As a freelance journalist, I have written for publications like Vanity Fair, Vogue, The Washington Post, the Atlantic, New York, the Guardian, the Financial Times, the Telegraph, Elle, The Times Literary Supplement and The New Statesman. I am a frequent contributor to Bloomberg Digital Weekend and Businessweek. I started my career at The New Republic in 2013.

Selected work

Dance, theatre & film

A new Black Swan introduces a more powerful villain Bloomberg, 2026
The box-office flop is becoming a thing of the past Bloomberg, 2024
Degas’s dancers don’t just show ballet’s beauty Telegraph, 2024
Jackie, Daniel and the Cello The Times Literary Supplement, 2023
Alexei Ratmansky, Ukraine, and the Future of Ballet The New Republic, 2023
Dancing the literary canon: Ballet’s return to narrative The Times Literary Supplement, 2023
Adults are rediscovering the joy of ballet Elle.com, 2023
When Doug and Ashley Benefield started a ballet company, it wasn’t supposed to end in death Vanity Fair, 2021
The afterlife of a ballerina Elle, 2016

Tech

How much should authors get paid to license books to AI? Bloomberg, 2025
‘He checks in on me more than my friends and family’: can AI therapists do better than the real thing? Guardian Saturday magazine, 2024
The Amazon guide to burnout The New Statesman, 2023
A memoir of San Francisco startup culture The New Statesman, 2020
Why we struggle to pay attention The New Statesman, 2020

Travel

We’re obsessed with living longer, but what about living better? Bloomberg, 2026
I’m off on holiday- but who knows where? Guardian Saturday magazine, 2024
Digital detox trips are on the rise Travel + Leisure, 2024
It happened to me: On being totally unproductive at a writing residency Lit Hub, 2023

Books & ideas

People are paying $1000 to read among strangers Bloomberg, 2026
Why ‘burnout’ feminism is replacing the girlboss, ‘lean in’ era Bloomberg, 2026
Pig hearts and frog skin: Mary Roach tackles the quest to rebuild the body Bloomberg, 2025
How Disney learned to love its adult superfans Bloomberg, 2025
Can you really change your personality as an adult? Bloomberg, 2025
The unexpected afterlife of Autobiography of a Face The New Republic, 2024
Can we watch reality TV guilt free? Q&A with Emily Nussbaum Vogue.com, 2024

Health & beauty

Can a lifelong blush skeptic embrace romantic beauty? Vogue, 2026
When looking like a teen is part of the job Highsnobiety, 2024
Why did I spend 15 years pretending I had straight hair? Elle, 2024
Bows are back- and the adults are joining in Vogue, 2023

Dogs

Dogland: Behind the scenes at the ‘Super Bowl’ of American dog shows Financial Times, 2024
On loving and leaving my dog Jezebel, 2023