Personal Narrative
TODAY, “Seeing My Mom’s Face in the Mirror,” May 2023.
Vox, “On Being ‘Ethnically Ambiguous,’” January 2021
The Washington Post, “Caring for My Dying Father Helped Me Learn to Embrace the Monotony of Parenting,” February 2019.
The Washington Post, "If We Don’t Want Our Sons to Be Monstrous Men, We Have to Help Them Curb Their Anger," May 2018.
Elle, "Why Won't Anyone Let Me Throw Out My Wedding Dress," June 2016.
Elle, "Stop Shaming Working Mothers Into Pumping," December 2015.
Vice, "What to Expect When You're Drinking While Pregnant," August 2015.
Guernica, "The Shame We Carried," July 2015.
The Cut, "I Love Watching Men Worry About Balding," January 2015.
Spent: Exposing Our Complicated Relationship to Shopping, “Finding the Magic in Macy’s,” featured in book of essays, edited by Kerry Cohen, 2014.
Vice, "Are We Destined to Become Our Mothers?" November 2014.
BuzzFeed, "Mourning My Mom, Before and After Facebook," October 2014.
The Frisky, "On Dating Down," September 2014.
The Toast, “Alternative Mother’s Day Cards,” May 2014.
The Hairpin, “Love Poems, Then and Now,” March 2014.
Cultural Commentary/Reportage
Jezebel, “More Than Mom Jeans,” May 2019.
The Daily Dot, “‘Dead to Me’ Is the Rare Show That Lets Grief Be Ugly,” May 2019.
The Daily Dot, "The Problem With Sassy Kid Videos," August 2017.
Vice, "Snooki Is Done Being Snooki," November 2015.
Vice, "A Place in the Sun: The Goth Scene in Hawaii," August 2015.
Bitch, "The Blues Woman Transcends Genre," May 2015.
Guernica, "Falling Behind the Kardashians," September 2014.
Bitch, "Why Courtney Love Still Matters," June 2014.
The Awl, "Fake Hawaii: Your American Jungle," April 2014.
Propeller, "Revisited: Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret," August 2013.
The Awl, "Inside New York’s Cooling Centers," July 2011.
The Awl, "Brooklyn Is Hardcover Book Country," March 2011.