Carlotta Vagnoli

Carlotta Vagnoli (; born 6 November 1987) is an Italian feminist activist and author. Her activity, ranging between book and article writing, theatre plays, and social media content, focuses on gender equality, sexual consent, and gender-based violence.

Early life Born in Florence and raised in Marina di Castagneto Carducci, Vagnoli moved to Milan to attend university. During her college years, she also worked as a barista in a night club.

Career In 2015, Vagnoli began collaborating as a sex columnist for GQ and Playboy. In 2016, following the end of an abusive relationship, she started exploring the topics of gender equality and gender-based violence, writing an article about the death of Tiziana Cantone for GQ, which she has referred to as a "turning point". to raise awareness on consent, gender equality, and the need to deconstruct harmful gender stereotypes. In 2021, Fabbri Editori published her first book ("Damn Misfortune"), an essay analyzing cultural stereotypes and patriarchal structures at the basis of violence against women. The same year, published her e-book ("Poor Things – How You're Not Supposed to Speak About Femicide"), critical of the language the press uses to frame cases of femicide; in the book, Vagnoli presents what poet Alida Airaghi has described as "a deontological handbook that media should rely on when reporting on femicides: avoid sensationalism, morbid details, trauma porn, victim blaming, and any encouragement of imitation."

Since 2022, she has appeared alongside Vanessa Giovagnoli on the Rai Radio 1 programme , as an expert of youth and social media. She has often featured as a commentator on the La7 TV broadcast . In 2022, her book ("Memories of My Happy Whores", playing on Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel García Márquez) was published by , in which, reflecting on her lived experience, Vagnoli argues that women in Western culture are viewed dichotomously as either saints or prostitutes. For the book, she was awarded the Prize at the Festival in Fano. Two years later, Einaudi published her first novel, titled ("Nocturnal Animals"), set in Milan in the 2000s and partly based on her work experience at night clubs. In 2024, she wrote the theatrical monologue ("The Usual Bitches"), which reflects on the stereotypes used to portray women through the analysis of both real and fictional female figuressuch as Emma Bovary, Catherine Earnshaw, Carola Rackete, and Laura Boldrini. In March 2025, her play ("A Room All to Ourselves") premiered at in Milan. She currently writes for , a magazine attached to .

Legal issues In October 2025, Vagnoli was notified by the public prosecutor's office of Monza that she was under investigation for stalking and aggravated defamation alongside influencer Valeria Fonte and writer Benedetta Sabene; the three were accused of conducting an online campaign claiming that a former partner of one of their friends had been responsible for psychological abuse, resulting in him developing suicidal thoughts.

Vagnoli and Fonte were also reported for stalking by social media strategist Serena Mazzini, who was the victim of a smear campaign accusing her of being part of a Telegram group in which homophobic and body shaming posts were shared. They were also reported to have organized smear campaigns against other figures, exploiting cancel culture in an attempt to permanently discredit and isolate them.

In mid-February 2026, the prosecutors requested that all stalking accusations against Vagnoli, Fonte and Sabene be dropped, citing the lack of substantial evidence. Mazzini's legal team announced that they would file against the archiviation.

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