Collected writing

Books * Comics * Culture * Development * Environment * Fiction * Food * Gender * History * Music * Psychology * Science/Tech * Sex * Social justice

• BBC Culture, “Agatha Christie shaped how the world sees Britain”

• Longreads, “High expectations: LSD, T.C. Boyle’s women, and me”

• Brooklyn Magazine, " 'Death librarians' shed light on mortality and grief"

• Submittable, "Dear white writers, please stop doing these things"

• The Smart Set, "Write outside"

• Poets & Writers, "Barbershop Books"

• [Articles about books and writing at Literary Hub]

• [Contributor page at Book Riot]

• [Contributor page at the Ploughshares blog]

• VICE, "More women than ever are Marvel creators, but does that matter?"

• VICE, "Why Chew and Asian American superheroes still matter"

• BBC Culture, “Did manga shape how the world sees Japan?”

• Pacific Standard, "How comic books can get even better for dyslexic readers"

• Huck, "Why geek culture is taking over Africa"

• Bright, "Comics pack an emotional punch"

• [Reviews of visually impressive books at Wink Books and Boing Boing]

• BBC Culture, “How Brexit changed the English language”

• BBC Culture, “Around the world in 80 words”

• BBC Culture, “Fascinating moments captured on film”

• BBC Culture, "How Americans preserved British English"

• BBC Culture, "The stories behind Britain's weirdest weather words"

• BBC Culture, "Why British English is full of silly-sounding words" (plus radio appearance)

• BBC Travel, "A nation of introverts"

• BBC Capital, “The beautiful ways different cultures sign emails”

• VICE, "Two KKK documentaries explore the responsibilities of activists and filmmakers"

• VICE, "White supremacists were everywhere in movies this year"

• Fodor’s, “12 surprising and notable sights in Transylvania”

• The Offing, "London's current crush on New York"

• Inverse, " 'A Mortician's Tale' is a game about dealing with death"

• Cracked, "6 insane prejudices people have based on the way you talk"

• [Articles about art at Hyperallergic]

• [Articles about personal finance at The Billfold]

• [Personal essays at Catapult]

• New York Magazine, “Zimbabweans are using social media to find gas during one of the country’s worst gas shortages”

• New York Magazine, “Solar-powered fridges can help stop epidemics”

• Bright, "How do you get people to give a shit about shit? Tell poop jokes"

• The Atlantic, "The enduring unpopularity of the female condom"

• Truthout, "Crisis narratives and the ongoing drought in Ethiopia"

• [Contributor page at Forbes, covering science + development]

• BBC Future, “What will survive climate change?”

• BBC Future, “A staple food to withstand disaster”

• BBC Future, “Why ‘plant blindness’ matters — and what you can do about it”

• Wellcome Collection, “How light pollution affects our circadian rhythms”

• Wellcome Collection, "How to cure the eco-anxious"

• BBC Worklife, “Some firms give more time off to those who shun plane travel”

• The Daily Dot, "How the earliest victims of climate change are protecting each other"

• [Book reviews and other articles at Earth Island Journal]

• [Articles about coastal issues at Hakai]

• Broken Pencil, "Joe meets Jess"

• Strange Constellations, "Honorary whites"

• Apogee, "Managed migration"

• The Grief Diaries, "Two kinds"

• Mash Stories, "The first time"

• Eco-Chick, "Meditations on water, from an unwell woman"

• Food52, "Which vegan egg replacer makes the best scrambled eggs?"

• Food52, "Why people are choosing to eat at hospitals"

• The Atlantic, “Tech is killing street food”

• BBC Travel, "Is this the world's first energy bar?"

• NPR, "In London, the American food aisle is full of nostalgia and preservatives"

• New York Times, "Visiting McDonald's with my grandmother"

• Munchies, "How Korean seaweed got turned into a health food"

• Vegan Society, "The cost of a vegan diet: an international perspective"

• [Articles at Rodale's Organic Life]

• BBC Capital, “The surprisingly strong relationships of commuter couples”

• Outside, "Bringing up baby on the road"

• The Atlantic, "How cycling clothing opened doors for women"

• How We Get to Next, "How to make public transportation safer for women"

• Bitch, "Hey hey! Ho ho! Where did radical cheerleaders go?"

• SheKnows, "Why it's so important for women to share their stories about not having kids"

• Women's Media Center, "Sextortion: name it, fight it"

• Upworthy, "These savvy women are redefining the sex shop, and business is taking off"

• [Articles about gender, sex, health and politics at VICE]

• Damn Interesting, "A jarring revelation" (plus podcast)

• Damn Interesting, "No country for ye olde men" (plus podcast)

• Damn Interesting, "The king's letters" (plus podcast)

• Damn Interesting, "Into the bewilderness" (plus podcast)

• ["Nuggets" at Damn Interesting]

• Wellcome Collection, “Remote diagnosis from wee to the web”

• Wellcome Collection, “Reassuring ghosts and haunted houses”

• The Telegraph, "Can a hidden underwater city bring tourists back to Turkey?"

• JSTOR Daily, “Do we have to tell them the house is haunted?”

• The Smart Set, "The positive psychology of metal music"

• The Smart Set, "Have Mercy on Me"

• Noisey, "A look back at the Chinkees, the ska band that reclaimed Asian identity"

• Planning, “Planning for music can transform American cities”

• Wellcome Collection, "Could this be the loneliest kind of music?"

• Motherboard, "Tomorrow's musical instruments look like lightsabers and metal detectors"

• BBC Future, “The truth about family estrangement”

• BBC Future, “Do we have gossip all wrong?”

• BBC Future, “Why most rape victims never acknowledge what happened”

• BBC Future, "The secret science that rules crowds"

• BBC Future, "Why being a loner may be good for your health" (plus video)

• New York Magazine, "When sleep problems turn into relationship problems"

• New York Magazine, "Here's why eye contact is so awkward for some people"

• New York Magazine, "Why audience participation is so terrifying"

• Broadly, “The psychology behind stalking”

• BBC Future, “When the going gets tough, have a nap”

• BBC Future, "Why sleep should be every student's priority"

• BBC Future, "The increasingly realistic prospect of 'extinct animal' zoos"

• New York Times, “Parents mourning stillbirth follow familiar patterns on YouTube”

• The Atlantic, "Why people faint at the theater"

• Motherboard, "Virtual autopsies help shed light on possible child abuse"

• The Daily Dot, "How Romania brought broadband to a whole country--and who got left behind"

• The Week, "Why we should all be having sex with robots" (plus podcast)

• [Articles about tech at Ars Technica]

• How We Get to Next, "Without technology inside, how can prisoners thrive when they get out?"

• How We Get to Next, "The world has a playground deficit"

• BBC Worklife, “The double-edged sword of a shorter work week”

• BBC Worklife, “The family-unfriendly future of cities”

• High Country News, "Why Compton said no to legal marijuana sales"

• The Atlantic, "A birth certificate is a person's first possession"

• Bright, "Keep protesting. It's good for you."

• Submittable, "A few good sources of writing by prisoners"

• GOOD, "The Deplorables' Guide should be everyone's go-to handbook for resisting hate"

• The Big Issue Australia, "Off the shelf"

• AWP, "Why freelance writers love working part-time for nonprofits"

• Barefoot Vegan, "Conversations with makers of vegan sex toys"

• [Articles about city life and culture at CityLab]

• [Articles about inclusive cities at Next City]