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Jodie Foster's Coming of Age
Air Mail Weekly - January, 2024
A Rape in the Metaverse
The Guardian - January, 2024
Madonna's Sexuality in Her Celebration Tour
The Guardian - December, 2023
How a Misunderstood Prince Movie Called Out Racism in Old Hollywood
Air Mail Weekly - December, 2023
Are Relationships that Begin Online Less Stable?
The Guardian - November, 2023
Taylor Swift and the Appeal of Feminist Rage
Bust - October, 2023
A Celebrity Horse Town Fights for its Preserve
Air Mail Weekly - October, 2023
Is Ghosting Just Rude, Or Psychologically Harmful?
The Guardian - September, 2023
Florida's Using a Right-Wing Propaganda Company to Teach Kids
The Guardian - August, 2023
Would You Pay $500 a Month for Tinder?
The Guardian - August, 2023
Why Do Women Love True Crime? It's Not What You Think
The Guardian - July, 2023
New Dating App Trend: Using AI Bots as Cyranos
The Guardian - June, 2023
Was Martha Stewart's Swimsuit Issue a Feminist Triumph?
The Guardian - May, 2023
Was the Pentagon Leaker Motivated by Clout?
The Guardian - April, 2023
The Golden Girls Lives on At Golden-Con
The Guardian - April, 2023
Teen Girls are Struggling and Need Our Help
The Guardian - February, 2023
Idaho, Instagram, and Incels
Air Mail Weekly - February, 2023
MILF Manor is a Gross, Sexist Show
The Guardian - January, 2023
The Reaction to Madonna is Ageist
The Guardian - January, 2023
The Facebook Groups Fighting Toxic Online Dating Culture
The Guardian - December, 2022
In 2022, I read more. Here's how.
The Guardian - December, 2022
Remembering Downtown New York
Air Mail Weekly - November, 2022
Why Do We Still Use Dating Apps?
The Guardian - August, 2022
Psychedelics Become Big Business
Air Mail Weekly - August, 2022
On Bingeing 80s Dynasty
The Guardian - July, 2022
The Joys of Aging (Not)
The Guardian - July, 2022
Young Women React to the End of Roe v. Wade
VanityFair.com - June, 2022
Before Depp-Heard, Locke-Eastwood
VanityFair.com - May, 2022
A Rape Claim and Kelleher International, Matchmaker to the Rich
Air Mail Weekly - April, 2022
Netflix Breakout Comedian
Catherine Cohen
Vanity Fair - March, 2022
We're Living in the Age of the Scam
The Guardian - March, 2022
How Did Lauren Smith-Fields Die?
The Guardian - February, 2022
Why Do Dating Apps Bring Out the Worst in Men?
The Guardian - January, 2022
Ghislaine Maxwell Thought She Could Get Away With Anything
The Guardian - December, 2021
Tech Companies Need To Take Responsibility for Hurting Girls
The Information - October, 2021
The New Wave of Radical Giving
Harper’s Bazaar - October, 2021
Mr. Weber's Confession: Sexual Misconduct at Phillips Exeter Academy
Vanity Fair - October, 2021
Radhika Jones on the October 2021 Issue
Vanity Fair - October, 2021
An interview with Natalie Wynn, aka ContraPoints
The Guardian - June, 2021
Let’s face it: dating apps have been terrible for women
The Guardian - May, 2021
The TikTok Star Who Hates TikTok
AirMail - April, 2021
The Plight of NYC Restaurants in the Pandemic
The Guardian - December, 2020
I never thought I was a chess person. Until Covid.
The Guardian - December, 2020
Why I Love Thanksgiving
The Guardian - November, 2020
Gal Gadot is in a League of her Own
Vanity Fair - November, 2020
“Quarantine and chill” in the time of corona
The Guardian - April, 2020
Dispatches from the Gender Gap
VanityFair.com - April, 2020
Coronavirus: a chance to reset our relationship with tech
The Guardian - March, 2020
Nancy Jo Sales on the 10th Anniversary of the Bling Ring
VanityFair.com - January 2020
The Girl I Knew: Elizabeth Wurtzel
The Cut - January, 2020
Why is the president cyberbullying a 16-year-old girl?
The Guardian - December, 2019
Should 11-year-olds Have Smartphones?
