Co-published with Allure. Getting your talons done should be soothing, but for me, it also comes with a bolt of initial dread.

Co-published with The Baffler. At car dealerships and companies peddling tchotchkes to suburban teens, bosses stretch the definition of "essential" to its breaking point.

Co-published with Teen Vogue. Even if Labor Day wasn’t intended to be a rip-off, it sure is now.