Cultural Reporting
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"Eurovision 2024: Who Will Triumph?"
SPIN, 2024
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"Speeding Tickets and the Songs That Inspire Them"
SPIN, 2024
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"Movies, Monkeys, Maria: Counting Crows’ Most Signature Songs, by Theme"
SPIN, 2024
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"This Podcast Proves That Jewish Gossip Can Be Good, Actually"
Hey Alma, 2023
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"I Pointed Out That Our Hosts Were Unvaccinated. Airbnb Deleted My Review."
Slate, 2021
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"An Insider's Guide to the Austin Children's Book Community"
Publishers Weekly, 2020
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"4 Ways To Participate in the 2020 Election If You’re Not Old Enough To Vote"
Supermajority, 2020
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“Acting Confident Online Isn’t the Same As Being Right”
Mashable, 2019
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“The Most Common Myths About Voter Registration, Debunked”
Lifehacker, 2018
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“What Authors and Editors Wish They Could Say to One Another”
Publishers Weekly, 2018
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“How to Keep Kids From Getting Bullied Online—or Becoming the Bullies Themselves”
She Knows, 2018
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“Life After Brooklyn: Austin Edition”
Brooklyn Based, 2018
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“Inside Ponycon 2016: An ’80s My Little Pony fan tries to understand modern Brooklyn bronies”
Brokelyn, 2016
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“Let’s Attain Better Living Through Music”
The Toast, 2015
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“13 Things You Learn About NYC When Doing an All-Night Warriors-Themed Bike Ride”
Brokelyn, 2014
Humor Writing
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"I Need to Stop Honking at Women, Unless They Are Definitely Hot"
Slackjaw, 2023
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"An Imagined Hard-hitting Interview with the Lead Singer of ’90s Pop Band Savage Garden"
The Belladonna, 2022
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"A Complete List of Everything That I Think Happens in Star Wars Without Ever Watching It"
Hyperreal Film Club, 2021
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"What I Imagine Happens at My Senator's Office upon Receiving an Email from Me"
Points in Case, 2021
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“As a Writer, I Am the Most Important Person in This Relationship and on Earth”
Points in Case, 2018
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“Annotated Rainbow Brite Fan Fiction”
The Hairpin, 2014
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“Conversations That Servers in Portugal Might Have Had After Dealing With Me and My Mother”
The Toast, 2014
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“A Few Questions for the Hot Guy I Pass on the Way to Work Every Morning”
The Hairpin, 2011
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“The Number 23”
New York Press, 2007
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Various Humor Columns
Chicago Maroon, 2004-2006
Personal Essays
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"I Can’t Stop Thinking About This Gorgeous Mid-Century Modern Chair"
Apartment Therapy, 2024
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"The Best Hanukkah Gift Won’t Actually Cost You Anything"
Hey Alma, 2023
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"I Was Diagnosed With a Body-Focused Repetitive Behavior As a Child. Here's What That Means"
Parents, 2023
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“Why It’s OK When The Girl Doesn’t Get Her Happily-Ever-After—And Why, In Fact, It Might Even Be Better”
Bustle, 2015
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"On The Need For Selfish Behavior"
Bookish, 2015
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“Five Lies I Told Online”
Bustle, 2015
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“Marathon Monday: Happy Memories of Patriots Day”
The Huffington Post, 2013
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“The Ol’ Dead Dad Syndrome”
Publishers Weekly, 2010
Book Reviews and Commentary
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The Fragile Flag and the 2017 Women's March
Book Riot, 2017
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“‘Harriet the Spy’ Turns 50”
Al Jazeera America, 2014
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Book review of Samantha Shannon’s The Bone Season
The Daily Beast, 2013
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Book review of Jess Rothenberg’s The Catastrophic History of You and Me
The Daily Beast, 2012