Women Making History: Joanna Douglas

Today’s woman making history, Joanna Douglas, is just like any of us. She likes music, ice cream, kittens, dancing, summertime, making lists, impulse items, staying up way too late, bubble baths, TV shows geared at teenagers and dislikes root beer, bad smells, seafood and haters…but unlike many of us, as a freelance writer/entertainment editor, Joanna has interviewed a celeb makeup artist, a Grammy award-winning rapper, THE Clair Huxtable—Phylicia Rashad—and we’re just naming a few.

Joanna grew up in Mystic, CT (yes, as in the pizza), and moved to NYC in 1999—with three generations of New Yorkers behind her, it was only a matter of time before she landed in the Big Apple. This busy lady has worked on staff at several magazines, but her main gig, sitting in bed as a freelance writer for the Yahoo site for women called Shine, has its benefits. One of her “craziest New York moments” includes grabbing a slice of Ray’s pizza with T.I. (yes, that T.I.) before going sneaker shopping (T.I. Fans: We have a pic, after the jump!).

Below we get a great look at Joanna in action, as she interviews Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Sigorney Weaver about their film “Baby Mama” for Shine: