Lindsay Crouse
Lindsay Crouse
Lindsay Crouse is a senior staff editor at The New York Times. She is known as an ex-girlfriend of Lady Gaga's new boyfriend, Michael Polansky.
Education
In 2006, Crouse received a The Bachelor of Arts in International History and Global Health from Harvard University.[2]
While studying, she was active in cross country running and track and field. She also was a Resource Efficiency Program (REP) co-captain, and Harvard College in Asia Project member. She was the author of Let's Go, an unofficial guide to Life at Harvard.[2]
Career
Crouse started her career in 2006 as an intern at New York Magazine. From 2006-2008, she worked as an Editorial Assistant at Hearst. In 2008, she joined Global Health Strategies as a Manager. Since 2011, Crouse has been working at The New York Times.[2]
Personal Life
In an article called ''My Ex-Boyfriend’s New Girlfriend Is Lady Gaga" published on February 27, 2020, Crouse wrote:
“I was eating bodega grapes at my desk on a recent Monday morning, gearing up to wrangle my inbox, when my phone started buzzing.”[1]
Multiple friends reached out to ask if she had checked social media:
“It was an emergency: My ex-boyfriend, I learned, had a new girlfriend.
Lady Gaga … While I’d been watching the Super Bowl on television in New York, they were snuggling in her private box at the Hard Rock Stadium … There were the paparazzi as he escorted her away, her pink hair flowing.”[1]
Describing Polansky, Crouse wrote:
I dated this normal, mystery man for seven years.
Our relationship lasted all of college, and then a few years more.[1]
I don’t follow my ex on social media.
We were “friends” on Facebook.
Then we were “in a relationship” on Facebook.
After we broke up, I noticed I was “blocked” on Facebook.
And then we moved on.
I hadn’t googled him in forever (I promise).
But this month I knew everything about his new relationship status, within hours of when it was disclosed.[1]
Crouse highlighted the singer’s achievements and advocacy campaigns as the “ambitious life that we keep saying women should embrace,” realizing that, in comparing herself to her, it motivated her to step outside her own comfort zone.
For example: Instead of wearing an old dress, she purchased an expensive new one for an event, because “why should I accept less than Lady Gaga?” Finally, the editor reflected on how we all behave online, dropping a little spice with her final line:
"Recently someone sent me a photo of my fiancé and me dancing at a wedding, and I posted it on Instagram.
I saw Lady Gaga’s boyfriend in the views, and I realized we’re actually all the same: strangers, smiling on a screen."[5]
Social Media
As of March 1, 2020, Crouse has about 20,000 followers on her lindsaycrouse Twitter account. There she shares links to her and her colleagues' articles as well as comments on current events. She also has about 9,000 followers on her lindsaycrouse Instagram account. There she posts her work photos as well as photos from events, photos with friends, relatives and selfies.[3][4]