Selected Essays + Reporting

I have almost a decade of experience reporting across the food, culture, and finance fields for publications including BBC Worklife, Slate, MEL Magazine, GQ, and Allure. I’m especially interested in profiles and investigative dives into the annals of the internet. I’m available for freelance work as of August 2023. Get in touch!

Internet culture + entertainment

Nathan Lane’s ‘Gilded Age’ Accent Has Shaved Years Off My Life (The Daily Beast, 2023)

Why Do We Love to Watch a Hard Day’s Work on TikTok? (GQ, 2023)

It’s Not Easy Being a Girl With a Massive Live-Insect Collection (Slate, 2023)

How drool took over the internet (Slate, 2023)

The Strange Saga of Nathen Mazri, Garfield Entrepreneur (MEL Magazine, 2022)

Personal essays

Grub Street Diet (New York Magazine, 2023)

Beware the Howler (LitHub, excerpted from my debut essay collection in July 2023)

Running a half marathon in the most humiliating way possible (Slate, 2023)

For Unto Us, A Kringle Is Born (The Takeout, 2021)

Captain D’s Is Deep-Fried Monasticism (The Takeout, 2020)

Turtle’s Reign of Terror: Finding Our Dog Park (Chicago Reader, 2019)

Business + finance

What rockets a brand to cult status? (BBC Worklife, 2023)

The workers sliding into recruiters' DMs (BBC Worklife, 2023)

Why are rent prices still so high? (Morning Brew, 2023)

Food

Do mocktails scratch the Dry January itch? (BBC Worklife, 2024)

Why McDonald’s new beverage concept might just work (BBC Worklife, 2023)

How women drinkers could save the male-centric beer industry (BBC Worklife, 2023)

For Hot Sauce Fans, the Diarrhea is the Point (The Takeout, 2022)

The Delicious Life of a Nude Resort Chef (MEL Magazine, 2022)

Heirloom seeds have centuries-old stories to tell (The Takeout, 2021)

Meet the Monks Who Sell 30,000 Fruitcakes a Year (The Takeout, 2020)

Sex + sexuality

The Intriguing Science of the Post-Sex Munchies (MEL Magazine, 2021)

Pounding the Books: The Depraved World of Library Sex (MEL Magazine, 2021)

You’re Gonna Want To Sit Down For This: Face-Sitting and Femdom (MEL Magazine, 2021)

Why do Sex Workers Always Get Left Out of the Self-Care Conversation? (Allure, 2019)