Gender & Identity

Being an Ideal Immigrant Is a Problem at Work (Refinery29)

The Pain of Losing Your First Language (Catapult)

The Myth of the Frivolous Female Spender  (New York Times)

Want to Close the Pay Gap? Pay Transparency Will Help (New York Times)

Are Women Afraid to Compete With Each Other? (Glamour)

Money

Your Friend Has More Money Than You Do. How Can Your Relationship Survive? (New York Times)

When It Comes to Money, Your Brain Can Be Your Own Worst Enemy (New York Times)

Does Personal Finance Still Work in Our Changing Economy? (The New York Times)

Why We Shouldn’t Think About College as a Business (New York Times)

We’re All Afraid to Talk about Money. Here’s How to Break the Taboo (New York Times)

Personal essay

The Fragility of Those Two Pink Lines (The Atlantic)

How to Be Creative When Your Ancestors Are Watching (Electric Literature)

It’s Me, Your Healing Crystal. May I Have a Word? (Points in Case)

The Pain of Losing Your First Language (Catapult)

The Biracial Bind of Not Being Asian Enough (Refinery29)

How Untranslatable Words Have Connected Me to My Mother (Catapult)

Elegy to the Void (poetry) (Into the Void)

Gender & Identity

Being an Ideal Immigrant Is a Problem at Work (Refinery29)

There’s a Stress Gap Between Men and Women. Here’s Why That’s Important (The New York Times)

The Myth of the Frivolous Female Spender  (New York Times)

Why Banning the Salary History Question Is Good for Job Applicants (The Cut)

Want to Close the Pay Gap? Pay Transparency Will Help (New York Times)

Are Women Afraid to Compete With Each Other? (Glamour)

Social Science & Psychology 

How The Pandemic Paved The Way For Millennial Mysticism (ELLE)

Who Pays The Price For Our Productivity? (Forge)

Alison Roman And The Problem With Not Giving A F*ck (The Financial Diet)

How To Add More Play to Your Grown-Up Life (New York Times)

The Case for Cursing (New York Times)

Why Self-Compassion Beats Self-Confidence (New York Times)

How Happy People Complain (The Cut)

The Benefits of Talking to Yourself (New York Times)

Why It’s So Hard to Admit You’re Wrong (New York Times)

The Power of Kawaii: How Cute, Squishy Things Influence Us (WIRED)

Money

Your Friend Has More Money Than You Do. How Can Your Relationship Survive? (New York Times)

When It Comes to Money, Your Brain Can Be Your Own Worst Enemy (New York Times)

Does Personal Finance Still Work in Our Changing Economy? (The New York Times)

Why We Shouldn’t Think About College as a Business (New York Times)

We’re All Afraid to Talk about Money. Here’s How to Break the Taboo (The New York Times)

Awards + Recognition

Society of Professional Journalists – NW Excellence in Journalism Award

LA Webfest – Outstanding Writing for Fox Digital Series, “Let’s Big Happy”

Great Dating Blog Awards – Best Niche Blog

TV, Film & Scriptwriting

“Sex by the Numbers” MSN web series

“Let’s Big Happy” Fox Digital series on Netflix