Meet the Team!
Founding Editor, London, UK
Cate Sevilla is writer and the Founding Editor of BitchBuzz.com. Cate is a former editor at Shiny Media and has written for numerous websites and blogs, including Yahoo!, Company Magazine, T3, Coors's Bittersweet Partnership and Computer Weekly. She's also made apperances on Sky News, Generation Sex, BBC Radio, was named one of the New Young Feminist by Observer Woman, and has been featured in The Daily Telegraph and The Daily Express.
Specializing in lifestyle, tech and pop culture, Cate is passionate about discovering and featuring all things new, exciting, and fabulous. A fan of beer, cheese, overly posh teas and overpriced baked goods, Cate lives and breathes everything BitchBuzz embodies.
Twitter: @cupcate |
Blog: cupcate.com
Contributor, Davis, California
Liz is a knitter, teacher (sort of), activist, cat lover, and scooter enthusiast. She has a double BA in Psychology and Women's Studies from UC Davis and is currently attending San Francisco State University for her Master's in Literature. Her favorite people on earth, in order, are: her mom, Cate, her boyfriend, Diablo Cody, and Joss Whedon. She's obsessed with all things Apple and spends far too much time in front of her computer. Liz resides in Davis, California and wakes up wondering everyday why London is just so damn far away.
Twitter: @feministyliz |
Blog: feministy.com
Food & Style Contributor, London, UK
Laura Silver, our resident Style Bitch graduated from Goldsmiths College, University of London, with a BA in English Literature in 2006 and is now studying Fashion Journalism at London College of Fashion. Swapping Blake for Balenciaga, she has contributed fashion and beauty posts for Catwalk Queen, Kiss and Make Up, as well as her own style blog, The Liner, the Clutch and the Wardrobe. As a true Nigellaphile/kitchen hitler, Laura also imparts her culinary wisdom onto BitchBuzz with weekly recipes in our You Tight Bitch and Tasty Quickie columns, probably making her the world's only fashion and food blogger! Laura lives in London with three lovely ladies, but sadly no cat.
Twitter: @laurafleur |
Blog: linerclutchwardrobe.blogspot.com
Rachael Gibson
Style Contributor, London, UK
Rachael Gibson is a hair and beauty journalist with an unhealthy interest in fashion and D-list celebrities. She has a BA in Fashion Design and an MA in Fashion Journalism, but don't hold that against her. When not writing about mascara and hairspray for a living, Rachael can be found stalking Andrew WK, at the pug meet-up in Green Park or hoovering up tacos at any Mexican eatery you care to name. She also actively enjoys and encourages the popular British past time of binge drinking, whenever and wherever possible.
Twitter: @furcoat |
Blog: Fur Coat, No Knickers
Contributor, San Francisco, California
Anna (also referred to as TallAnna), the in-house grammar guru, has what some might consider an unhealthy obsession with bargain shopping, the color green, her cat, and high heels that make her awkwardly tall. With a B.S. in Textiles & Clothing from UC Davis, and a mother who is a couples' therapist and sex educator, Anna writes about everything from designer fashion to insight about sex, relationships, and communication that she has picked up from being a therapist's daughter. Her writing adventures have lead her to the UC Davis Magazine, eLUXURY.com, StoreAdore.com, many coffee shops with free Wi-Fi, and now, BitchBuzz.
Twitter: @tallanna |
Blog: www.tallanna.com
Rebecca Thomson
Tech & Culture Contributor, London, UK
Rebecca started off on local papers where she developed a range of useful skills, such as how to stand on a freezing street corner for 14 hours, hungover, during a police siege. She now writes for Computer Weekly and covers anything from technology at the Olympics to sexism in the IT industry. She has also written for the Daily Telegraph and the Big Issue and just finished a masters degree in philosophy. She is interested in feminism and technology, and likes train journeys, books, karaoke and Jasper the three-legged cat.
Twitter: @rebeccats |
Blog: WITs End
K.A. Laity
Tech & Culture Contributor, United Kingdom
K.A. Laity wears many hats, both literally and metaphorically, splitting her time between academia, popular culture, fiction and drama. She lives in the Hudson Valley and teaches medieval literature, gender studies, film and New Media at a small liberal arts college. She has written for a wide variety of scholarly and popular publications over the years.
Twitter: @katelaity |
Blog: katewombat.blogspot.com
Yvonne Penzakov
Food Contributor, New York, New York
Yvonne likes to create little illustrations and whip up vegan awesomeness in the kitchen. She has a BA in Journalism and Fine Arts and an MA in Media and Culture from New York University. Daisy Steiner is her role model, Marc Johns is her hero. Wilco is her everything (in a non-creepy sort of way). If Yvonne had any advanced zoological knowledge or the ability to lift over 30 pounds, she’d work at an animal sanctuary. When she’s not obsessively thinking about Noel Fielding’s hair, she likes to dance ballet and finish crossword puzzles.
Twitter: @snorkelyvonne |
Blog: Familiar Snorkel
Hannah Mudge
Contributor, Peterborough, UK
After a stint as a journalist, Hannah Mudge now works in publishing and enjoys writing in her free time. Her interests include classic rock, politics, women's issues, reading and running. She also loves talking, a good debate, drinking wine and is obsessed with the Mitford sisters. Hannah is based in Peterborough, England, where she lives with her husband and several fish, spending a lot of time on her computer and acquiring more books. In 2009 she completed her first half marathon and had a blog post featured on the Guardian's 'Best of the Web', both of which made her very happy indeed.
Twitter: @boudledidge |
Blog: On To Berlin
Lauren Cooke
Contributor, Leamington Spa, UK
Lauren is currently an e-marketing exec in sunny Britain, getting paid to talk social media and blogging. Alongside her 9-5 work she is a freelance blogger and feature writer and runs both a fashion and foodie blog.
