21 Pieces of Advice from 2021Welcome to the fifth annual installment of “Advice from [Year].”Jan 3, 20222Jan 3, 20222
Hello again, to all that.When I first came to New York City, I was in love with a boy on the other side of the country. I told everyone that I didn’t even like New…Aug 24, 2021Aug 24, 2021
A Sugar Jar from My GrandmaLast December, my Grandma Charlotte passed away. Cancer, the bastard.Apr 19, 2021Apr 19, 2021
20 Pieces of Advice from 2020Well. This has felt less like a year in measurable increments and more like a series of grim revelations, folding endlessly into each…Jan 3, 2021Jan 3, 2021
18 pieces of advice from 2018This all started because two years ago, I kicked off 2017 with a moderately unhinged Twitter tirade of bad advice—real lessons I learned…Jan 16, 2019Jan 16, 2019
Published inThe FlockMaking It in NYC: (Three Years After I Swore It Was Just for the Summer)It was the last day of my trip to New York City and I was waiting for an elevator at the Roosevelt Hotel, praying I’d have it to myself…Jun 29, 20181Jun 29, 20181
17 pieces of good advice from 2017Last year on the second day of 2017, I tweeted a long thread of “bad advice.” That is: things I had learned that year, and throughout life…Jan 3, 2018Jan 3, 2018
Taylor Swift and the false virtue of being an uncool girlWhen I was 16, I went to a Taylor Swift concert in Portland, Oregon during her Fearless tour. I went with a girlfriend for both of our…Sep 12, 2016Sep 12, 2016