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{{Short description|Canadian writer (born 1991)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Scaachi Koul
| image = Scaachi Koul at In Conversation at Indigo Chapters - 2017 - IMG 2959.jpg
| caption = Koul at a book reading in [[Toronto]] in 2017
| birth_name = Scaachi Koul
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1991|02|07}}
| birth_place = [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]], Canada
| occupation = Writer
| nationality = [[Canadian nationality law|Canadian]]
| citizenship = [[Canadian passport|Canadian]]
| alma_mater = [[Ryerson University]]
| website = http://scaachi.com/
}}

'''Scaachi Koul''' (born February 7, 1991) is a Canadian culture writer at [[BuzzFeed|BuzzFeed Canada]].<ref name="birthlocation">{{cite web|title=Scaachi Koul Biography|url=http://penguinrandomhouse.ca/authors/2086185/scaachi-koul|website=penguinrandomhouse.ca|publisher=Penguin Random House Canada|accessdate=February 7, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Scaachi Koul|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/scaachikoul|website=Buzzfeed.com|publisher=BuzzFeed Canada|accessdate=February 7, 2017}}</ref> She is the author of the book of essays ''One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter'' and was one of the reporters in BuzzFeed's [[Netflix]] documentary series ''[[Follow This]]''. Before BuzzFeed, Koul worked at [[Penguin Random House]] Canada, the acquiring publisher of her book.<ref name="acquisition">{{cite web|last1=Robertson|first1=Becky|title=Doubleday Canada acquires essay collection by Scaachi Koul|url=http://www.quillandquire.com/omni/doubleday-canada-acquires-essay-collection-by-scaachi-koul/|website=quillandquire.com/|publisher=St. Joseph Media|accessdate=February 7, 2017}}</ref> Her journalism has appeared in ''Flare'',<ref>{{cite web|last=Koul|first=Scaachi|title=Scaachi Koul on the Reality of Dating a Much Older Guy|url=http://www.flare.com/sex-and-relationships/scaachi-koul-on-the-reality-of-dating-a-much-older-guy/|website=flare.com|accessdate=February 7, 2017}}</ref> ''HuffPost Canada'', ''The Thought Catalog'', ''The Guardian'', ''The New Yorker'',<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Contributors: Scaachi Koul|url=http://www.newyorker.com/contributors/scaachi-koul|magazine=The New Yorker|accessdate=February 7, 2017}}</ref> ''The New York Times'',<ref>{{cite web|last1=Koul|first1=Scaachi|title=Meanwhile in Canada … Things Are Just as Bad|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/05/opinion/meanwhile-in-canada-things-are-just-as-bad.html|work=The New York Times|accessdate=February 7, 2017}}</ref> ''The Globe and Mail'',<ref name="Al-Solaylee">{{cite web|last1=Koul|first1=Scaachi|title=Review: Kamal Al-Solaylee's Brown is essential reading for understanding the non-white world|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/book-reviews/review-kamal-al-solaylees-brown-is-essential-reading-for-understanding-the-non-white-world/article29911319/|work=The Globe and Mail|accessdate=February 7, 2017}}</ref> and other publications.

== Career ==
Koul [[freelancing|freelanced]] while still at the [[Ryerson University|Ryerson School of Journalism]] where she wrote for ''[[Maclean's]]'' from 2009 up until her graduation at the end of 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=Contributors: Scaachi Koul|url=http://www.macleans.ca/author/scaachi-koul/|website=Maclean's|accessdate=February 7, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://rsj.journalism.ryerson.ca/team/scaachi-koul/ | title = Scaachi Koul | accessdate = March 30, 2019 |first= Leah |last=Hansen |series=''Grads at Work'' |department=Ryerson School of Journalism |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170523092600/http://rsj.journalism.ryerson.ca/team/scaachi-koul/|archive-date=23 May 2017}}</ref> From April to November 2014 Koul wrote the "Unf*ck Yourself" column for ''[[Hazlitt (magazine)|Hazlitt]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Koul|first1=Scaachi|title=Unf*ck Yourself|url=http://hazlitt.net/category/unfck-yourself|website=Hazlitt|publisher=Penguin Random House Canada|accessdate=February 7, 2017}}</ref> In 2015 her column was rebranded "Scaach-22" with the new tagline "managing your own privilege without being a dick".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Koul|first1=Scaachi|title=Scaach-22|url=http://hazlitt.net/category/scaach-22|website=Hazlitt|publisher=Penguin Random House Canada|accessdate=February 7, 2017}}</ref>

