-
The End of Male
Navigating the strange, new world of male fertility and biological masculinity (originally published in Tomorrow)
-
America’s Cops Need to Chill. Can Meditation Help?
I profiled Oregon cop Richard Goerling, who’s bringing mindfulness to police retrainings.
-
Living and Dying on Airbnb
As seen in: The New York Times, New York Public Radio, Southern California Public Radio, Longform.org, NYMAG.com, Fusion, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Jezebel, Refinery29, Mashable, Huffington Post, and, of course, Daily Mail, who originally reported that I had died.
-
Trendcasting as Conceptual Art: Introducing K-HOLE
“There’s a literacy that comes from not just skewering corporate culture in an Adbusters way, but from looking at it in a more nuanced way, where it can be funny, weird, unsettling—all at the same time.”
-
The Battle Over Airbnb Moves to Los Angeles
“I have the right to contract with my fellow citizens, invite them into my home, and rent to them without getting anyone’s bloody permission.”
-
(full archive here)
-
On Bikesharing
Legitimate transit or an urban accessory?
-
On Weed in Los Angeles
A deep dive into L.A.’s medical marijuana grey economy
-
The End of Cheap Coffee
The meanings of $6 coffee
-
When Life Gives You Invasive Species, Make Sushi
The Alice Waters of invasive species… (sort of)
-
Let the Right Ones in
New Orleans 2.0
-
Ratchet is Dead: Inside the Mind of a Miley Cyrus Stylist
-
My Failed Attempt at Getting My Balls ‘Ironed’
The Cut asked me to get a very exciting sounding treatment done at a spa in Santa Monica.
-
Hi, Haters! Why the Media Hates Fun
Who’s most basic of them all: the Coachella fan or the journalist sent to write a snarky dispatch?
-
Tommy2Stix Stands Up: The Rapper Who Needs Marijuana More Than Most
A profile of a rapper at the intersection of marijuana’s two dominant cultures: medicinal and recreational.
-
Meet Belle Knox, the Duke Porn Star
A Q&A with Durham’s most infamous co-ed.
-
Sweet Science
Cake, cake, cake, cake…
-
Gen F: Tink
“I wanna keep moving, having a piece of every genre out there”
-
Gen F: Total Freedom
“Just the word ‘DJ’—it’s the grossest thing in the world”
-
An Interview with Chiwetel Ejiofor
“Hatred was just not gonna be useful. It would only eat him”
-
Peggy Noland: Popping Off
“Somebody told me once I was like goth Disney”
-
In the Studio with GoldLink and Rick Rubin
Hanging at Shangri-La with a music legend and an up-and-comer.
