M.G. Lord (born November 18, 1955) is an American author, cultural critic, and investigative journalist. She was a political cartoonist and columnist for Newsday. She is an associate professor of the practice of English at the University of Southern California.
She produces the podcast, LA Made: The Barbie Tapes with Antonia Cereijido.
Early life and education
Lord was born in 1955 and grew up in southern California. Her father was a rocket engineer and her mother, although a chemistry graduate, "quit work to keep house for my father".
Lord has a BA (1977) in politics, the graphic arts and letters from Yale University and an MFA (2016) in writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. While a student, she was a cartoonist for the Yale Daily News. After graduating, she worked drawing political cartoons for the Wall Street Journal, then the Chicago Tribune, and then moved to Newsday.
Books
The Accidental Feminist: How Elizabeth Taylor Raised Our Consciousness and We Were Too Distracted by Her Beauty to Notice (2012) (about Elizabeth Taylor) Astro Turf: The Private Life of Rocket Science (2005) Forever Barbie: The Unauthorized Biography of a Real Doll (1994) (About the Barbie doll) Mean Sheets: Political Cartoons by M.G. Lord (1982)