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Angela Chen

Angela Chen

Former Senior Editor, Politics, Policy, and Ideas

Angela Chen was a senior politics, policy, and ideas editor at Vox. She previously worked as a reporter and editor at the Wall Street Journal, The Verge, MIT Technology Review, and Wired. Angela is also the author of Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and Meaning of Sex, which was named one of the standout books of 2020 by NPR, Electric Literature, and more.

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