Here’s some things I wrote that I like: some humor, some editorials, some food reviews. ALL UNBELIEVABLY FANTASTIC.

Reductress

My Instagram Makes My Life Look Perfect. In Reality, It’s Just Really, Really Good 

The kind of person who introduces themselves as an “influencer” takes you behind the scenes to show that in actuality, a moneyed life of leisure is only pretty amazing.

McSweeney’s

Brace Yourself For the Hottest Take in the World

Essay about hastily formed, contrarian opinions, written in the style of an Adderall-addled Eric Garland tweetstorm.

This Police Department is Actually a TV Procedural Drama

An archetypical detective discovers his entire existence is just carefully scripted network television.

Vice

You Can Stay in a Tent on LA’s Skid Row for $10 a Night

Examination of Skid Row’s lack of affordable housing and a local’s unusual method of attracting attention to that issue.

A Gang of Rich, White Surfer Dudes is Terrorizing a California Beach Town

Spotlight on Palos Verdes Estates, CA’s local surfers “The Lunada Bay Boys” and their decades-long history of using intimidation and violence to keep outsiders away from their breaks.

Hence LA

Nervous Breakdown Scheduled Between Audition, Pilates

Piece for LA-centric humor site about dealing with ambition and pressure.