for nylon’s annual It Girl issue, i wrote about Literary It Girls & the exaltation of the book launch ft. the coolest, smartest writers who are changing the book world 🖤
Realize I’m late to the party but
Portland: I DON’T WANT TO SEE ALL THESE HOMELESS PEOPLE
Also Portland: DON’T YOU DARE BUILD APARTMENTS FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE IN
Aaaand Portland: NOBODY IS ALLOWED TO MOVE HERE EVEN THOUGH I MOVED HERE FROM THE BAY FOUR YEARS AGO
beyond excited to share that i’m going to be working at
@NylonMag
as a ✨culture writer✨ — a dream for teen & current sophia! i’ll be covering books, tech, film/tv, tiktok & underrated artists 🪐 + continuing to freelance music/arts/culture stories!
i am so obsessed with $ and who has it and who lies about not having it and who makes it all work and who is making it work only because of 10 gigs at once (🙋🏼♀️) and
@daisandconfused
/
@dirtyverse
’s “middle class writer” series is perfect
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I got to write about 2 of my favorite things for
@nytimes
: therapists and Instagram. Thank you
@bmwertheim
for making this story shine & thank you
@lauren_messman
for an essential early read!
i sat down with the drift's
@kfzbarrow
and
@rmpanovka
and drank gin gimlets on a hot july evening and talked about the drift, as the magazine celebrates its tenth issue & third year <3
For
@NYTStyles
, I wrote about monoculture! Specifically, how color-coordinated, Instagrammable collage kits have gained popularity with the decline of print magazines, replacing D.I.Y. collaging. Thank you to
@bmwertheim
for the brilliant editing!
growing up, my brother & i would crawl in our mom's bed and all watch girls next door together and i could not have been more stoked to talk to
@bridget
and
@hollymadison
about their spoo0oo000oky encounters in the playboy mansion 👻
I wrote about how, against all odds, alt-weeklies are surviving, for
@dailybeast
. Alt-weeklies speak truth to power in a way that almost no other media can & I'm grateful I was able to tell some of their survival stories.
I leaned into my homesickness & wrote about how Enchanted Forest, Oregon's psychedelic fairy tale theme park is struggling to survive the pandemic, for
@atlasobscura
. Thank you
@jessicahester
for your genius edits!
does watching the bachelorette tonight kind of give you pro sports energy ? that’s bc it is the fastest-growing professional sport in america, which i wrote about a few months back 🌹!
@GameOfRosesPod
I wrote about
#TheBachelor
for
@VanityFair
. Specifically about
@GameOfRosesPod
, whose thesis is that the show is a sport and asks listeners to consider the political ramifications that come with a sport that millions of Americans watch.
for
@esquire
, I wrote 3,000 words on why it feels harder these days to make a debut novel truly "break out."
feat. Jack Kerouac, "the algorithm," literary it girls, and overworked publicists...
one thing shrill rly gets right is portland nightlife - overdressing, going to 2 weird dives and then hitting the food cart pod & passing out before midnight
I wrote about Instagram houseware thrifting for
@NylonMag
— a growing movement fueled by conversations to buy less, to buy secondhand and to support small businesses. Thank you
@jillianturtle
&
@RaeWitte
for talking to me about Depression glass 🥂
thinking about how the wedding photog at my ex's sister's wedding placed me on the end of the photo in case i ever needed to get cut out - what a fucking pro