Claire Lehmann

Claire Lehmann
Claire Lehmann
	Lehmann in 2019
Born	Claire Jensen; 18 July 1985 (age 39); Adelaide, Australia
Education	University of Adelaide (BA)
Known for	Founding editor-in-chief of Quillette magazine
Website	clairelehmann.net

Claire Lehmann (née Jensen;^[1] born 18 July 1985)^[2] is an Australian journalist and the founding editor of Quillette.

Early life and family

Lehmann is the daughter of a former teacher and a speech pathologist who was raised in Adelaide, South Australia.^[3] She graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology and English from the University of Adelaide with first-class honours in 2010. Lehmann was then a graduate student in psychology, but dropped out after having a child. She is married and has two children.^[4] She is the daughter-in-law of the poet Geoffrey Lehmann.^[5]

Career

Lehmann founded the online magazine Quillette in October 2015.^[6] According to the newspaper The Australian, Lehmann's story about the controversy surrounding Google engineer James Damore precipitated the venture's success.^[7]

Lehmann has contributed to publications including The Guardian, Scientific American, Tablet, and ABC News.^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11] She is a columnist at The Australian.^[12]

Bari Weiss regards Lehmann as one of the leaders of the so-called "intellectual dark web".^[13] Lehmann is seen as part of the intellectual dark web (IDW) due to publishing Quillette which Politico has referred to as "the unofficial digest of the IDW" which "prides itself on publishing 'dangerous' ideas other outlets won't touch", and critiquing "what they see as left-wing orthodoxy".^[3]

The Sydney Morning Herald named Lehmann in their "Ten Aussies who shook the world in tech and media in 2018" citing that her online magazine, Quillette, has "attracted as many as 2 million followers a month, [and] is starting to gain significant traction in tech and libertarian circles in the US".^[14]

References

^ Lehmann, Claire [@clairlemon] (8 August 2019). "My real last name (i.e. one that I was born with) is Jensen..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ Lehmann, Claire [@clairlemon] (18 July 2018). "Celebrating my 33rd birthday with the lovely @rivatez" (Tweet). Retrieved 23 March 2019 – via Twitter.
^ ^a ^b Lester, Amelia. "The Voice of the 'Intellectual Dark Web': Claire Lehmann's online magazine, Quillette, prides itself on publishing 'dangerous' ideas other outlets won't touch. How far is it willing to go?". Politico Magazine. No. November/December 2018. ISSN 2381-1595. Archived from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
^ Lehmann, Claire. "BIO". Claire Lehmann. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2018. Before starting Quillette, I was a grad-student in psychology, but dropped out after having a baby. I graduated from The University of Adelaide with First Class Honours in 2010.
^ Lehmann, Claire (26 November 2018). "Tweet". Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2019. If you're at a loose end in Sydney tomorrow night, come to my father-in-law's book launch. Geoffrey Lehmann was a poet during the era of the Sydney Push & his memoir has many interesting tales.
^ Duke, Jennifer (1 May 2019). "'Huge gap in the market': the local publisher winning where others won't tread". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 2 March 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
^ Macken, Deirdre (19 July 2018). "Centre stage in the culture war". The Australian. Archived from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
^ "Claire Lehmann". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2018. Claire Lehmann is a Sydney-based freelance writer. Her work has appeared in The Sydney Morning Herald, Harvard Kennedy School Review, and has been translated into Spanish for Tercera Cultura.
^ "Stories by Claire Lehmann". Scientific American. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
^ "Claire Lehmann, Author at Tablet Magazine". Tablet. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
^ "Claire Lehmann" (list of contributions). Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 7 July 2014. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2023. Claire Lehmann is a freelance writer and editor of Quillette Magazine.
^ Amanda Meade (18 March 2022). "Reporters deliver 'a fraction of the horror' from Ukraine's war zone to Australia's lounge rooms – Age of enlightenment". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
^ Weiss, Bari (8 May 2018). "Meet the Renegades of the Intellectual Dark Web; An alliance of heretics is making an end run around the mainstream conversation. Should we be listening?". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 14 May 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
^ McDuling, John (25 December 2018). "Ten Aussies who shook the world in tech and media in 2018". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2018.

External links

[1] Lehmann, Claire [@clairlemon] (8 August 2019). "My real last name (i.e. one that I was born with) is Jensen..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[2] Lehmann, Claire [@clairlemon] (18 July 2018). "Celebrating my 33rd birthday with the lovely @rivatez" (Tweet). Retrieved 23 March 2019 – via Twitter.

[Politico2018-3] Lester, Amelia. "The Voice of the 'Intellectual Dark Web': Claire Lehmann's online magazine, Quillette, prides itself on publishing 'dangerous' ideas other outlets won't touch. How far is it willing to go?". Politico Magazine. No. November/December 2018. ISSN 2381-1595. Archived from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

[4] Lehmann, Claire. "BIO". Claire Lehmann. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2018. Before starting Quillette, I was a grad-student in psychology, but dropped out after having a baby. I graduated from The University of Adelaide with First Class Honours in 2010.

[5] Lehmann, Claire (26 November 2018). "Tweet". Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2019. If you're at a loose end in Sydney tomorrow night, come to my father-in-law's book launch. Geoffrey Lehmann was a poet during the era of the Sydney Push & his memoir has many interesting tales.

[6] Duke, Jennifer (1 May 2019). "'Huge gap in the market': the local publisher winning where others won't tread". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 2 March 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2021.

[7] Macken, Deirdre (19 July 2018). "Centre stage in the culture war". The Australian. Archived from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.

[8] "Claire Lehmann". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2018. Claire Lehmann is a Sydney-based freelance writer. Her work has appeared in The Sydney Morning Herald, Harvard Kennedy School Review, and has been translated into Spanish for Tercera Cultura.

[9] "Stories by Claire Lehmann". Scientific American. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.

[10] "Claire Lehmann, Author at Tablet Magazine". Tablet. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.

[11] "Claire Lehmann" (list of contributions). Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 7 July 2014. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2023. Claire Lehmann is a freelance writer and editor of Quillette Magazine.

[12] Amanda Meade (18 March 2022). "Reporters deliver 'a fraction of the horror' from Ukraine's war zone to Australia's lounge rooms – Age of enlightenment". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 October 2023.

[13] Weiss, Bari (8 May 2018). "Meet the Renegades of the Intellectual Dark Web; An alliance of heretics is making an end run around the mainstream conversation. Should we be listening?". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 14 May 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2018.

[14] McDuling, John (25 December 2018). "Ten Aussies who shook the world in tech and media in 2018". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2018.

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