Jia Tolentino, 1988
Writers · November 20, 1988
Jia Tolentino
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Jia Tolentino is 37 years old, born November 20, 1988 in United States · Scorpio.
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About
Jia Tolentino writes essays that dissect internet culture and personal delusion with surgical precision. Born in 1988, she's a staff writer for The New Yorker who previously shaped voice at Jezebel and The Hairpin. Her 2019 essay collection Trick Mirror became the definitive Gen-Z self-reckoning text. Scorpio energy: all-seeing, unflinching.
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Biography
Jia Tolentino is a writer and editor born in 1988 with US citizenship. She works as a staff writer for The New Yorker, having previously served as deputy editor of Jezebel and contributing editor at The Hairpin. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times Magazine and Pitchfork. In 2019, she published Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion, a collected-essays book that established her as the defining voice on internet narcissism, digital shame, and structural self-sabotage. Her writing style is forensic—she doesn't describe internet culture so much as autopsy it, finding the contradictions baked into how Gen Z performs identity online. As a Scorpio, Tolentino embodies the sign's reputation for unflinching psychological penetration; her life-path number 3 suggests a communicator gifted at translating private anxiety into public language. Writers are storytellers and critics who shape discourse through published work. Tolentino's career spans digital-native platforms (Jezebel, The Hairpin) to legacy media (The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine), making her uniquely positioned to diagnose how technology has rewired human shame and self-knowledge.
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Trivia
- Tolentino's essay collection Trick Mirror examines self-delusion as both personal and structural—a framework that applies to influencer culture, diet wellness, religion, and political performance.
- She has written for Pitchfork, the music-criticism platform, expanding her reach beyond lifestyle and politics into cultural criticism at large.
- Before The New Yorker, Tolentino built her reputation at Jezebel (deputy editor) and The Hairpin (contributing editor), both digital-native outlets known for feminist cultural commentary.
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Numerology
LIFE-PATH NUMBER
The Communicator
Expressive and creative. Jia Tolentino gravitate to performance, writing, and social platforms where personality compounds the work.
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Birthday compatibility
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- How old is Jia Tolentino?
- Jia Tolentino is 37 years old (born November 20, 1988).
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- Jia Tolentino was born on November 20, 1988.
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- Jia Tolentino is a Scorpio, born November 20, 1988.
- What is Jia Tolentino's Chinese zodiac sign?
- Jia Tolentino was born in 1988, the year of the Earth Dragon.
- Where is Jia Tolentino from?
- Jia Tolentino is from United States.
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- Jia Tolentino is a writer.
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