You know that, right…? — I really hoped the discourse around “quiet quitting” would settle down sooner, but much like the lovely Great Resignation some workers survived last year, this new pithy phrase is still ripe and ready for exceptionally bad hot takes all around. Here’s the thing: “quiet quitting” is not a new thing…

I don’t know about y’all, but working remotely for the last 2.5 years has fundamentally changed my approach to my skincare and makeup routines. (Side note: duh.) I started wearing a full face of makeup (foundation, concealer, powder, blush, eyeshadow, eyeliner, mascara, lipstick) in the 10th grade. I started an…

I watched a LOT of serialized programs (can I still call it television if I didn’t watch a single episode live or over airwaves?) this year. Because I’m an actual nerd and tracking spreadsheets are my second-favorite love language besides Spotify playlists, and because there is SO MUCH TV to…

A Former Indoor Kid on the Joys of Yard Work — For the longest time, I thought I was an indoor kid. I would stay at my grandparents’ farm and instead of going out and getting muddy on the tractor with my grandfather like my little sister did, I would go to the library with my grandmother and check out an…

A digital strategist tries to be nice(r) to the garbage human I know lives inside me — Are you there, me? It’s me — you. Ope, you’re on mute! So, thanks so much for your time today! I know schedules are bananas right now, what with that whole Great Resignation thing happening all around us, but I’m so excited to share this strategy with you as we…

Guess What: Banning Abortion isn’t Going to Encourage People to Have Babies — There’s been a lot hand-wringing lately over America’s declining birth rate. Why don’t people want to have kids? Everyone seems to be asking as though they don’t know damn good and well how incredibly difficult it is to be pregnant, give birth, and raise a child in this country. We…

Why I May Never Get Off This Rock (And I’m Finally Okay With That) — I’ve been watching a lot of Star Trek lately, bingeing the original series and Next Generation during the pandemic, finally starting on Deep Space Nine and taking my time with it, and getting extremely into two of the newest series, Discovery and now Picard. The shows are as comforting to…

Towards a Theory of Toxic Masculinity and The White Lotus — I rarely give a damn about any white male characters on a given TV show (or in just about every other form of media I consume). Right now, the only white men currently on TV I truly give a damn about are: Joe Lo Truglio as Sgt. Charles Boyle on…

But not five days a week, and definitely not for “in-person collaboration”. — My first remote job was a little more than three years ago, and it almost killed me. I was coming off five years at an agency where I’d only been promoted once (with no pay raise) and had been doing the work of at least two people for actual years…