I wrote about my adventures in wedding dress slop! Encompassing brides hunting for wedding dresses that don't exist (because they're A.I.), the wasteland that is Pinterest, various scammy websites that sell incomprehensibly cheap white gowns, and more slate.com/culture/2026...

Why aren't there any female Halloween skeletons? I wrote about my realization that skeletons are pretty much all male, spiritually if not anatomically slate.com/life/2025/10...

Why aren't there any female Halloween skeletons? I wrote about my realization that skeletons are pretty much all male, spiritually if not anatomically slate.com/life/2025/10...

congrats to @benmathislilley.bsky.social for capping off a legendary 11-year run at Slate. it's been an honor and a pleasure, and I'll very much miss working with you slate.com/news-and-pol...

A niche problem of fracturing your fourth toe is that the treatment is to "buddy-tape" it to your pinkie toe, but my pinkie toe is not a girls' girl and keeps wiggling free

There is a certain movie theater I have become constitutionally incapable of visiting without spilling a soda. "This time will be different," I've thought at least twice now when placing my drink in the cupholder, seconds before doing it again.

I am thrilled and bewildered that the story I wrote for @grist.org and @slate.com last year about "beanless coffee" has been nominated for a James Beard Media Award! grist.org/food/beanles...

On Monday morning, Slate was suddenly informed that six of its employees—including three editors, two of whom were members of the union—were being laid off, just months after four other staffers were also let go. The Slate Union's official statement reads as follows:

"Just for the record, I also write fiction and have a novel set at Bennington that everyone is going to hate."

I know we are supposed to abandon Twitter but Twitter is unfortunately the home of my infrequently updated thread cataloging faux Warhol art seen in the background of TV shows and movies. New one spotted just now! x.com/heathertwit/...

The Decoder Ring episode I worked on is out today! slate.com/podcasts/dec...

I wrote about those "best bras for small boobs" ads that are stalking the whole internet slate.com/culture/2023...

I came here to talk about David Krumholtz some more https://slate.com/culture/2023/08/david-krumholtz-oppenheimer-cast-movie.html

wrote about the rare successful reply guys https://slate.com/human-interest/2023/07/online-dating-reply-guy-twitter.html