Suzy Exposito

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Suzy Exposito
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Exposito in 2020
Born
Suzanne Exposito

(1989-09-01) September 1, 1989 (age 35)
Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
Alma mater The New School
OccupationMusic journalist
Years active2009–present

Suzanne Exposito (born September 1, 1989), is an American writer. She has worked as a music reporter and columnist at the Los Angeles Times [1] and previously as Latin music editor at Rolling Stone . [2] In May 2020 she became the first Latina to write a cover story for the magazine, [3] [4] which was a profile of the Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny. [5]

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Her writing has been featured in Pitchfork , [6] Revolver magazine, [7] Them. magazine [8] and Teen Vogue . [9] She was previously a contributing illustrator for Bitch [10] [11] as well as Rookie . [12] [13] She has appeared as a guest speaker at conferences such as NPR Music's Turning the Tables [14] and StopSlut: A Conference on Sexuality, Bullying, and Rape. [15]

Early life

Exposito is half-Belizean; her mother is a native of the country. [16] Her father is Cuban-American. Exposito graduated from Douglas Anderson School of the Arts in Jacksonville, Florida in 2007. [17] She then attended Parsons School of Design in New York for three semesters, where she studied illustration. She subsequently attended the Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts in New York, graduating in 2011 with a B.A. in Writing and a minor in Gender Studies.

Career

Exposito began her career while still in college, volunteering at the Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls, also known as Girls Rock! Camp. Beginning her involvement in 2009, she would continue as a camp counselor and band coach through 2018. [18] She has also volunteered for the POC Zine Project, [12] Planned Parenthood and Students Active for Ending Rape. [18] From 2010 to 2015 she was the lead vocalist in the feminist punk band Shady Hawkins. [19] In 2012, Exposito started writing and illustrating a serial comic called "The Best Song Ever" [20] for Rookie ; in 2013, she continued her role while also assistant editing at MTV World. In 2015, she began work as a staff contributor at Rolling Stone . In 2018, she was promoted to the post of Latin music editor for the magazine. [18] In October 2020 she became a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times. In 2021, Exposito and two other Latino culture reporters responded to the release of "In the Heights." [21]

Personal life

Exposito identifies as bisexual. [22]

In 2020, in partnership with Tierra Narrative, Exposito helped raise funds for Centro Corona, a Queens community center providing aid to Central American countries affected by coronavirus. [23]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Suzy Exposito". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  3. ↑ "Two Latinas created Rolling Stone's historic Bad Bunny cover, a first for the magazine". NBC News. 15 May 2020.
  4. ↑ "Así fue cómo Suzy Expósito logró colocar a Bad Bunny en la portada de Rolling Stone". Telemundo.
  5. ↑ "Bad Bunny on the Cover of Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. 14 May 2020.
  6. ↑ "Suzy Exposito, Contributing Writer at Pitchfork". Pitchfork. 22 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "Suzy Exposito". Revolver. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  8. ↑ "Suzy Exposito Latest Articles | them". them.
  9. ↑ Exposito, Suzy (13 July 2016). "The Problem With Saying That 'Everyone' Is Queer". Teen Vogue.
  10. ↑ "Comic: I'm a Sexual Assault Survivor". Bitch Media.
  11. ↑ "Comic: Punk Is Not Just for Straight, White Guys". Bitch Media.
  12. 1 2 Sicardi, Arabelle. "Rookie » Archives » Suzy Exposito » Page 3". www.rookiemag.com.
  13. ↑ "Guest Picks: We Asked Experts What Songs They Loved in 2015". December 10, 2015.
  14. ↑ Lorusso, Marissa (24 July 2018). "NPR's Turning the Tables | 2018". NPR. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  15. ↑ "StopSlut: A Conference on Sexuality, Bullying, and Rape". The Feminist Press.
  16. ↑ "Rookie » Sunday Comic: A Week in Belize". 29 June 2014.
  17. ↑ "Suzy Exposito brings her punk energy to Rolling Stone". 12 Songs Project. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  18. 1 2 3 https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzy-exposito-91590b26 [ self-published source ]
  19. ↑ "Shady Hawkins". www.sisterpolygonrecords.com. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  20. ↑ Rookie. "Rookie » Archives » The Best Song Ever". www.rookiemag.com. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  21. ↑ "'In the Heights' is the rare Latino blockbuster. Three Times writers on what that means". Los Angeles Times. 2021-06-11. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
  22. ↑ Exposito, Suzy [@HexPositive] (August 25, 2020). "As a flaming bisexual, all I ask is for y'all to stop worrying about me and go outside" (Tweet). Retrieved October 13, 2021– via Twitter.
  23. ↑ @TierraNarrative (26 April 2020). "Please join us next Sun 5/3, 4pm EST for our first Tierra Narrative Relief Fund event–– a fund-raising reading of N…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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