In March 2015, while Koul was still employed by Penguin Random House Canada, they announced publication of a collection of her essays.<ref name="acquisition" /> Originally the collection was titled ''The Pursuit of Misery''<ref>{{cite web|title=Author Scaachi Koul|url=http://hazlitt.net/authors/scaachi-koul|website=Hazlitt Magazine|publisher=Penguin Random House Canada|accessdate=February 7, 2017}}</ref> then it was changed to ''One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://us.macmillan.com/author/scaachikoul|title=Scaachi Koul {{!}} Authors {{!}} Macmillan|work=US Macmillan|access-date=April 3, 2018}}</ref> The book covers subjects including family, race, feminism, body image, and rape culture from her perspective as an Indian-Canadian woman growing up in the suburbs of Calgary.<ref>{{cite web|last=Donahue|first=Anne|title=12 Days of Feminists: Anne T. Donahue on Fierce Truth-Teller Scaachi Koul|url=https://www.flare.com/news/scaachi-koul-feminist/|publisher=Flare|accessdate=March 30, 2019}}</ref> She also discusses her writing career and [[social media]], including temporarily deactivating her Twitter account as a result of invective and threats following a request for long-form submissions from people who were not white men.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ansari|first=Sadiya|url=https://www.flare.com/tv-movies/scaachi-koul-book/|title=Scaachi Koul on Race, Anxiety and Her Brand-New Book|date=March 9, 2017|accessdate=March 30, 2019|publisher=Flare}}</ref> Koul was praised for her wit and humour,<ref>{{cite news|last=Volmers|first=Eric|url=https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/books/calgarys-scaachi-koul-tackles-twitter-trolls-indian-weddings-and-body-hair-in-new-collection-of-essays|title=Calgary's Scaachi Koul tackles Twitter trolls, Indian weddings and body hair in new collection of essays|date=March 18, 2017|accessdate=March 30, 2019|newspaper=[[Calgary Herald]]}}</ref> ability to mix sarcasm and sentimentality,<ref>{{cite news|last=Arnone|first=Ted|url=https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/books/book-reviews/jagged-utter-pill-scaachi-koul-turns-social-media-rage-and-mockery-into-an-enthralling-essay-collection|title=Jagged utter pill: Scaachi Koul turns social media rage and mockery into an enthralling essay collection|date=March 13, 2017|accessdate=March 30, 2019|newspaper=The [[National Post]]}}</ref> and for her effective use of confessional writing as a complement to analytical rigour.<ref>{{cite news|last=Rosenberg|first=Alyssa|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2017/05/02/in-scaachi-kouls-debut-essay-collection-life-is-ridiculous-and-deadly-serious/|title=In Scaachi Koul's debut essay collection, life is ridiculous–and deadly serious|date=May 2, 2017|accessdate=March 30, 2019|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> She received a shortlisted nomination for the 2018 [[Stephen Leacock Award]] for the best book of humour written in English by a Canadian writer.<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/books/scaachi-koul-laurie-gelman-and-jennifer-craig-shortlisted-for-2018-stephen-leacock-memorial-medal-for-humour-1.4645066 "Scaachi Koul, Laurie Gelman and Jennifer Craig shortlisted for 2018 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour"]. [[CBC Books]], May 2, 2018.</ref>

She hosts the ''Scamfluencers'' podcast with Sarah Hagi, which covers scammers who are [[influencer]]s.<ref name="IMDb 2022">{{cite web | title=Scamfluencers (Podcast Series 2022– ) | website=IMDb | date=2022-04-11 | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20833336/ | access-date=2022-12-19}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Koul was born and raised in [[Calgary|Calgary, Alberta]].<ref name="birthlocation" /> She was a member of the [[Girl Guides of Canada]] and participated in their youth programs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt_7GkwhlJB/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/diamondisinger/1981562297596138049 |archive-date=December 25, 2021 |url-access=registration|title=Diamond Isinger on Instagram: "Created my own Girl Guide role-model edition of "Guess Who?" for @girlguidesofcanada girls to play, featuring lots of accomplished 🇨🇦 women…"|website=Instagram|access-date=14 March 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref> She currently lives in New York<ref>{{cite tweet| user=Scaachi| number=1108048945614409729| date=March 19, 2019| title=i live in new york now sorry to disappoint| author=Scaachi Koul}}</ref> with her cat, Sylvia Plath. <ref name="book">{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QE5cDAAAQBAJ&dq=scott+deveau+scaachi+koul&pg=PT172| title=One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter: Essays| first=Scaachi| last=Koul |date=2017| isbn=9780385685368}}</ref> She was formerly married to [[Bloomberg News|Bloomberg]] reporter Scott Deveau.<ref name="book"></ref><ref>{{cite tweet| user=Scaachi| number=1604867137071304709| date=December 19, 2022| title=speaking of wikipedia, someone edited mine months ago to remove any mention of my ex-husband entirely, not even a note that i ever was married, a full vanishing. if it was you please tell me, i just have a few questions.| author=Scaachi Koul}}</ref>

Koul is an [[Indo-Canadians|Indo-Canadian]] of [[Kashmiris|Kashmiri]] descent, and her writing on race and [[shadism]] draws from her own life.<ref name="Al-Solaylee" /><ref>{{cite web|last1=Koul|first1=Scaachi|title=I Was on a CBC Panel and the Internet Wanted To Guess My Race|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/scaachikoul/why-are-we-tougher-on-women-of-colour|website=buzzfeed.com|publisher=Buzzfeed Canada|accessdate=February 7, 2017}}</ref> She has stated that though she is a [[Brown (racial classification)|brown person]], her fair skin has allowed her access to a kind of [[white privilege]], and when she goes to India she is "basically acting as a white person."<ref>{{cite web|author1=Catherine Whelan|title=White privilege in brown Canada |url=https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-05-04/white-privilege-brown-canada|publisher=[[Public Radio International]] |date=May 4, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/book-reviews/scaachi-kouls-one-day-well-all-be-dead-and-none-of-this-will-matter-reviewed-honest-and-humorous/article34199175/|title=Scaachi Koul's One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter, reviewed: Honest and humorous|access-date=14 October 2019}}</ref>

==<span id="Notes"></span>References==
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==External links==
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* {{Official site|http://scaachi.com/}}
* {{Twitter|Scaachi}}

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[[Category:1991 births]]
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[[Category:Canadian people of Indian descent]]
[[Category:Canadian people of Kashmiri descent]]
[[Category:Canadian Hindus]]
[[Category:21st-century Canadian women writers]]
[[Category:BuzzFeed people]]
[[Category:Kashmiri people]]
[[Category:Kashmiri Hindus]]
[[Category:Kashmiri Pandits]]
[[Category:Canadian columnists]]
[[Category:Canadian feminist writers]]
[[Category:Canadian women essayists]]
[[Category:Canadian women columnists]]
[[Category:Writers from Calgary]]
[[Category:21st-century Canadian essayists]]

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