Essays by Subject

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Art & Aesthetics

“In Defence of Critique: Let People Enjoy Not Enjoying Things” (February 2022)

“Instagram Store Core” (March 2023)

“Personal Style is Dead and the Algorithm Killed It” (December 2022)

“The Tragedy of Woke Shakespeare” (February 2023)

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Gender & Sexuality

“My Year (and a half) of Celibacy and Relevation” (February 2023)

“The Ontology of Womanhood” (May 2022)

“Contending with the Buzzfeed Bildungsroman” (May 2022)

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Personal Essays

“Reflections on a Starved Decade” (July 2022)

“For New England” (December 2022)

“Love in the Time of True Crime Podcasts” (January 2022)

“The Nailbiters” (March 2023)

“On Sensitivity, Sadness, and Noticing Things” (October 2022)

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Politics & Culture

“There Is No ‘Choice’ In Wellness Culture” (January 2023)

“The Burden of Bipolar: Carcerality and Cruelty Towards the Mentally Ill” (June 2022)

“Meditations on Meanness” (November 2022)

“The Political Utility of Guilt, The Political Impotence of Shame”

“Oh God, I’m Writing About Cancel Culture” (July 2022)

“Do Words Mean Anything Anymore?” (November 2022)

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TV & Film

“Everyone Is Grotesque and No One Is Turned On” (February 2023)

“Sex and the City, Maybe the Most Important TV Show of All Time” (November 2022)

“The Gossip Girl Cinematic Universe” (May 2022)

“What In Tár-nation?” (January 2023)