Selected Articles
For a full archive of my posts at GOOD, click here. (My favorite ones are below.)
Also: my Hustlin’ series at GOOD about youth in recession
2012
Is HBO’s ‘Girls’ the Voice of Our Generation? Nope, and That’s Okay GOOD, 4/12/12
Minimum Rage: Will Gen Y’s Career Waiters Occupy the Service Industry? GOOD, 3/12/12
Ronverts: Breaking Up with Obama, Rebounding with Ron Paul GOOD, 2/9/12
Open Marriages Aren’t Wrong—Newt Gingrich Is GOOD, 1/20/12
Why We Should Stop Obsessing Over What College Majors Make Us Rich GOOD 1/9/12
2011
Sister Bloggers: Why Your Favorite Crafty Style Blog is Probably Written by a Mormon GOOD, 11/14/11
Why Occupy Wall Street Needs Democratic Friends in Congress GOOD, 10/11/11
A Tale of Two Protests: Why Slutwalk Works Better Than Occupy Wall Street GOOD, 9/30/11
New Retro Shows Have Mad Men’s Style But Not Its Bite GOOD, 9/26/11
The 9/11 Effect: What We Get Right (and Wrong) in Our Response to Tragedy GOOD, 9/9/11
Losing My Mom in the Public Eye GOOD, 9/1/11
Will Obama Lose the Latino Vote to Marco Rubio? GOOD, 8/25/11
Summer School Is Bunk: Why Camp Shouldn’t Be Just for Rich Kids GOOD, 7/28/11 (shoutout to Camp K!)
I Wish I Wasn’t Married: In Defense of Domestic Partnerships for Straight Couples GOOD, 7/12/11
The Lust Frontier: Why Can’t We Make Open Relationships Work? GOOD, 6/28/11
The Future Is Lonely: Why I’m Only Having One Kid GOOD, 6/9/11
Don’t Ask, Don’t Play Identity Politics American Prospect, 4/7/11
YA Book Club series at Bitch blogs
2010
Is Lady Gaga a Political Renegade or Just Another Pop Star? On the Issues/Alternet, 12/14/10
Margaret Cho Gets Musical VenusZine, 8/30/10
Feminism and Anti-Capitalism: A Love Story Feministe, 8/3/10
Beers with the Band: Those Darlins VenusZine, 7/26/10
Can You Ignore Politics for Love? The Frisky, 5/24/10
On “Notes from the Cracked Ceiling” FireDogLake, 3/28/10
Thoughts on the hook-up culture, or what I learned from my high school diary Scarleteen/Feministe, 3/1/10
2009
I Got Married for Health Insurance The Frisky/CNN.com, 11/20/09
Rave On: Rubyfruit Jungle Bitch magazine, 8/12/09
Guest posts on Feministe August 2009
Over the Borderline VenusZine, 8/28/09
Your Grandmother’s Birth Control May Actually Work Slate, 8/21/09
Becoming a Tori Amos convert VenusZine, 6/9/09
Raising the Baby Question The Nation, 5/25/09
2008
The Swell Season in Chicago VenusZine, 9/28/08
Santogold’s cerebral-sassy VenusZine, 6/15/08
Sex and the Purse, Pumps and Penthouse VenusZine, 6/2/08
Dolly Parton in Chicago VenusZine, 5/11/08
Bella’s Way The Nation, 2/4/08
Power to the Pirates New York Observer, 1/28/08
2007
Why Stay and Fight? Skirt!, 12/31/07
The Virginity Mystique The Nation, 7/30/07
Why Can’t These Mothers and Duaghters Be Like Sisters? New York Observer, 6/19/07
Sex Machine Village Voice, 2/20/2007
Come Home With Me, Baby! New York Observer, 2/18/07
It’s A Trans World Salon.com, 1/5/07
2006
“Condo Commitment” Salon.com, 12/13/06
Progress on the Male Pill Salon.com, 11/28/06
Calling Hillary Ugly Salon.com, 10/23/06
Gina Lollobrigida and the fountain of youth Salon.com, 10/20/06
Now Hear This! Kill Hannah Popmatters.com, 9/19/06
Review of Model Student Popmatters.com, 9/7/06
But Suriously… Salon.com, 9/6/06
La Dolce Vita Popmatters.com, 8/30/06
Strange Fruit Project Popmatters.com, 6/20/06
V-Day Feature Popmatters.com, 6/19/06
Page Burners The Brooklyn Rail, June 2006
Lee Scratch Perry Popmatters.com, 5/24/06
International Hip Hop Festival, day 1 and day 2 Popmatters.com, 5/8/06
2005
The Tipping Point (my first big piece ever!) The Village Voice, 8/9/05
