BIO In 2000 Beckerman collected many of his columns into Death to All Cheerleaders: One Adolescent Journalist’s Cheerful Diatribe Against Teenage Plasticity. He sold a thousand copies of the book from his parents’ basement. The ensuing publicity led to a deal for Generation S.L.U.T. (sexually liberated urban teens): A Brutal Feel-Up Session with Today’s Sex-Crazed Adolescent Populace, which MTV Books / Simon & Schuster published in 2004. HBO Films optioned the movie rights and hired a director, but the option has since expired. S.L.U.T. propelled Beckerman, still a junior at American University, to the national stage. He has been featured by the New York Times, the New York Post, the Guardian, ABCNews.com, MSNBC, Salon.com, Fox News Channel and National Public Radio. He has written for Playboy, Reason, Discover, Radar, Huffington Post, New York Press, GetUnderground.com, Jewcy.com and AintItCoolNews.com. He is also the resident humorist at the Prometheus Institute, a California-based think tank focused on civil liberties. In February 2003 Beckerman interviewed legendary gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas), who would only consent to the meeting if Beckerman brought marijuana to the elder author's hotel room at midnight. Thompson offered S.L.U.T. the blurb: “Good work, you morbid little bastard.” The Disinformation Company will publish Beckerman's third book, Dumbocracy: Adventures with the Loony Left, the Rabid Right and Other American Idiots, in September 2008. |
