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Wednesday Martin
BornWendy K. Martin
1965 or 1966 (age 58–59)[1]
Ann Arbor, Michigan,U.S.
Occupation
LanguageEnglish
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
Yale University
Period1995–present
Genrememoir,social commentary,cultural criticism, biography
Notable worksPrimates of Park Avenue
Stepmonster: A New Look at Why Real Stepmothers Think, Feel and Act the Way We Do
SpouseJoel Moser
Website
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Wendy"Wednesday"Martin[2][3][4]is an American author andcultural critic[2]who writes and comments on parenting, step-parenting, female sexuality, motherhood, andpopular culture.[5][6]She has written several books and forThe New York Times,The Atlantic,Psychology Today,The Huffington Post,Harper's Bazaar,[7]andThe Daily Telegraph.

Early life and education

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Martin was born inAnn Arbor, Michigan[8]and grew up inGrand Rapids, Michigan.[9]She did her undergraduate work at theUniversity of Michiganwhere she studied anthropology,[8][10]and she received adoctorateincomparative literatureandcultural studiesfromYale University.Her doctoral work examined earlypsychoanalysisandanthropology.[11][12]

Work

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Martin has taught literature and cultural studies atYale,The New School,andBaruch College.[13][14]

In May 2009, Martin's memoir about her experience as astepmothercalledStepmonster: A New Look at Why Real Stepmothers Think, Feel and Act the Way We Dowas published.[15][16]

After Martin moved to theUpper East Sideneighborhood ofManhattanwith her family in 2004, she began researching and documenting her experiences there for her next book,Primates of Park Avenue.[16][17]Simon & Schusterreleased the book in June 2015.[18][19]The memoir recounted Martin's experience living among the wealthy women, particularlystay-at-home mothers,of the Upper East Side and examined their behavior from a social researcher's perspective, inspired by the work ofJane Goodall.[13][16][20]Primateshas been translated into nine languages, as of 2018.[21]

In her bookUntrue(2018), Martin focused on female sexuality and addressing untruths about women and sex.[22]

Martin has also written forPsychology Today,[23]The Daily Telegraph,[24]The New York Times,[25]The Huffington Post,[26]andThe Atlantic.[27]

Publications

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Martin is the author of the following books and ebooks:

  • Martin, Wednesday (1995).Marlene Dietrich.New York: Chelsea House Publ.ISBN0-7910-2881-X.
  • Martin, Wednesday (2009).Stepmonster: A New Look at Why Real Stepmothers Think, Feel and Act the Way We Do.New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.ISBN978-0-618-75819-7.
  • Martin, Wednesday (2015).Primates of Park Avenue: a memoir(First Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster.ISBN978-1-4767-6271-5.
  • Martin, Wednesday (2018).Untrue: Why Nearly Everything We Believe About Women, Lust, and Infidelity is Wrong and How the New Science Can Set Us Free.New York/Boston/London: Little, Brown Spark.ISBN978-0-316-46361-4.
  • Martin, Wednesday (2018).Boyfriends of Dorothy.Amazon Original Stories.ASINB078XB11K1.
  • Martin, Wednesday (2018).The Button.Amazon Original Stories.ASINB07DNQVCPR.

Reception

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In May 2013, several articles were published about the practice of hiringdisabledguides to avoid lines atDisney World,which Martin uncovered during her research forPrimates of Park Avenue.[28]On May 16, 2015,The New York Timespublished an essay by Martin in the Sunday Review section, titled "Poor Little Rich Women", prior to the publication of her bookPrimates of Park Avenue.[25]The article received coverage from numerousmedia outlets,[29]in particular the concept of financial rewards called "wife bonuses", which Martin reported some Upper East Side wives receive from their husbands for superior domestic performance.[19][30]The New York Timescharacterized Martin's description of wife bonuses as "disputed".[31]

In 2015, theNew York Postclaimed to have found multiple factual discrepancies with Martin's memoirPrimates of Park Avenue.In response, Simon & Schuster promised to add a note by Martin to subsequent editions of the book, clarifying that some chronologies and details were changed.[32]

Personal life

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Martin is married to Joel Moser, a lawyer, financier, chief executive officer, and adjunct professor atColumbia University,with whom she has two sons, one born in 2001 and the other in 2007.[33][34][35][36]She has two step-daughters, children of Moser's first marriage.[15]

