
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