Peggy Orenstein

New York Times Best-Selling Author, Gender & Sexuality Expert, Award-Winning Journalist

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Peggy Orenstein Biography

Peggy Orenstein is a New York Times best-selling author known for her insightful exploration of gender and sexuality issues in contemporary youth culture. She is the author of the New York Times best-sellers "Boys & Sex," "Girls & Sex," "Cinderella Ate My Daughter" and "Waiting for Daisy," as well as "Don’t Call Me Princess," "Flux," and the classic "SchoolGirls." Her latest book is a memoir, "Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool and Making the World’s Ugliest Sweater."

A frequent contributor to The New York Times and a contributing writer for AFAR, Orenstein has also written for such publications as The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, New York, The Atlantic and The New Yorker, and has contributed commentaries to NPR’s All Things Considered and The PBS News Hour. She has been featured on, among other programs, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, The Today Show, Morning Joe, and NPR’s Fresh Air. Her TED Talk, “What Young Women Believe About Their Own Sexual Pleasure,” has been viewed over six million times.

The Columbia Journalism Review named Orenstein one of its “40 women who changed the media business in the past 40 years.” She has been recognized for her “Outstanding Coverage of Family Diversity,” by the Council on Contemporary Families and received Books For A Better Life Awards for "Girls & Sex" and "Waiting for Daisy." Her work has also been honored by the Commonwealth Club of California, the National Women’s Political Caucus of California and Planned Parenthood Federation of America. She has been awarded fellowships by the U.S.-Japan Foundation and the Asian Cultural Council and residencies by Mesa Refuge and the UCross Foundation.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 06/05/2024.

Peggy Orenstein Videos

  • What young women believe about their own sexual pleasure | Peggy Orenstein
    Why do girls feel empowered to engage in sexual activity but not to enjoy it? For three years, author Peggy Orenstein interviewed girls ages 15 to 20...
  • A Brief But Spectacular take on talking to children about sex
    For more than 25 years, Peggy Orenstein has broken new ground with her intimate explorations of adolescence. In her bestselling books “Girls and...

Peggy Orenstein Books

  • Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World's Ugliest Sweater
    Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World's Ugliest Sweater
  • Don't Call Me Princess: Essays on Girls, Women, Sex, and Life
    Don't Call Me Princess: Essays on Girls, Women, Sex, and Life
  • Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape
    Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape
  • Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity
    Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity
  • Flux: Women on Sex, Work, Love, Kids, and Life in a Half-Changed World
    Flux: Women on Sex, Work, Love, Kids, and Life in a Half-Changed World
  • Waiting for Daisy: A Tale of Two Continents, Three Religions, Five Infertility Doctors, an Oscar, an Atomic Bomb, a Romantic Night, and One Woman's Quest to Become a Mother
    Waiting for Daisy: A Tale of Two Continents, Three Religions, Five Infertility Doctors, an Oscar, an Atomic Bomb, a Romantic Night, and One Woman's Quest to Become a Mother

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