Lauren also blogs for the Independant Fashion Bloggers, the Dorothy Perkins blog, as well as the handbag website BagBunch.com. Outside of work, she’s addicted to holidays, vintage clothes, eBay, shoes, pretty antiques and dreaming about the house she’ll own one day. She’s also charmingly bonkers and quite off-the-wall.
Twitter: @LaurenEACooke |
Blog: A Typical Atypical
Lori Smith
Contributor, London, UK
The ethical non-monogamist known as Lori has spent over 17 years
involved in extensive field research in order to ensure BitchBuzz
readers are well informed about sex. It's been a long and winding
road, taking her from young ingénue to woman of the world, via an
appearance on Channel 4's More Sex Tips for Girls. She is hoping to
be able to fully reclaim the word slut for the good of womankind some
time in 2012.
Twitter: @lipsticklori |
Blog: lorismith.blogspot.com
Culture & Tech Contributor, San Francisco, California
Kate Kotler is a loudly opinionated freelance writer from San Francisco who has a passion for working with startups and advocating emerging technology for use in education. Kate writes about her opinions of the world, women's issues, politics, current events, humor, pop culture, technology and Doctor Who (pretty much anytime someone will let her.)
Twitter: @adorkablegrrl |
Blog: katekotler.com
Claire Tayler
Contributor, Brighton, UK
Ignoring wisdom and her Mother, Claire is a Media Studies student at the University of Sussex. She lives in Brighton taking a nosy interest in design, crafty things, music, cooking, and farty art. She writes for Bitchbuzz about things she likes, and also write about digital news for untitledlondon.com. Claire fills her own blog with trivial things that please her. She lives in Brighton with six guys and a dub step problem.
Twitter: @getdancey |
Blog: getdancey.com
Alexandra Roumbas Goldstein
Home & Culture Contributor, London, UK
Alexandra Roumbas Goldstein is a writer, editor and social media evangelist for a well-known UK charity, having previously been a technology journalist. Her work has appeared on several sites, including Shiny Media's Shiny Shiny and Dollymix, Dial-a-Phone.com, and events site Remote Goat. She's obsessed with all things design as well as with books, films, food, gadgets and cats, with aspirations to be part C.J. Cregg, part Crazy Cat Lady. She loves being asked to write reviews, having a healthy comment debate and describing herself in the third person.
Twitter: @mokuska |
Blog: alexandragoldstein.co.uk
Laura Yates
Style & Culture Contributor, London, UK
Laura is a freelance writer who, in addition to her work for BitchBuzz, has also written for the London Metro, RANDOM Magazine, Chic Today, Shade Station and Living TV. As well as a fashion and beauty obsessive, Laura is also a keen singer/songwriter and aspiring geek. Laura lives in South East London with her pink guitar.
Twitter: @misslauraxxx |
Blog: This Is Miss Laura
Contributor, London, UK
Charlotta is a geeky nomad who’s settled in London after spending a couple of years trying to figure out what to do with her life. She likes writing, drinking coffee and working her way through backlogs of Kung Fu-movies. When she’s not writing for Bitchbuzz she covers UK news and tech stories for media in Finland and Sweden
Twitter: @fjoms |
Blog: onthetrain.com
Laëtitia Wajnapel
Tech Contributor, London, UK
Parisian expat in London, Laëtitia aka Mademoiselle Robot is a magazine Editor turned fashion blogger. She has an MA in Film Studies from the Sorbonne in Paris and worked for many years as a videogames journalist/tester/reviewer/editor before she started... a vintage fashion blog!
On mademoisellerobot.com, she offers style tips, interviews of artists and designers, outfit ideas and she even launched her own TV channel! Her blog has been featured in the Independent, A nous Paris, Modepass and many others. She will be summoning her deepest and darkest inner geek to bring you the best (and worst) of games here on Bitchbuzz.
Twitter: @mellerobot |
Blog: mademoisellrobot.com
Maria Diaz
Contributor, New York, New York
Maria Diaz is an information junkie and freelance writer based out of
New York City. She covers technology and pop culture for
BitchBuzz and one day dreams of setting up Dance Party Zones through
out the country based on Pandora stations. She maintains an
obsessively updated Tumble-log.
Twitter: @mdiaz |
Blog: mariadiaz.org
Rosina Rubylips
Culture & Life Contributor, New Orleans, Lousiana
Rosina Rubylips is just this girl, you know? She goes to film school and works from home. She loves weirdness and laughing and pondering and adventures and Joss Whedon. She someday hopes to be the world’s premier filmmaker/actress/superhero/pie-maker/revolutionary/theoretical astrophysicist. She will DIY til she dies. She currently resides in New Orleans with two of her best friends and her cat, Caprica.
Twitter: @rosinarubylips |
Blog: rosinarubylips.vox.com
Jelisa Castrodale
Culture Contributor, Camel City, North Carolina
Jelisa is a writer and stand-up comic who has learned a lot
about life by making a mess of her own. She's spent the past several
years being gainfully unemployed as a freelance writer, has toured
from Alabama to Alaska telling jokes (including stops in states that
didn't begin with A), and has had the honor of traveling to over a
dozen military bases to perform with Armed Forces Entertainment.
She is fueled by an enamel-eroding Diet Coke habit and her insane love
of music, both of which put her in the categories of "good at
Jeopardy" and "annoying to have at parties". She currently lives in
North Carolina with an embarrassing amount of running shoes and a dog
named for a member of the Grateful Dead.
Twitter: @gordonshumway |
Blog: thetypingmakesmesoundbusy.com