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Administration</a> in 2019</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Born</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">Alexandra Attkisson Petri<sup id="cite_ref-Marriage_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marriage-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1988-03-15</span>) </span>March 15, 1988<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 36)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role" style="line-height:1.4em;">Humorist and writer</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Stromberg" title="Stephen Stromberg">Stephen Stromberg</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;">​</div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 2018)<wbr />​</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Children</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Parents</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Petri" title="Tom Petri">Tom Petri</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Anne_D._Neal" title="Anne D. Neal">Anne D. Neal</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Alexandra Attkisson Petri</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/aɪ/: 'i' in 'tide'">aɪ</span></span>/</a></span></span>, born March 15, 1988) is an American humorist and newspaper columnist. In 2010, she became the youngest person to have a column in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i>. Petri runs the ComPost blog on the paper's website, on which she formerly worked with <a href="/wiki/Dana_Milbank" title="Dana Milbank">Dana Milbank</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cosmopolitan.com_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cosmopolitan.com-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2017, a piece of satire she wrote about president <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> was miscategorized as news and included in one of the White House's daily press briefings.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was recognized in the <a href="/wiki/Forbes_30_Under_30" title="Forbes 30 Under 30"><i>Forbes</i> 30 Under 30</a> in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alexandra_Petri&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alexandra_Petri&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Petri grew up in <a href="/wiki/Georgetown,_Washington,_D.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Georgetown, Washington, D.C.">Georgetown, Washington, D.C.</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Only_child" title="Only child">only child</a> of <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">congressman</a> <a href="/wiki/Tom_Petri" title="Tom Petri">Tom Petri</a><sup id="cite_ref-washingtonian.com_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-washingtonian.com-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and nonprofit executive <a href="/wiki/Anne_D._Neal" title="Anne D. Neal">Anne D. Neal</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and attended the <a href="/wiki/National_Cathedral_School" title="National Cathedral School">National Cathedral School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-washingtonian.com_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-washingtonian.com-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In high school she wrote plays for a competition at <a href="/wiki/Arena_Stage" title="Arena Stage">Arena Stage</a>; three of hers were chosen for performance. She would also perform <a href="/wiki/Standup_comedy" class="mw-redirect" title="Standup comedy">standup comedy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cosmopolitan.com_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cosmopolitan.com-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She graduated <i><a href="/wiki/Summa_cum_laude" class="mw-redirect" title="Summa cum laude">summa cum laude</a></i> and <a href="/wiki/Phi_Beta_Kappa" title="Phi Beta Kappa">Phi Beta Kappa</a><sup id="cite_ref-washingtonian.com_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-washingtonian.com-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a> with a degree in <a href="/wiki/English_studies" title="English studies">English</a>, concentrating in <a href="/wiki/Classics" title="Classics">classics</a>, in 2010; while there she joined the Harvard Stand Up Comedy Society, worked with the <a href="/wiki/Hasty_Pudding_Club" title="Hasty Pudding Club">Hasty Pudding Club</a>, and wrote for the Internet comedy series <i><a href="/wiki/On_Harvard_Time" title="On Harvard Time">On Harvard Time</a></i> and for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Harvard_Crimson" title="The Harvard Crimson">The Harvard Crimson</a></i>. Her college roommate was <a href="/wiki/Megan_Amram" title="Megan Amram">Megan Amram</a>. She was a summer intern at <i>The Washington Post</i> before she received a job with the paper. She is also a member of a playwrights' collective in Washington, D.C., called The Welders.<sup id="cite_ref-cosmopolitan.com_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cosmopolitan.com-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Career">Career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alexandra_Petri&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Her book of essays, <i>A Field Guide to Awkward Silences,</i> was published in 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She has appeared on <i><a href="/wiki/Jeopardy!" title="Jeopardy!">Jeopardy!</a></i>, won prizes in the <a href="/wiki/O._Henry_Pun-Off" title="O. Henry Pun-Off">O. Henry Pun-Off</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and performed at an international <a href="/wiki/Whistling" title="Whistling">whistling</a> competition.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her play <i>The Campsite Rule</i>, a sex comedy whose title is derived from an idea taken from <a href="/wiki/Dan_Savage" title="Dan Savage">Dan Savage</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was premiered at the <a href="/wiki/Capital_Fringe_Festival" title="Capital Fringe Festival">Capital Fringe Festival</a> in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2015, Petri created the parody Twitter account "Emo Kylo Ren", which envisioned the <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens" title="Star Wars: The Force Awakens">Star Wars: The Force Awakens</a></i> character <a href="/wiki/Kylo_Ren" title="Kylo Ren">Kylo Ren</a> as an angsty teenager obsessed with <a href="/wiki/Darth_Vader" title="Darth Vader">Darth Vader</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Syfy_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Syfy-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The account went viral after being retweeted by <a href="/wiki/Hot_Topic" title="Hot Topic">Hot Topic</a> and receiving attention from media outlets such as <i><a href="/wiki/USA_Today" title="USA Today">USA Today</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/People_Magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="People Magazine">People Magazine</a></i>, soon gaining more followers than Hot Topic.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the <a href="/wiki/8th_Shorty_Awards" title="8th Shorty Awards">8th Shorty Awards</a> in 2016, the account won the award for best parody account.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Petri revealed that she created this parody account in an interview with <a href="/wiki/Syfy" title="Syfy">Syfy</a> published on January 25, 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-Syfy_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Syfy-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Of her writing, Petri has said, "My goal is to be weirder than everybody else and hope that no one stops me. So far no one has."<sup id="cite_ref-cosmopolitan.com_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cosmopolitan.com-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Writers and comedians she has listed as influences include <a href="/wiki/James_Thurber" title="James Thurber">James Thurber</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-washingtonian.com_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-washingtonian.com-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Dave_Barry" title="Dave Barry">Dave Barry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mitch_Hedberg" title="Mitch Hedberg">Mitch Hedberg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Twain" title="Mark Twain">Mark Twain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Wilde" title="Oscar Wilde">Oscar Wilde</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/William_Shakespeare" title="William Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cosmopolitan.com_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cosmopolitan.com-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She made her comic book debut by writing the one-shot <i><a href="/wiki/She-Hulk" title="She-Hulk">She-Hulk</a> Annual #1</i>, released on August 28, 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2020, Petri released her second book, <i>Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why</i>, a collection of essays on the Trump presidency years.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2023, she released her third book <i>Alexandra Petri's US History: Important American Documents (I Made Up)</i><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alexandra_Petri&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In June 2018, Petri married <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Stromberg" title="Stephen Stromberg">Stephen Stromberg</a>, an editorial writer at the <i>Washington Post</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Marriage_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marriage-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They welcomed their first child in February 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works">Works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alexandra_Petri&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>A Field Guide to Awkward Silences</i>, New American Library, 2016. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px 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.cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780451469618" title="Special:BookSources/9780451469618">9780451469618</a></li> <li><i>Nothing Is Wrong and Here is Why: Essays</i>, W. W. Norton & Company, 2020. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781324006459" title="Special:BookSources/9781324006459">9781324006459</a></li> <li><i>Alexandra Petri's US History: Important documents (I made up): Essays</i>, W. W. Norton & Company, 2023. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781324006435" title="Special:BookSources/9781324006435">9781324006435</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alexandra_Petri&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Marriage-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Marriage_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Marriage_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/24/fashion/weddings/alexandra-petri-stephen-stromberg.html">"Alexandra Petri, Stephen Stromberg"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>. 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