• Comment: In Her World, Getting Cheated On Makes You a ‘Chump’ is mostly based on what she says, Everyone’s Breaking Up, but Nobody’s Bitter: What’s Going On? is a quote as is the Toronto Star and The New Yorker is a brief mention. There's mention of criticism in one of the NYT pieces but those sources are not included and there's only a brief mention in the draft's content. S0091 (talk) 20:20, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

Tracy Schorn is an American cartoonist, former journalist, book author, blogger known as "Chump Lady", and founder of the online community known as "Chump Nation", made up of survivors of infidelity.[1]

Career

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Schorn was the state news editor at the AARP Bulletin and has written for AARP[2], Smithsonian magazine, and Readers Digest. Her criticism of the term "conscious uncoupling" was noted by The New York Times.[3]

Schorn uses straight talk, snarky cartoons and humorous terms like "schmoopie" and "spackling" to affirm her motto "Leave a cheater, gain a life". Her own experience as a "chump" inspired her choice to focus on infidelity and the "reconciliation industrial complex" as her subject matter.[1]

Schorn advises cheated-on parents to remain respectful of their child's love for the cheating parent.[4]

Schorn's podcast with Sarah Gorrell is called "Tell Me How You're Mighty".[1]

Criticism

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An article in The New Yorker described Schorn's philosophy as "a mission to reframe cheating as abuse".[5] The Cut suggested that Schorn promotes unquestioning validation of women's assertions.[1]

Selected publication

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Leave a Cheater, Gain a Life: The Chump Lady's Survival Guide, Running Press, 2016.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Cherelus, Gina (September 6, 2024). "In Her World, Getting Cheated On Makes You a 'Chump'". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  2. ^ Bridges, George (May 1, 2013). "Women-only Sessions: Safe Zone for Planning the Future". AARP. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  3. ^ Cherelus, Gina (September 25, 2023). "Everyone's Breaking Up, but Nobody's Bitter: What's Going On?". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  4. ^ Italie, Leanne (August 27, 2015). "Divorce tougher on kids if a cheating parent is involved". Toronto Star. Associated Press. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  5. ^ Sehgal, Parul (August 5, 2024). "Is the End of Marriage the Beginning of Self-Knowledge?". The New Yorker. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
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