Features, criticism,
essays & profiles.

Regardless of the subject, I aim to write pieces that reveal how major cultural and political shifts affect the ways we live and relate to one another.

Whether it’s an investigation into book banning in North Dakota, a deep dive into Confederate monuments on college campuses, or a feature on the rise of sapphic pop music, I arrive early to conversations shaping the zeitgeist and deliver stories your group chats will be talking about tomorrow.

Features, criticism,essays & profiles.

Selected work

Easing the Pain of Being Laid Off

A Basketball Star Is Born

Have You Ever Seen an Elephant Twerk?

The Broad Appeal of the Elsa Dress

For Queer Couples, Engagement Rings with Subversive Stones

Julien Baker and Torres Were Born to Make This Album

Inside the Highs and Lows of Sapphic Pop's Banner Year

For True Swifties, the Fun Begins When the Gates Open

Inside The Battle For North Dakota's Bookshelves

What Do We Do With Robert E. Lee?

Does SNL Still Matter to Young Comedians?

That Kind of Money

When The Fire Broke Out

Fireside Project Is a New Psychedelic Support Line Working to Ensure You Have a Good Trip

In the Year's Best Comedies, Millennials Lament the World They Grew Up In

Chelsea Handler's New Netflix Special, Revolution, Is Pretty Friggin' Good

John Mulaney's Baby J Doesn't Dig Deep Enough

The Teachers on Abbott Elementary Are Humans, Not Heroes

On Solar Power, Lorde's Poetic Lyrics Get Lost in Murky Music

Is It Cake? Is Something I Wanted to Hate—Before I Binged It

The Not-So-Secret Agenda of Netflix's Munich: The Edge of War

H.C. McEntire — Eno Axis

Wild Pink — ILYSM

'Lincoln's Dilemma' Shows We Didn't Really Know Him at All

The Great British Baking Show Beats the Gender Confidence Gap

Why I Can't Go Home Again

Proud of What, Exactly?

A Good Sperm Donor Is Hard to Find

I Went to Anna Delvey's Stupid Art Show

Coronavirus Diaries: Screw It, We Got a Dog

How The L Word's YouTube Fandom Gave Shape to My Queer Desires

Summer Camp Taught Me That I Love Women and Myself

Kathy O'Connell Signs Off

Danny McBride Knows It's All About Timing

Hannah Gadsby Just Wants to Feel Good

The Three Reasons Why David Cross Gives Such a Shit about Abortion

The Beautiful Bromance That Is Whitney

Cate Le Bon's 'Pompeii' helped her find light in the darkness of the pandemic

Can Lucy Dacus Ever Go Home Again?

A Hilarious Conversation with the Men Who Made Bros

How #MeToo Changed Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's New Hemingway Docuseries

Mike Birbiglia Swore He'd Never Do This

John Wilson Wants to Change How You See the World

Aaron Dessner on The National's 'Laugh Track': 'It Feels Like a Prolific Time'

We Can All Admit These Billionaire Space Race Docs Are Propaganda, Right?

The Esquire Editorial Board Endorses: Dating Someone Your Own Age

The Esquire Editorial Board Endorses Humidity

Ghosting Has Gone Way Too Far

The Republican National Convention Speakers Are the Viral Stars of Conservative Media

Caitlyn Jenner's Campaign Provides Cover for the GOP's Hateful, Anti-Trans Legislation

What Are We Supposed to Make of Sen. Joe Manchin's Maneuvering?

A New Coronavirus Outbreak at Mar-a-Lago Strikes Those Who Can Least Afford It

Features, criticism,
essays & profiles.