Writing

I, like, write stuff.

I've written about popular culture, celebrities, nostalgia, old books, bad families, and what it's like to wear a robotic exoskeleton (it's weird).

Profiles of Beanie Feldstein, Elaine Welteroth, and the legacy of the Baby-Sitters Club for Parade

The Dixie Chicks Were Cancelled For Criticizing The President. Now They're Heroes. and We're All Dopamine Fasting Now for Refinery29

I was previously the Senior Features Editor at Bustle, where I spent 5 years writing about what Cher taught me about my estranged mother, what R.L. Stine finds scary, why Satan is so trendy on TV, why everyone hates on Mallory Pike, why there aren't really any sex robots for women, why people started obsessing over Mercury Retrograde, and what Prince taught me about dating. Plus also! women & ADHD, robotic exoskeletons, Miss America, my teenaged love for Monica Lewinsky, child-free women, haunted dolls, haunted hotels, and a bunch of other dang things.

I was on NPR's "All Things Considered," Buzzfeed's AM2DM, CBC's "Q," and Canadian TV shows The Social and eTalk promoting my book, Paperback Crush: The Totally Radical History of '80s and '90s Teen Fiction

I was on CBC's Out in the Open discussing the complicated reality of parental estrangement

Blame Horror Film Legend Vincent Price for the Rise of Celebrity Lifestyle Brands for the Daily Beast

I was on the Savage Lovecast discussing that most esoteric of sexual practices, grapefruiting

I was in a Fast Company video about my book, GLOP, and the best ways to be pretentious during the holiday season

The Glop Life-Style Guide to Healthy Eating (Plus Four Recipes!) for the New Yorker

I was part of a panel at the Strand celebrating the release of the Reductress book, How To Win At Feminism