page_title: Amanda Montell
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caption_attribution_description: English: Author Amanda Montell writing at her home in Los Angeles.
context_page_description: Amanda Montell is an American author, linguist, and writer.
  Montell was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. Her debut book, Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language, was released in 2019. It received positive reviews from the New York Times, Time Magazine, Kirkus Reviews, Publisher’s Weekly, and The Adelaide Review. It was also named one of the best books of May 2019 by Popsugar, Marie Claire, and Cosmopolitan, and was recommended by CNN and Refinery29.
  Montell holds a degree in linguistics from New York University and her writing has appeared in Time, Nylon, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Domino, and Marie Claire. She previously worked as a beauty and features editor at Byrdie and Who What Wear. She also created a web series, The Dirty Word, for Jill Solloway's now defunct platform, Wifey.
context_section_description: Amanda Montell (born 16 February 1992) is an American author, linguist, and writer. 
  Montell was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. Her debut book, Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language, was released in 2019. It received positive reviews from the New York Times, Time Magazine, Kirkus Reviews, Publisher’s Weekly, and The Adelaide Review. It was also named one of the best books of May 2019 by Popsugar, Marie Claire, and Cosmopolitan, and was recommended by CNN and Refinery29.
  Montell holds a degree in linguistics from New York University and her writing has appeared in Time, Nylon, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Domino, and Marie Claire. She previously worked as a beauty and features editor at Byrdie and Who What Wear. She also created a web series, The Dirty Word, for Jill Solloway's now defunct platform, Wifey.
caption: Montell at her home in Los Angeles.
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