Tracy Schorn
American cartoonist and writer
Tracy Schorn (pronounced 'shorn') née Sutton is an American cartoonist, former journalist, book author, blogger known as "Chump Lady", and founder of the online community known as "Chump Nation", made up of survivors of infidelity. One reporter noted, "For cheaters, there's Ashley Madison. For the cheated upon, there's Tracy Schorn".
Career
Schorn was the state news editor at the AARP Bulletin and has written for AARP, Smithsonian, and Reader's Digest. Her criticism of the term "conscious uncoupling" was noted by The New York Times.
Schorn has been forging a new narrative about infidelity that champions self-respect and self-care for those cheated on (so-called "chumps"). Schorn believes infidelity is abuse, and uses straight talk, snarky cartoons and humorous terms like "schmoopie" and "spackling" to affirm her motto "Leave a cheater, gain a life". Her own experience as a "chump" inspired her choice to focus on infidelity and the "reconciliation industrial complex" as her subject matter. She has written about therapists and their "dual accountability" fallacy ("What did you do to drive him into the arms of the other woman?"). She recommends acknowledging and learning from mistakes as part of coping with heartbreak.
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