[1] At age 16, while she was attending high school at Hawken School in Ohio, she started a blog in spring 2009 titled The FBomb (TheFBomb.org), with the "F" denoting "feminist",[2] which was described as a "grungy, angry, inspiring site" in 2009 by John Crace in The Guardian[1] and "sharp, funny, insightful" by Lynn Harris at Salon.
"[8] A review by Cynthia Harrison in Library Journal describes the book as "talky and thinly resourced (with the occasional error)", while also noting "Zeilinger's goal is to entice her readers to stick with her as she demonstrates her understanding of their plight.
"[9] In an evaluation of A Little F'd Up for the journal Feminist Teacher, Katie Hogan reviews general criticism of the book and notes Zeilinger wrote the text while she was in high school, as well as the intended audience, and compares her writing to bell hooks, who encouraged people to "come closer to feminism.
[13] A review of the 2014 edition in Feministing by Ava Kofman described it as "the book I wish I read four years ago when I started college" and states "Zeilinger’s additive model of difference (one is first born a woman, and then some) misses the opportunity to speak to the powerful intersectional experiences of incoming freshmen.
[15] In 2014, Women's Media Center and TheFBomb began a partnership to create content[16] in an online platform that became known as WMC FBomb, where Zeilinger has continued as the editor.