work of note:

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• The Father of All Dad Guides, the gift book I created with illustrator Tara Jacoby.

• Becoming Ugly (Jezebel)

Culture writing and reporting:

• Desperate Times Call for Elaborate Buttercream (Eater)

• ‘Nailed to the Cross Like Jesus Was’: A Farewell to the OG of the OC (Vice)

• The Only Constant Thing About Lombardino’s Is Its Ever-Broken Fountain (Bon Appétit)

• Annie Murphy Gets Into Character at the Plaza (The New York Times)

• My iPhone Is Trying to Make Me a Better Person. It Won’t Work. (The Outline)

• I Was the Weirdest Person at BronyCon 2014 (Jezebel)

• My Sleepless Night Alone at the Allegedly Haunted Lizzie Borden B&B (Jezebel)

• What’s the Ethical Limit of a Boundary-Pushing Haunted House? (Jezebel)

• Searching for the Dead in Witch City: A Weekend in Salem, Mass.(Jezebel)

• Forgotten Celebrity Memoirs: It’s 1995 and Kelsey Grammer Is a Monster (Jezebel)

Humor: 

• Your Imaginary Girlfriend: Taylor Swift (Jezebel)

• Your Imaginary Girlfriend: Wendi Deng (Jezebel)

• Your Imaginary Boyfriend: Jesus Christ (Jezebel)

• Your Imaginary Boyfriend: Jon Snow (Jezebel)

• You Won’t Believe What the Baby from ‘Twilight’ Looks Like Now (Jezebel)

• Our Stunning Makeup Transitions Will Take You from Blah to Glam (Jezebel)

• Here’s the Only Coachella Makeup Tutorial You’ll Ever Need (Jezebel)

• How to (Not) Do Last Minute Blackface on Halloween: A Makeup Tutorial (Jezebel)

• Kate Bush’s Home to Be Reclaimed by the Sea (Jezebel)

Seriously, though:

• On Rumors (Jezebel)

• An investigation into the strange, uncharted world of embryo custody (Jezebel)

• Wisconsin’s Governor Cannot Hide His Contempt for Women and the Poor (Jezebel)

• I Am Not an Angry Feminist. I’m a Furious One. (Jezebel)

• This Is Why We’re the Atheist Generation (Jezebel)

• How to Talk to a Woman in Public (Jezebel)

• The Strange Comfort of Victimhood (Jezebel.com)

• The Cost of Your Watershed Moment (Jezebel

Film and television reviews:

• Rudy Sucks (Deadspin)

• Everyone at My Don Jon Screening Was Totally Nuts (Jezebel)

• Pushing Teenhood’s Tender Limits in The Diary of a Teenage Girl (The Muse)

Interviews:

• Talking with Cabaret Star Bridget Everett: No Bras, No Inhibitions (The Muse)

• Podcast All-Star Lauren Lapkus on Jurassic World and Playing Brats (The Muse)

• Veep’s Timothy Simons: Jonah Is Living the White Male American Dream (Jezebel)

• Naked by Choice: A Chat About Feminism with Actress Caitlin Stasey (Jezebel)

Advice:

• How Rude Am I Allowed to Be on an Airplane?

• This Nosy Lady at the Sauna Won’t Stop Asking Me About My Very Large Scar

• Can I Fake Sick to Avoid Racism? Do I Dare Call My Boss a Peach?