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Wednesday Martin Ph.D.

About

Wednesday Martin, Ph.D., is a cultural critic and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Untrue, about women and infidelity; Primates of Park Avenue; and Stepmonster: A New Look at Why Real Stepmothers Think, Feel, and Act the Way We Do, and the forthcoming Free Agent, a memoir of open marriage, age/lessness, and adventure in Los Angeles. Martin has been interviewed as an expert on gender, popular culture, relationships, and sexuality on CNN, NPR, and BBC radio and television among others, and her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Time, The Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, and others. Her IG @wednesdaymartinphd is lively, controversial, and unique in its blend of accessible social science insight and sex positivity. She has a doctorate in comparative literature and cultural studies—with a focus on anthropology and the history of psychoanalysis—from Yale and has taught cultural studies at Yale, the New School for Social Research, and Baruch College.

Books by Wednesday Martin Ph.D.
Recent Posts
The Pressures of Privileged Motherhood—Kate as Case Study

The rich are different. So are the stresses they face when they give birth and raise children. Kate Middleton as case study.

The rich are different. So are the stresses they face when they give birth and raise children. Kate Middleton as case study.

It's Different for Stepmothers

Women are more likely to struggle as stepparents than men are. Here's why...and what to do about it.

Women are more likely to struggle as stepparents than men are. Here's why...and what to do about it.

From Mennonite to Manhattanite

This minister/author believes that it's all about relationships...and that it's time to revise religion

This minister/author believes that it's all about relationships...and that it's time to revise religion

Why Religion Must Evolve

In the first century the apostle Paul instructed women to keep silent in church; in the twelfth century priests were forbidden to marry. Now what?

In the first century the apostle Paul instructed women to keep silent in church; in the twelfth century priests were forbidden to marry. Now what?

This New Year, Surprising Resolutions for Stepparents

Stepfamilies aren't first families. And stepparents aren't parents. Resolved: it's time to reject the Big Lies about stepfamily life that hamper millions of couples and kids every day.

Stepfamilies aren't first families. And stepparents aren't parents. Resolved: it's time to reject the Big Lies about stepfamily life that hamper millions of couples and kids every day.

Deconstructing (Electronic) Infidelity

Email is a powerful, seductive and potentially cruel mistress. Just ask the players in l'affaire Petraeus.

Email is a powerful, seductive and potentially cruel mistress. Just ask the players in l'affaire Petraeus.

'Binders Full of Women'

In this debate, the women wore fuchsia. And what the candidates said about women, and how they said it, said a lot.

In this debate, the women wore fuchsia. And what the candidates said about women, and how they said it, said a lot.

Girls Gone Wild? Why Pussy Riot Matters

Pussy Riot is talking about an alt-punk-rock-fourth-wave-feminist pussy revolution...whatever that is.

Pussy Riot is talking about an alt-punk-rock-fourth-wave-feminist pussy revolution...whatever that is.

Helen Gurley Brown, Post-Feminist It Girl

Helen Gurley Brown effected a seismic cultural shift by insisting that the Single Girl was as modern, revolutionary and important as the space program.

Helen Gurley Brown effected a seismic cultural shift by insisting that the Single Girl was as modern, revolutionary and important as the space program.

Reading Olympic Bodies

When it comes to the Olympics, there is no shortage of astonishingly honed bodies doing incredible, improbable things for us to admire. Along with their remarkable stamina, talent and commitment, it is the athletes’ bodies that mesmerize.

When it comes to the Olympics, there is no shortage of astonishingly honed bodies doing incredible, improbable things for us to admire. Along with their remarkable stamina, talent and commitment, it is the athletes’ bodies that mesmerize.