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Maura Quint

Maura Quint is an American writer, humorist, podcaster, advocate and radio guest. She writes the @behindyourback Twitter account. Her humor has been published in Somecards, McSweeneys’ , Man Cave Daily and the Impersonals.

In 2015, Quint was among the leaders of an effort to raise awareness of the widespread plagiarism of Josh Ostrovsky, a much criticized new media personality who calls himself the Fat Jew. Quint was interviewed on NPR’s On The Media as part of this campaign to champion original content and credit for writers. She was also interviewed by, or featured in articles in, such additional news sources as diverse as Rolling Stone, the New York Daily News , Huffington Post and more.

Among the humorist's most popular Tweets, according to Favstar.fm, are "Choose a job you love and you will never work a day in your life because that field isn't hiring." and "20 Things That Women Should Stop Wearing After The Age of 30. 1-20: The weight of other people's expectations & judgments."

Her smart humor pieces have touched on such topics as song lyrics, feeding a child mac & cheese and even what the contents are of her purse. A Facebook page provides links to many of her articles.

Her appearance with On The Media featured her professional speaking style. This is also on display in her role as a podcast co-host. Presently she co-chosts a podcast with Wayne Gladstone, author of the Internet Apocalypse series of books.

On her popular Twitter account, Maura Quint Tweets topical jokes, presents word play, advocates a progressive viewpoint, advances Feminist ideas, engages in political discussions, and sometimes presents cooking segments. Maura Quint, or her Tweets, have been ranked on various “funniest” lists including those of Buzzfeed, Playboy , Huffington Post , the Chicago Tribune, Paste , and elsewhere.