Doreen St. Félix

Doreen St. Félix
Born1992 (age 33–34)
OccupationWriter

Doreen St. Félix (born 1992)[1] is a Haitian-American writer. She is a staff writer for The New Yorker and was formerly editor-at-large for Lenny Letter, a newsletter from Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner.

Early life

St. Félix was born in Canarsie, Brooklyn to Haitian parents.[2][3][4] She attended Brown University, where she edited the weekly newspaper, The College Hill Independent.[5] She graduated in 2014.[6]

Career

St. Félix has written for The New York Times Magazine[7] and Pitchfork,[8] as well as serving as an editor for Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner's newsletter, Lenny Letter.[9] St. Félix currently writes for The New Yorker.[10]

Critical reception and honors

Brooklyn Magazine named St. Félix to its 2016 list of the "100 Most Influential People in Brooklyn Culture", calling her Pitchfork essay on Rihanna "definitive".[11] The Huffington Post named the same essay to its list of "The Most Important Writing From People Of Color In 2015",[12] NPR called it "excellent"[13] and Paper Magazine described it as "the best damn thing ever written" about Rihanna.[14]

The British magazine i-D has called her "a guiding voice in the worlds of writing, art and activism."[15] In 2016, Forbes Magazine named St. Félix to its 30 Under 30 list,[16] citing her work on the Lenny Letter launch, with the newsletter reaching 400,000 subscribers in under six months.[17] St. Félix was a finalist for the National Magazine Award in Columns and Commentary in 2017 for her writing at MTV News.[18] She won in the same category in 2019.

In 2025 St. Félix faced criticism from conservatives over resurfaced social media posts from her on the subject of race between 2014 and 2016, including Tweets that "whiteness fills me with a lot of hate" and "Of course white people don’t bathe. It’s in their blood."[19]

Other projects

St. Félix co-hosted a podcast at MTV News with Ira Madison III called Speed Dial with Ira and Doreen, focused on music, pop culture, sex and race.[20]

Personal life

St. Félix lives in Brooklyn, New York.[11]

Bibliography

Essays and reporting

  • "Ratology". The Talk of the Town. Dept. of Experts. The New Yorker. 91 (37): 36, 38. November 23, 2015.
  • "Hot messes : 'The Flight Attendant,' on HBO Max, and 'Bridgerton,' on Netflix". The Critics. On Television. The New Yorker. 96 (43): 84–85. January 4–11, 2021.[a]
  • "Tasteless : 'The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City,' on Bravo". The Critics. On Television. The New Yorker. 97 (1): 92–93. February 15–22, 2021.[b]
  • "Children's hour : 'Waffles + Mochi' and 'City of Ghosts,' on Netflix". The Critics. On Television. The New Yorker. 97 (7): 68–69. April 5, 2021.[c]
  • "Fallout : 'NYC Epicenters 9/11 → 2021 1/2'". The Critics. On Television. The New Yorker. 97 (28): 78–79. September 13, 2021.[d]
  • "Terra nova : 'Reservation Dogs,' on FX on Hulu; 'Only Murders in the Building,' on Hulu". The Critics. On Television. The New Yorker. 97 (30): 88–89. September 27, 2021.[e]
  • "Off season : 'The Resort,' on Peacock". The Critics. On Television. The New Yorker. 98 (25): 70–71. August 22, 2022.[f]

Columns from newyorker.com

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Bibliography notes
  1. ^ Online version is titled "A hot mess caught in a caper in 'The Flight Attendant'".
  2. ^ Online version is titled "'The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City' is culturally sensitive trash".
  3. ^ Online version is titled "Michelle Obama's lesson to kids : you are what you watch".
  4. ^ Online version is titled "The messy introspection of Spike Lee's 'NYC Epicenters'".
  5. ^ Online version is titled "'Reservation Dogs' is a near-perfect study of dispossession".
  6. ^ Online version is titled "'The Resort' needs to relax".

References

  1. ^ "Doreen St. Félix – Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso". July 30, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2017. (At 8:58) FRAGOSO: "The Wikipedia says 1993 [as your birth year]." ST. FÉLIX: "Oh, that's wrong. I'm 25."
  2. ^ Olunkwa, Emmanuel. "Doreen St. Félix is a Haitian-American Critic". November Magazine. Retrieved August 16, 2025.
  3. ^ "Doreen St. Felix, Writer". Into the Gloss. November 2017. Retrieved August 16, 2025.
  4. ^ "Extended Cut: Love in the Digital Era". PBS. Retrieved August 16, 2025.
  5. ^ Gore, Sydney (February 18, 2016). "Writer Doreen St. Félix Is Voicing Issues That Matter". NYLON.
  6. ^ "Alumnae Writers' Forum, Writing Diversity Lecture Series 2016–17 | English Department". www.brown.edu. Archived from the original on January 18, 2018. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
  7. ^ St. Félix, Doreen (March 21, 2016). "Drake's Very Own: On Dennis Graham's Instagram". The New York Times Magazine.
  8. ^ St. Félix, Doreen (April 1, 2015). "The Prosperity Gospel of Rihanna | Pitchfork". Pitchfork.
  9. ^ Lewis, Hilary (July 14, 2015). "Lena Dunham Launching Feminist Newsletter". The Hollywood Reporter.
  10. ^ St. Félix, Doreen (July 27, 2015). "Amnesty in Brooklyn". The New Yorker.
  11. ^ a b "The 100 Most Influential People in Brooklyn Culture". Brooklyn Magazine. March 1, 2016.
  12. ^ Blay, Zeba (December 16, 2015). "The Most Important Writing From People Of Color In 2015". The Huffington Post.
  13. ^ Macleod, Erin (February 9, 2016). "Anti-Everything: The Culture Of Resistance Behind Rihanna's Latest Album". NPR.
  14. ^ Song, Sandra (July 14, 2015). "Lena Dunham's 'Lenny' Newsletter Looks To Be a Step Toward a More Inclusive Feminism". Paper Magazine.
  15. ^ Iseman, Courtney (March 28, 2015). "New Gen Activist Doreen St. Félix on Scandal and Beyoncé". i-D. Vice. Archived from the original on March 30, 2015. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  16. ^ Inverso, Emily (January 4, 2016). "Doreen St. Félix, 23 - In Photos: 2016 30 Under 30: Media". Forbes.
  17. ^ Hazard Owen, Laura (March 2, 2016). "Lena Dunham's Lenny Letter has grown to 400,000 subscribers with a 65 percent open rate". Neiman Journalism Lab.
  18. ^ Bloomgarden-Smoke, Kara (January 19, 2017). "American Society of Magazine Editors Announces Finalists for 2017 Awards". WWD. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  19. ^ Williams, Thomas Chatterton (September 13, 2025). "The Right Is Changing the Rules of the Culture War". The Atlantic. Retrieved September 16, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  20. ^ Steinberg, Brian (April 20, 2016). "MTV News Launches Podcast Slate, Will 'Power' mtvU". Variety.
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