References

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  1. ^La Ferla, Ruth (September 15, 2018)."Wednesday Martin Dares to Call Her New Book 'Untrue'".New York Times.Archivedfrom the original on April 27, 2019.RetrievedMarch 14,2019.
  2. ^abKaren Heller (July 14, 2015)."The harried tale of 'Primates of Park Avenue'".The Washington Post.Archivedfrom the original on July 23, 2015.RetrievedJuly 16,2015.
  3. ^Annie Lowrey (June 2015)."At Lunch With the Author Who Introduced the Upper East Side 'Wife Bonus'".New York.Archivedfrom the original on June 7, 2015.RetrievedJune 8,2015.She grew up as Wendy Martin...
  4. ^Gina Barreca (May 27, 2015)."The $150,000 Purse And Other 'Wife Bonuses'".Hartford Courant.Archivedfrom the original on May 29, 2015.RetrievedJune 8,2015.The author "Wednesday" Martin (her real name is Wendy, but I guess she liked the Addams Family)...
  5. ^Jeff Rossen and Josh Davis (May 31, 2013)."Undercover at Disney:Deplorable scheme to skip lines".Today.Archivedfrom the original on August 15, 2015.RetrievedAugust 26,2015.
  6. ^Emily Jane Fox (May 31, 2013)."Here's how much these moms spend to look good".CNN.Archivedfrom the original on July 18, 2015.RetrievedAugust 26,2015.
  7. ^Martin (July 28, 2015)."When it comes to promiscuity, are women the new men?".Harper's Bazaar.Archivedfrom the original on August 24, 2015.RetrievedAugust 26,2015.
  8. ^abAnnie Lowrey (June 2, 2015)."At Lunch With the Author Who Introduced the Upper East Side 'Wife Bonus'".New York.Archivedfrom the original on June 24, 2015.RetrievedJuly 7,2015.
  9. ^Andrew Buncombe (June 16, 2015)."Primates of Park Avenue: Wednesday Martin says we should feel sorry for the pampered, privileged women of New York's Upper East Side".The Independent.Archivedfrom the original on July 11, 2015.RetrievedAugust 3,2015.
  10. ^Rachel Epstein."A Cultural Study of the Ladies who Lunch".DuJour Magazine.Archivedfrom the original on July 27, 2015.RetrievedJuly 7,2015.
  11. ^Alfred Brophy (May 26, 2015)."Wednesday Martin's Primates of Fifth Avenue".The Faculty Lounge.Archivedfrom the original on June 11, 2015.RetrievedJuly 7,2015.
  12. ^Jesse Kornbluth (May 28, 2015)."Wednesday Martin Is the Margaret Mead of the.1%".The Observer.Archivedfrom the original on July 7, 2015.RetrievedJuly 8,2015.
  13. ^abJia Tolentino(June 2, 2015)."A Conversation With Wednesday Martin, Author of Primates of Park Avenue".Jezebel.Archivedfrom the original on October 7, 2015.RetrievedAugust 10,2015.
  14. ^"Wednesday Martin Ph.D."psychologytoday.Psychology Today.Archivedfrom the original on March 2, 2023.RetrievedAugust 4,2015.
  15. ^abHeather Havrilesky (May 20, 2009)."A sympathetic new book about the family member everyone loves to hate suggests even the best stepmoms in the world are set up to fail miserably".Salon.Archivedfrom the original on July 9, 2015.RetrievedJuly 7,2015.
  16. ^abc"Rich Housewives Go Under The Microscope In 'Primates Of Park Avenue'".NPR.May 31, 2015.Archivedfrom the original on July 7, 2015.RetrievedJuly 7,2015.
  17. ^Jill Filipovic (June 4, 2015)."Why the Wealthy Women of New York's Upper East Side Are So Completely Fascinating".Cosmopolitan.Archivedfrom the original on July 22, 2015.RetrievedJuly 16,2015.
  18. ^Hiroko Tabuchi(June 7, 2015)."Publisher to Put Asterisk on 'Primates of Park Avenue'".The New York Times.Archivedfrom the original on September 19, 2018.RetrievedJuly 7,2015.
  19. ^abBelinda Luscombe (June 2, 2015)."What We Can Learn From Insanely Rich Parents".Time.Archivedfrom the original on August 20, 2015.RetrievedAugust 6,2015.
