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Maria Prudente

(She/Her)
Washington, D.C.
As seen in: Chicago Tribune, The Daily Beast, Salon, Observer, Houston Chronicle, Inkl, Women in Higher Education, KGB Bar & Lit Mag
Covers:  Culture, Sexual Violence, Power, Ethics, Mental Health, the Arts.

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Maria is a writer and journalist who lives in Washington, DC. She writes personal essays, features, and criticism. Maria holds a BA in Creative Writing - Nonfiction from Columbia University and an MA in Cultural Reporting and Criticism from New York University's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute.

In December 2021, she broke the story of a third woman who accused Sex and the City actor Chris Noth of sexual assault in The Daily Beast. Maria later wrote an op-ed for the same publication denou…

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Maria Prudente: Newsrooms are disappearing. Who will we turn to for the truth?

Maria Prudente: Newsrooms are disappearing. Who will we turn to for the truth?

With the threat of newsrooms shrinking, who will be left to report the truth if we eliminate our country's tr…

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Taylor Swift was not 'Person of the Year' (Opinion)

Taylor Swift was not 'Person of the Year' (Opinion)

Society repeatedly rewards people like Taylor Swift, who is extraordinary all of the time. The Hollywood stri…

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Actors and writers aren't just striking. They're grieving too

Actors and writers aren't just striking. They're grieving too

As the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes continue, a grief counselor offers a support group to actors and writers gra…

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Chris Noth, You Are Not a Victim

Chris Noth, You Are Not a Victim

Nearly two years after multiple women accused the "Sex and the City" actor of sexual assault, he is attemptin…

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Opinion: Actors are striking because we've long been in crisis. It's not just streaming or AI

Opinion: Actors are striking because we've long been in crisis. It's not just streaming or AI

SAG-AFTRA members are willing to sacrifice the pay and exposure they need right now because actors are tired …

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LA Jungle by Maria Prudente - The Coachella Review

LA Jungle by Maria Prudente - The Coachella Review

LA Jungle by Maria Prudente I could hear everything, together with the hum of my hotel neon. I never felt sad…

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Our film imagined a post-Roe nightmare. Then it came true Original

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By Maria Prudente
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When I first met Amy in the emergency room, she had a minor laceration on her finger. She claimed it was from an accident in the kitchen, but her cowering posture, downcast eyes and hesitant responses to basic questions suggested there was more to her visit than she was letting on. Amy reminds me of the girls I grew up with. Delicate, but exhausted and under pressure. She works long hours at a convenience store with a manager who offers no flexibility.
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Facilitators Help Middle School Girls Build Confidence and Sisterhood Through Theatre

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By Maria Prudente
| Women in Higher Education Verified
On a balmy Monday afternoon in June on Webster Avenue, Trisha Jeffrey, a teaching artist for the theatre education non-profit International Girls Ensemble (IGE), tapes a giant yellow sheet of paper to a bookshelf titled “Girls Circle Play,” listing possible themes in colorful marker: “Going through changes.
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Observer Arts Interviews: Painter Jaouad Bentama

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By Maria Prudente
| Observer Verified
Jaouad Bentama keeps apologizing for the heat. He’s invited me to look at new works in his studio in the basement of Mana Contemporary, a former Tobacco factory turned hybrid cultural arts space where visitors can simultaneously view art like the works of Andy Warhol’s original silkscreens and rub shoulders with resident artists like Bentama. But each time he secures one acrylic painting to the wall and goes to collect another, the tape peels, sending the painting crashing to the floor.
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When an editor gives you notes, take them.

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The Atlantic
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