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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, | '''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, during which time she wrote her first book, ''Dirtbag: Essays'', a reflection on the 21st century left in the [[United States]]. | ||
Frost has returned to the podcast as an infrequent host since mid-2023, when [[Matt Christman]] unexpectedly left the show due to medical issues. | |||
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Latest revision as of 21:15, 26 April 2024
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, during which time she wrote her first book, Dirtbag: Essays, a reflection on the 21st century left in the United States.
Frost has returned to the podcast as an infrequent host since mid-2023, when Matt Christman unexpectedly left the show due to medical issues.
References
- ↑ Myers, Fraser (4 Jul 2019). "Meet the anti-woke left". spiked. Retrieved 29 Aug 2023.
External links
- Contributions to Jacobin magazine
- Dirtbag, upcoming book from Macmillan Publishers
- "The Necessity of Political Vulgarity", essay advocating "dirtbag" politics