  20. ^Gina Barreca (May 27, 2015)."The $150,000 Purse And Other 'Wife Bonuses'".Hartford Courant.Archivedfrom the original on July 6, 2015.RetrievedJuly 7,2015.
  21. ^Victor P. Corona (June 11, 2016)."Primates, scolding, and dismissive finger-wagging".Contexts.Archivedfrom the original on September 19, 2018.RetrievedJuly 30,2018.Martin's New York Times Sunday Review piece, "Poor Little Rich Women," was one of the paper's twenty most-read pieces of the year
  22. ^Kerri Jarema (April 16, 2018)."'Untrue' By Wednesday Martin Will Challenge What You Think About Women & Sex — And The Cover Is Just As Revealing As The Book ".Bustle.Archivedfrom the original on September 19, 2018.RetrievedJuly 20,2018.
  23. ^Martin (July 16, 2015)."Deals, Divorce, Direction: Off-Label Uses for Psychoanalysis".Psychology Today.Archivedfrom the original on March 2, 2023.RetrievedJuly 16,2015.
  24. ^Martin (January 23, 2013)."Banning the 'blended' family: why step-families will never be the same as first families".The Daily Telegraph.Archivedfrom the original on August 26, 2015.RetrievedJuly 16,2015.
  25. ^abMartin (May 16, 2015)."Poor Little Rich Women".The New York Times.Archivedfrom the original on June 23, 2015.RetrievedJuly 16,2015.
  26. ^Martin (June 14, 2010)."The Dad Effect: How Fatherhood Changes Men and Why We Need More Books about Fathers".Huffington Post.Archivedfrom the original on May 22, 2015.RetrievedJuly 16,2015.
  27. ^Martin (July 15, 2015)."The Captivity of Motherhood".The Atlantic.Archivedfrom the original on July 16, 2015.RetrievedJuly 16,2015.
  28. ^Josh Levs (May 15, 2013)."Disney World vows action after report of wealthy hiring disabled to skip lines".CNN.Archivedfrom the original on July 23, 2015.RetrievedJuly 7,2015.
  29. ^Ben Yakas (June 7, 2015)."Shocker: Upper East Side" Wife Bonus "Book Reportedly Filled With Lies".Gothamist.Archived fromthe originalon July 9, 2015.RetrievedJuly 7,2015.
  30. ^Michelle Ruiz (May 21, 2015)."Do Stay-at-Home Moms Deserve a Salary?".Vogue.Archivedfrom the original on May 25, 2015.RetrievedJuly 16,2015.
  31. ^"Primates of Times Square: A Case Study".The New York Times.June 13, 2015.Archivedfrom the original on June 17, 2015.RetrievedJuly 7,2015.
  32. ^Tabuchi, Hiroko (June 7, 2015)."Publisher to Put Asterisk on 'Primates of Park Avenue'".The New York Times.ISSN0362-4331.RetrievedSeptember 15,2023.
  33. ^"Shocker: Upper East Side" Wife Bonus "Book Reportedly Filled With Lies".Gothamist.June 7, 2015. Archived fromthe originalon June 9, 2015.RetrievedJune 8,2015.Among the most glaring errors: Martin's first son was born in 2001 and her second was born in 2007, the year she moved from the Upper East Side to the Upper West Side. Martin talks about raising two boys on the UES throughout the book. She writes that she attended exercise classes atPhysique 57to lose her baby weight after her second son's birth.The Postclaims that gym did not exist when she claims to have exercised there.
  34. ^"Joel Moser".Columbia University.Archivedfrom the original on June 14, 2015.RetrievedMay 18,2015.
  35. ^Screws, Nic; Gordon, Amanda; Ankari, Moti (February 9, 2015)."Celebrity and Business Power Couples Pick the Perfect Valentine's Day Gifts".Bloomberg News.Archivedfrom the original on May 1, 2015.RetrievedMay 23,2015.
  36. ^"Joseph Martin".lifestorynet.Archivedfrom the original on June 13, 2015.RetrievedOctober 6,2015.
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