Chloe Stillwell

Bio

Chloe currently resides in Nashville, her hometown, after long stints in New York and Los Angeles. She is a New School alum and UCB-trained sketch writer. Her alternative comedy is featured at Mad Atoms, an off-shoot of 20th Century Fox. Her work on pop culture, entertainment, feminism and social justice has appeared in The Frisky, Death & Taxes, Nerve, Guerrilla Feminism, and Amy Poheler's Smart Girls, among others. She has a penchant for dive bars and diners.
Jenny Lewis' New Video Is Exactly What Feminism in Music Should Look Like
By Chloe Stillwell
Any woman who was sorting through puberty in the late '90s and early aughts knows that Jenny Lewis might be the messiah. She belongs to a magical, yet small group of female musicians — namely Karen O, Gwen Stefani and Alison Mosshart — who got their…
Instead of Laughing at Lindsay, We Should Be Reprimanding Oprah
By Chloe Stillwell
Millions of American living rooms bore witness to a lot of wine sloshing Sunday night, as people tuned in to the premiere of Lindsay — the new OWN docu-series that follows Lindsay Lohan's efforts to maintain her sobriety and reignite her career.…
The Surprising Way Detroit Is Being Kept Alive by Writers
By Chloe Stillwell
The city that spawned both Motown and Jack White has always had an inherent understanding of the arts amidst the urban decay and industrial floundering of the past 30 to 50 years. But when it declared bankruptcy last summer, we lost a little faith…
Let's Talk About the Extreme Racism and Sexism of 'American Horror Story: Coven'
By Chloe Stillwell
American Horror Story: Coven was one small step for witches, and one giant misstep for humankind. The highly anticipated third installment of Ryan Murphy's horror series was heavily watched, and just as heavily criticized. Coven had all of the…
'Super Fun Night' Failed Because Hollywood Is Still Fattist
By Chloe Stillwell
ABC's Super Fun Night isn't packing the punch everyone expected, but no one seems to want to say why. Critics blame the writers for SNF's weak and repetitive jokes, and a proposed storyline that doesn't match with what the show really is. But while…
How the New Season of 'Girls' Turned Me From Hater to Fan
By Chloe Stillwell
A year ago I wrote about how Lena Dunham was the millennial hell mouth whose baffling success could only be a harbinger of the end of days. But with the recent premiere of the third season of HBO's Girls, it has become clear that Dunham, in all of…
Veganism Ads That Will Make Every Vegan Cringe
By Chloe Stillwell
Veganism can be a hard sell. It doesn't inspire many glossy articles in magazines. You don't see CW starlets plastered next to headlines like "Super Foods To Help You Stay Regular." When it comes to nutrition, even publications focused on health,…
Confessions Of a Single 20-Something in the Midst Of Engagement Season
By Chloe Stillwell
At the cusp of a time when everyone is literally about to have a computer in their glasses, (because curses to every moment we go without a screen in front of our eyes), it's hard to determine anymore if life imitates the internet or the internet…
How Zooey Deschanel Turned the Manic Pixie Dream Into a 'New Girl'
By Chloe Stillwell
Zooey Deschanel gets a lot of hate for being a walking giggle, but in a way she saved us. "From what?" you ask. From the dreaded myth of the manic pixie dream girl. MPDGs still exist, of course. They doodle pensively over glasses of warm milk at…
Bridget Jones is 'Mad About the Boy' and Still Not a Feminist
By Chloe Stillwell
Having a fit about Bridget Jones not being a proper feminist kind of lumps you in the same category as the sad housewives (whose Rabbits are clearly out of batteries) who stalked and threatened Charlie Hunnam's life for being cast as Christian Grey…
What Chipotle's Brilliant 'Scarecrow' Ad Proves About Millennial Activism
By Chloe Stillwell
Any generation that is so lacking collective self-awareness that it celebrates entertainment that glorifies its worst habits (you know, like Lena Dunham’s Girls) has just got to be the pits. And for the most part millenials are. I have always been…
10 Things About College Every Freshman Should Prepare For
By Chloe Stillwell
Take it from someone who had their Facebook permanently deleted within the first month of college because she (I) got really drunk at a party and decided it would be cute to let her (my) gay friend leave videos on a handful of friends' Facebook…
Manhattan: The New Suburban Sprawl
By Chloe Stillwell
New York is a city with a soul, a living, breathing soul. That’s why New Yorkers come and never leave. That’s why kids grow up dreaming of moving to the Great Metropolis. The city also has a rich history of growth, change, and power. There have been…
'Only God Forgives' Needs To Be Forgiven
By Chloe Stillwell
I’m not sure if it makes me a philistine or a snob, but I loved Only God Forgives. It wasn’t narratively sprite, it was 30 minutes too long, the characters were one-dimensional, there was a lot of gore, and a lot of quiet, but none of that ruined it…
"Blurred Lines" Isn't As Blurry As Everyone Is Making It
By Chloe Stillwell
Let’s talk “Blurred Lines,” y’all, because as far as the Google can search, no one can shut up about it. Feminists, journalists and women everywhere who refer to themselves as “comediennes,” just can’t stop writing about how objectified, exploited…
George Zimmerman Couldn't Change the Conversation — But Can 'The Newsroom'?
By Chloe Stillwell
I’ve had many infuriating conversations with my incredibly conservative, Republican stepdad. He’s laughed in my face for pointing out with facts the inadequacy of Mitt Romney during the 2012 election. We argued over the political reputation of Obama…
Jenny McCarthy is Wrong On Vaccines — So Let Her Join 'The View' and Grab the Popcorn
By Chloe Stillwell
Quite frankly, with everything going on this week near and far (and especially near, like Florida near), I find the anti-vaccination issue to be a petty use of anyone’s’ time. But maybe everyone is looking for a reason to not have to think about the…
Yoko Ono: 80, a New Book, and Unearned Relevance
By Chloe Stillwell
People tell me not to hate Yoko Ono. I want to agree with them, because I feel like girls who don’t like Yoko Ono are the valley girls with Beatles iPhone covers and bad style that aren’t capable of seeing the Beatles and their ancillary parts on a…
Can LA's Embarrassing Public Transit System Be Saved?
By Chloe Stillwell
Amidst the charged political polarity surrounding ideas like abortion, gay marriage, voting rights, the NSA and gun control, sustainability has become a far less controversial topic than it used to be. Sure the GOP is still hard-pressed to admit…
Marijuana Legalization: How a Southerner Learned to Love Legalized Pot
By Chloe Stillwell
Legalizing marijuana in the United States is slowly becoming less of a pipe dream (get it?), but that doesn’t mean that it’s a reality. Roughly 18 states have adopted some modicum of lenience, but in many other states getting caught with the…