Writing Portfolio

August 2022-present: Commerce Writer for The Spruce, Dotdash Meredith

  • Research, write and update home content for evergreen product roundups and reviews, specializing in appliances, cleaning, and organization topics.

June 2021-August 2022: Women’s Lifestyle Commerce Writer for Bustle Digital Group

  • Efficiently wrote round-ups about all the products you didn’t know you needed for Bustle and other BDG sites, specializing in home and lifestyle items.

2017-present: Freelance

The Atlantic

  • I Ran a Backstreet Boys Website for Superfans (link). Following the publication of this essay, I appeared on Sirius XM’s show, Debatable, discussing the history and phenomena of boybands (link). 

Refinery29

  • Almost Utopia: What It’s Like When Both Parents Get Leave Together (link)

The Inlander

  • How to never fight over the TV remote again (link)
  • Get in, losers, we’re going to catch the Broadway version of Mean Girls (link)
  • I’m missing Machine Gun Kelly, but let my loss be your gain (link)
  • Disney’s Jungle Cruise Has Us Considering The Best Theme Park Films (link)

The Muse

  • These 10 Jobs Are Great Fits for International Relations Majors (and They’re Not All in Politics) (link)

Romper

  • 8 Reasons Why Working From Home Doesn’t Make You A Bad Mom (link)
  • 10 Texts You Send Your Best Friend While You’re Hooked Up To Your Breast Pump (link)
  • My Pregnancy Is The Reason I Marched On Washington (link)
  • 12 Ways Becoming a Mom Makes You Reconsider Your Views on Feminism (link)
  • Additional Romper work available on my author page

Bustle

  • 4 Things Your Pregnant Friend Is Tired Of Hearing — And 6 Things You Should Say To Her Instead (link)
  • How Becoming a Mother Made Me Need My Own Mom More Than Ever (link)
  • Additional Bustle work available on my author page

Yes and Nostalgia (my own Medium publication)

  • An Interview With My Spouse, Who Grew A Man Bun in Quarantine (link)
  • When My Favorite Childhood Author Wrote Back (link)
  • Papermaking is the Niche Hobby That Got Me Through Quarantine (link)

Atta Girl

  • RIP to My Early Adulthood Uniform (link)
  • A Magazine In Your Mailbox Will Fix All Your Problems (link)
  • We All Need a Safe Haven Right Now, And Mine Is Inside A Caboodle. (link)
  • Are We All Listening to Music From 20 Years Ago? Maybe We Should Be. (link)
  • This Is Not The Year For Ambitious Goal-Setting (link)

Slackjaw

  • I’m Glen Coco from Mean Girls, and Your Holiday Will Never Be As Good As The One Where I Got Four Candy Canes Delivered To Me In Class (link)

The Belladonna Comedy

  • Confirmation Email for 2019 Awards Show Seatfillers (link)

Stacker

  • 50 ways to be charitable every day (link)
  • Great Dog Breeds for millenials (link)

Extra Crispy / MyRecipes

Hello Giggles

  • That Time I Was In An Iconic 90s Movie (link)

Mommy Nearest

  • 12 Things that Happen As Soon As Your Baby Falls Asleep On You (link)
  • How My Work-from-Home Dad Made Me a Better Mom (link)
  • 9 Things I Buy For My Toddler That Are Actually For Me (link)