I spoke to Lindy West (born March 9, 1982) the social critic, author, Stranger columnist, and film critic before her memoir Shrill became a hit Hulu series. At the time she was writing for Jezebel. We spoke about living in Los Angeles, her affection for Seattle’s Northgate neighborhood, her difficulty with a writing assignment about baseball (she forgot to go to Opening Day), hipster racism, her fear of bear attacks, and much more
