Hello! I’m an independent journalist who writes about the evolution of work, technology, and the family, and how they all overlap (which they do a lot). I cover other things here and there, too. (True story: I was once a Canadian National Magazine Award finalist for a 10,000-word essay about hot dogs. It lives on in print only, but remains a point of professional pride.)
I was recently a senior editor for newsletters at The Atlantic, and was previously a commissioning editor for The Guardian, Forge (by Medium), Brit + Co, and the late, great Torontoist, where I served as a co-editor-in-chief.
My first book Hard To Do: The Surprising, Feminist History of Breaking Up came out in 2018, and is available for purchase online (as Pas Facile in Quebec and 왜 나는 너와 헤어지는가 in South Korea). Despite a now-dated Drake reference, it mostly holds up.
I was born and raised in Milwaukee and went to school in Toronto, where I lived and worked for more than a decade. I now live in Brooklyn with my partner and two rascally rescue tabbies. Family and byline aside, I usually just go by my first name.
If there’s anything else you’d like to know — or if you think we should work together — please do drop me a line.