I wrote about falling through a plastic deck chair and My Process in solving the internet's favorite guy-remembering game. defector.com/nine-ways-to-t…

not to brag too much, but it's also a paolo pasco !

Wrote about Jacqueline Rose + her beautiful, capacious mind newyorker.com/magazine/2023/…

wrote about the unholy combination of crypto-speak and k-pop behind "girls' capitalism"! defector.com/triples-and-th…

Defector turns three years old this week! That means it's time to answer some questions about the business. defector.com/three-years-of…

my roommate regularly purchases wintergreen ice breaker mints, and occasionally she will replenish the container sitting on our dining table for me, not unlike leaving crumbs out for the local pigeons. this is cohabitation at its finest

Subjugation and dehumanization lead to only one result: defector.com/subjugation-an…

"How can a person make up for seven decades of misrepresentation and willful distortion in the time allotted to a sound bite?" saree makdisi سريّ المقدسي on the carnage in Gaza and what Palestinian commentators cannot say: nplusonemag.com/online-only/on…

Hamas will be anywhere that Israel wants it to be: defector.com/hamas-will-be-…

I wrote about the crisis of basketblogging, the cult of the Real Hooper, the death and rebirth of the blog era, gossip reporting, and whether, at any point, the ball will have stopped. defector.com/the-state-of-b…

I went to a labor fight and a hockey league broke out! My story on the new PWHL, its union and women's hockey's first-ever collective bargaining agreement: defector.com/womens-hockey-…

I know this story has reached thermonuclear levels of BS and grift-fueled hate on here, but if anyone is actually interested in learning more about Imane Khelif, I found this helpful. defector.com/j-k-rowling-in…

it's everyone's favorite part of the olympics: the style guide defector.com/whats-in-an-ol…