Overview
Maureen Callahan is an American columnist for DailyMail.com known for her opinion pieces regarding politics, feminism, pop culture, and current events.
Early life and education
Callahan is of Irish-American heritage and grew up on Long Island. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the School of Visual Arts in New York City.
Career
Callahan began working for Sassy magazine and MTV at age 17. Marc Spitz wrote about going to a Michael Jackson concert and sharing the experience of growing up in the 1980s with Callahan in his book Poseur: a memoir of downtown New York in the '90s.
She has written for Sassy, Spin, New York magazine, MTV, and Vanity Fair. She authored Champagne Supernovas: Kate Moss, Marc Jacobs, Alexander McQueen, and the '90s Renegades Who Remade Fashion, a 2014 non-fiction account of the fashion industry and Poker Face: The Rise and Rise of Lady Gaga in 2010.
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