Professional/Personal Overview
I love writing for women! I am passionate about creating smart, funny, and non-judgmental content for women, from beauty to lifestyle to politics, and I am deeply invested in creating a smarter, brasher world of women's lifestyle journalism.
Work Info
Expertise
Editor
3 Years
Writer
6 Years
Specialty
Entertainment
6 Years
Lifestyle
6 Years
Women's Issues
5 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
6 Years
Media Client List (# assignments
last 2 yrs)
Nickelodeon Digital/Viacom (11+), Noise Pop Festival (3-5), Treasure Island Music Festival (3-5), EcoSalon.com (3-5), NewYorkCool (3-5), Ms. Magazine (1-2)
Other Work History
I am a staff writer at DivineCaroline.com, a women's website owned by Meredith Corporation.
Computer Skills
Proficient on PC or Mac OS; all Microsoft apps - Word, Excel, Powerpoint; basic html; proficient with content management systems
Technical Skills
Proficient in AP and Chicago Styles
Equipment
iMac, MacBook, netbook with Mac OS, audio recorder, several digital cameras (point-and-shoots and DSLR), HD video capability
Foreign Language Skills
Passable Spanish
Work Permits & Visas
US Citizen
Unions
Actors Equity Association, eligible for Screen Actors' Guild
References
Happily provided upon request
Other
Post-graduate accreditation in Journalism from New York University, 2008
Freelancer Availability
I occasionally freelance. I live near San Francisco, CA. I am willing to travel anywhere. I have a driver's license. I have access to a car.
Work Samples
Reviews
(NewYorkCool.com , 9/1/2009)
I had the privilege of reviewing AI before it came to Broadway. It was very loud.
(NewYorkCool.com , 10/20/2007)
This is my review of Charles Busch's off-broadway comedy "Die, Mommie, Die," which played in New York at Dodger Stages. Busch is a famous female impersonator, as well as a Outer Critics' Circle award winner for "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife."
(NewYorkCool.com , 5/1/2007)
My review of 28 Weeks Later, published in May 2007.
Profiles
(Treasure Island Music Festival 2009 , 10/1/2009)
My profile of The Flaming Lips for the Treasure Island Festival 2009 program guide.
(Noise Pop Festival 2009 , 1/27/2009)
A profile of rocker Martha Wainwright for the 2009 Noise Pop Festival program guide.
(Noise Pop Festival 2009 , 1/15/2009)
A bio of Antony Hegarty for the program of the 2009 Noise Pop Festival in San Francisco
(New York Cool , 5/3/2008)
I attended the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival as a film reviewer for NewYorkCool.com. One of the events I covered was a party for documentary filmmakers, where I interviewed them about their work and their feelings on the festival.
(NewYorkCool.com , 1/10/2008)
I attended the New York Times' "Arts and Leisure Week" in January 2008, and saw a great interview of breakout star Josh Brolin. He's an awesome guy...really fun to listen to.
DivineCaroline
(DivineCaroline.com , 9/1/2010)
My funny attempt at amateur astrology as our site's guest horoscopist.
(DivineCaroline.com , 9/1/2010)
A career-focused service piece on why going back to grad school isn't all it's cracked up to be.
(DivineCaroline.com , 8/1/2010)
A service piece about why outlet malls aren't such a great deal, and how consumers can tell the difference between a good deal and a rip-off. This was linked to (and very successful on) Consumerist.com.
(DivineCaroline.com , 7/1/2010)
A feature for DivineCaroline about the alarming trend of children dying in locked cars; why it happens and how parents can prevent it.
(DivineCaroline.com , 2/1/2010)
The one thing that ties the human race together is that we all secretly believe we use better grammar than anyone else. Unfortunately, most people are wrong about this.
(DivineCaroline.com , 8/1/2009)
My regular column for DivineCaroline involves me trying specious cosmetic and beauty products. Smooth Away was not a success.
(DivineCaroline.com , 4/1/2009)
Inspired by the height of Susan Boyle mania, this is a piece on why we're so taken in by an underdog story.
Magazine
(Ms. Magazine , 1/1/2009)
Inspired by the real story of an 8-year-old Yemeni girl who wanted a divorce from her abusive husband, this is a piece I wrote for Ms. highlighting the tragedy of child marriage.
EcoSalon
(EcoSalon , 10/1/2011)
I guest-wrote the EIC's weekly column, focusing on the recent xoJane controversy about birth control.
(EcoSalon , 7/22/2011)
A response to fashion editor Robin Givhan's article in The Daily Beast about curly-haired women as wild and unruly.
(EcoSalon.com , 5/30/2011)
A fun piece I wrote about generational differences in the environmental movement.
(EcoSalon , 3/15/2011)
In response to the latest study showing that abortion has no ill effects on women's mental health, I wrote this piece detailing the anti-choice movement's attempts to convince women that abortion is physically and mentally dangerous.
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June 4, 2013 | San Francisco
