Anne Elizabeth Moore

Anne Elizabeth Moore (born 1971 in Winner, South Dakota) is an American cultural critic, artist, journalist, and editor. She is well known for her books Body Horror: Capitalism, Fear, Misogyny, Jokes (2017), Sweet Little Cunt: the Graphic Work of Julie Doucet (2018), about Julie Doucet, and Gentrifier: A Memoir (2021). Her work mainly deals with the nature of power and women’s oppression, the housing crisis and gentrification, and women’s health.

Moore’s writing has been featured in various publications, including the Guardian, Salon, Paris Review, Chicago Journal, and The Baffler. She has written extensively about culture and media, illness, and human rights. Her essays “Reimagining the National Border Patrol Museum (and Gift Shop)” (2008) and “17 Theses on the Edge” (2010) have respectively received honorable mentions in Best American Non-Required Reading.