Essays
I’ve written essays about politics, television, skin care, abortion, and more:
On Stage and on Screen, Taylor Swift Invites Us All to Revisit Our Own Eras (ELLE, October 2023)
A Year Of Living, And Dying, Onscreen (ELLE.com, March 2021)
Our Long-Awaited Post-COVID Life Is Coming. Why Am I So Nervous? (ELLE.com, March 2021)
The Rise of The Congressional Consignment Shoppers (ELLE.com, November 2020)
I Could Never Admit I Picked My Skin, Until I Realized I Wasn't Alone (ELLE.com, January 2020)
Women Are Changing The 2020 Ballot. Now We Need The Debates To Change, Too. (ELLE.com, September 2019)
It’s Way Past Time For Men To Start Talking About Abortion (ELLE.com, May 2019)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Knows You'll Talk About Her Clothes, So She's Using Them To Say Something (ELLE.com, January 2019)
I Watched Sex and the City for the First Time at 23 Years Old — Here's What I Learned (Cosmopolitan.com, March 2017)
Op-Eds
At ELLE.com, I’ve commissioned and edited a number of op-eds from prominent politicians and activists:
Mary T. Bassett: Without My Abortion, I Would Not Be New York’s Health Commissioner (June 2022)
Cecile Richards: The End of the Expanded Child Tax Credit Is Dire for Women and Families (January 2022)
Ayanna Pressley and Aisha Francis: With Or Without Hair, We Send A Message (September 2020)
Cori Bush: Why We Need A Black Lives Matter Activist In Congress (August 2020)
Tarana Burke and Mónica Ramírez: We Cannot End Racism Without Listening To Sexual Violence Survivors (July 2020)
Sen. Kamala Harris On The Inherent Inequalities Of The Covid-19 Pandemic (April 2020)
Rashida Tlaib On Why She's Wearing A Palestinian Gown To Be Sworn Into Congress (January 2019)
Pramila Jayapal: I Spoke With The Female Asylum Seekers Being Held In Prison. What They Told Me Is Haunting (June 2018)
Deb Haaland: Conservative Lawmakers Are Attempting To Steal The Votes Of Thousands Of Native Americans (October 2018)