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'''Amber A'Lee Frost''' is an [[American]] [[leftist]] author and commentator who formerly was a regular host of the ''[[Chapo Trap House]]'' podcast. Frost has made several contributions to ''[[Jacobin]]'', ''The Baffler'', ''Current Affairs'' and other [[media]] outlets. Frost is best known for her "[[dirtbag left]]" thesis, which argued for the left to occasionally eschew the civility of [[Bhaskar Sunkara]] in favor of [[Trump]]-like vulgarity. The term later became associated with the show's polemical style. Frost became radicalized through feminist organizing<ref>{{cite web | last=Myers | first=Fraser | title=Meet the anti-woke left | website=spiked | date=4 Jul 2019 | url=https://www.spiked-online.com/2019/07/04/meet-the-anti-woke-left/ | access-date=29 Aug 2023}}</ref> and labor struggle{{cn}}. She made increasingly fewer appearances on the podcast after the 2020 election, possibly to begin work on her upcoming book ''Dirtbag: Essays'', a reflection on the 21st century left in the [[United States]].
'''Amber A'Lee Frost''' is an [[American]] [[leftist]] author and commentator who formerly was a regular host of the ''[[Chapo Trap House]]'' podcast. Frost has made several contributions to ''[[Jacobin]]'', ''The Baffler'', ''Current Affairs'' and other [[media]] outlets. Frost is best known for her "[[dirtbag left]]" thesis, which argued for the left to occasionally eschew the civility of [[Bhaskar Sunkara]] in favor of [[Trump]]-like vulgarity. The term later became associated with the show's polemical style. Frost became radicalized through feminist organizing<ref>{{cite web | last=Myers | first=Fraser | title=Meet the anti-woke left | website=spiked | date=4 Jul 2019 | url=https://www.spiked-online.com/2019/07/04/meet-the-anti-woke-left/ | access-date=29 Aug 2023}}</ref> and labor struggle{{cn}}. She made increasingly fewer appearances on the podcast after the 2020 election, possibly to begin work on her upcoming book ''Dirtbag: Essays'', a reflection on the 21st century left in the [[United States]].
==References==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
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*[https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250269621/dirtbag ''Dirtbag'', upcoming book from Macmillan Publishers]
*[https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250269621/dirtbag ''Dirtbag'', upcoming book from Macmillan Publishers]
*[https://www.currentaffairs.org/2016/05/the-necessity-of-political-vulgarity "The Necessity of Political Vulgarity"], essay advocating "dirtbag" politics{{stub}}
*[https://www.currentaffairs.org/2016/05/the-necessity-of-political-vulgarity "The Necessity of Political Vulgarity"], essay advocating "dirtbag" politics{{stub}}
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Revision as of 16:09, 4 September 2023

Amber A'Lee Frost is an American leftist author and commentator who formerly was a regular host of the Chapo Trap House podcast. Frost has made several contributions to Jacobin, The Baffler, Current Affairs and other media outlets. Frost is best known for her "dirtbag left" thesis, which argued for the left to occasionally eschew the civility of Bhaskar Sunkara in favor of Trump-like vulgarity. The term later became associated with the show's polemical style. Frost became radicalized through feminist organizing[1] and labor struggle[citation needed]. She made increasingly fewer appearances on the podcast after the 2020 election, possibly to begin work on her upcoming book Dirtbag: Essays, a reflection on the 21st century left in the United States.

References

  1. Myers, Fraser (4 Jul 2019). "Meet the anti-woke left". spiked. Retrieved 29 Aug 2023.

External links

  • Instagram
  • Contributions to Jacobin magazine
  • Dirtbag, upcoming book from Macmillan Publishers
  • "The Necessity of Political Vulgarity", essay advocating "dirtbag" politics