The Guardian - November, 2019
Seeing Red: Conservative Women at UNC
Vanity Fair - Holiday 2018/2019
#MeToo and Sexual Harassment in Schools
The Guardian - February, 2018
Facebook Messenger for Kids is a bad idea
The Guardian - December, 2017
How TV Promotes Stereotypes About Single Moms
The Guardian - November, 2017
Hey Lady! My Private Audience with Jerry Lewis
VanityFair.com - August, 2017
Why Teenagers Are Watching 13 Reasons Why
The Guardian - May, 2017
Facebook is Becoming a 21st Century Roman Colosseum
The Guardian - April, 2017
The "Cash Me Ousside Girl" and the Sexualization of Children Online
The Guardian - March, 2017
Slut Pages in the Marines and American Schools
The Guardian - March, 2017
The "Locker Room Talk" of
Howard Stern
Cosmpolitan.com - October, 2016
Hinge and the 'Dating Apocalypse'
VanityFair.com - October, 2016
Welcome to the New Prostitution Economy
Vanity Fair - August, 2016
Tinder Is The Night
Vanity Fair - September, 2015
Graydon Carter on the September 2015 Issue
Vanity Fair - August, 2015
My Super Sweet Teenage Star Trek Convention
VanityFair.com - August, 2015
The Kentucky Derby Princesses
VanityFair.com - May, 2014
Remembering Mickey Rooney
VanityFair.com - April, 2014
To Live and Die In America - The Yellow Dogs
Vanity Fair - April, 2014
Friends Without Benefits - Teens in the Age of Social Media
VanityFair.com - September, 2013
Taylor Swift's Telltale Heart
Vanity Fair - April, 2013
The Brant Brothers
Vanity Fair - September, 2012
Sandra Lee's Homemade Success
Harper's Bazaar - November, 2011
Courtney Love In A Cold Climate
Vanity Fair - November, 2011
Eva Gabrielsson, The Woman Behind Stieg Larsson
Harper's Bazaar - August, 2011
Sarah Ferguson: The Real Story
Harper's Bazaar - June/July, 2011
Christy Turlington, Supermodel Citizen
More - June, 2011
Joe Jonas Goes It Alone
Details - April, 2011
Rob Pattinson - Escape From The Twilight Zone
Vanity Fair - April, 2011
The Quaid Conspiracy
Vanity Fair - January, 2011
Lindsay Lohan - Adrift
Vanity Fair - October, 2010
Donna Karan's Journey
Harper's Bazaar - October, 2010
Twilight Girls
Vanity Fair - July, 2010
Bradley Cooper - The All-Star
Details - June/July, 2010
The Bling Ring
Vanity Fair - March, 2010
Kate Hudson - Glam Girl Next Door
Harper's Bazaar - January, 2010
Single Mom In The City
Harper's Bazaar - December, 2009
For The Love of Adam Lambert
Details - November, 2009
The Unreal Rise of Jon and Kate Gosselin
VanityFair.com - October, 2009
George in Real Life
VanityFair.com - April, 2009
Gossip Girl's Blake Lively
Vanity Fair - June, 2008
The Golden Suicides
Vanity Fair - January, 2008
A Taste of Fame - Padma Lakshmi
Vanity Fair - December, 2007
I'm With Her - Tabloid Boys
Vanity Fair - September, 2007
The Golden Boy - Brett Ratner
Vanity Fair - March, 2007
From Model to Mogul - Tyra Banks
Vanity Fair - February, 2007
Is Hip Hop's Jeweler on The Rocks?
Vanity Fair - November, 2006
Click Here For Conspiracy
Vanity Fair - August, 2006
Sex and the Single Mom Angelina Jolie
Vanity Fair - June, 2005
Unbearable Fabulosity - Kimora Lee Simmons
Vanity Fair - April, 2005
A Rumor of Lynching in the Deep South
Vanity Fair - December, 2003
The Camera Wars - Paparazzi
Vanity Fair - March, 2003
Rich, Jaded, and Lost in L.A.
Vanity Fair - December, 2002
New York's All-Night, Girl-Power Sex Parties
Vanity Fair - September, 2002
Chelsea Clinton at Oxford
Vanity Fair - June, 2002
Sirens for Scandal - The 3 A.M. Girls
Vanity Fair - May, 2002
The Incredible Paolo
Vanity Fair - October, 2001
Ben and Dara Are In Love and Nothing Else Matters
Vanity Fair - September, 2001
Catching Up With Chloe
Harper's Bazaar - May, 2001
Hugh Hefner's Roaring 70s
Vanity Fair - March, 2001
Gallerinas
Harper's Bazaar - December, 2000
Damien Hirst's Lost Weekend
Vanity Fair - December, 2000
Hip Hop Debs - Paris & Nicky Hilton
Vanity Fair - September, 2000
Fashion Meets Mother and Daughter
Harper's Bazaar - June, 2000
House of the Rising Ronsons
New York - May, 2000
Silicon Valley Gold Diggers
Harper's Bazaar - April, 2000
J-Lo On The Down-Low
Honey - March, 2000
Two Million for Two Thousand
New York - January, 2000
The Baby Dinner
New York - November, 1999
Black-Eyed Glee
Nerve - Fall, 1999
Solo Act - Brooke Shields
Mirabella - September, 1999
La Vida Lopez
New York - September, 1999
Hip Hop Go the Hamptons - Jay-Z
New York - August, 1999
Dennis Rodman, Please Don't Leave!
Detour - June/July, 1999
Money Boss Player - Donald Trump
Vibe - May, 1999
Why New York Kids Say It Couldn't Happen Here
New York - May, 1999
The Mix Master - Russell Simmons
New York - May, 1999
Beyond Fake - Vince McMahon
New York - October, 1998
The Kids Are All Right - The Million Youth March
New York - September, 1998
Caution - These Kids Are About to Blow Up
New York - August, 1998
Leo, Prince of the City
New York - June, 1998
Funkmaster Flex
New York - May, 1998
Ice Cube Directs
Premiere - April, 1998
Report From the Front
New York - March, 1998
The Sex Trap
New York - September, 1997
The Crack-Up
New York - September, 1997
United States of the Park
New York - June, 1997
Lost In The Park
New York - June, 1997
All In the Gotti Family - Victoria Gotti
New York - March, 1997
Whoopi, Frankly
New York - February, 1997
Wonder Boy - David Blaine
New York - January, 1997
Teenage Gangland
New York - December, 1996
Thomas Pynchon Found!
New York - November, 1996
Paparazzi Vs. Celebrities
New York - September, 1996
A Star Is Bred - Gwyneth Paltrow
New York - July, 1996
The Sweet Smell of Success
New York - March, 1996
The Original Smart - Alecky White Guy
New York - November, 1995
Woody and Me - Woody Allen
New York - April, 1993
