Articles
Salon.com
The Moral Landscape: An interview with New Atheist Sam Harris
The Rise of “True Blood’s” Nihilistic Vampire: A philosophical and political analysis of male lead characters in vampire sagas
The Explosive New Science of Pregnancy: A look at Annie Murphy Paul’s latest book
Authors Choose Their Favorite Books of 2010: A compilation of responses from book authors of fiction and nonfiction, including Dave Eggers, James McBride, and Laura Hillenbrand
The Science of Near-Death Experiences: An interview with neurologist Kevin Nelson
Armageddon Science: Will humanity destroy itself?
How Real is “Boardwalk Empire’s” Al Capone?: An expert assesses
Religion Dispatches
Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, and Pro-Home Birth: The Competing Politics of Home Birth – A reported feature on the conflicting choice politics of the burgeoning home birth advocacy community
Next American City
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Utopian Dystopia: About the great architect’s unrealized utopian dream
The Wind at Their Backs: About plans for offshore wind farms in the United States. This article also appeared in the Winter 2010 magazine issue of Next American City.
Trailer Park, Coming to a Curbside Near You: About the unique creation of artist Kim Holleman. A shortened version of this article appeared in the Summer 2010 magazine issue of Next American City.
Bitch online
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Infant Care in TVLand: The first installment of a 24-part series about representations of pregnant and birthing women in the media.
“Up All Night” is Boring But Christian Applegate is Soooo Cool: A curmudgeonly review of the new comedy series
My Water Broke! And . . . Action: An analysis of typical childbirth scenes
Childbirth As Male Bonding Experience: Whose birth is this?
The Issue of Control in Childbirth: A close reading of Pam’s birth episode on The Office
Motherhood as the Dream Deferred: A criticism of NY Magazine’s coverage of older motherhood, and a call for family-friendly workplace policies
Is Pregnancy a Disease?: An analysis of the news media’s treatment of pregnancy
Breastfeeding is Gross!: An analysis of media representations of breastfeeding, and a call for public and health policy change
An Open Letter to Jon Stewart: About the underrepresentation of “women”s issues” on The Daily Show
1987′s Baby Boom vs. 2010′s Life As We Know It: The evolution of the onscreen working mom
The Desperate Housewives’ Guide to TV’s Childbearing Tropes: Things get hairy on Wisteria Lane
Stay Away From That Tuna! (Or I’ll Take Your Baby): Women-shaming and prenatal health
AskMen.com On Pregnancy And Sex: Does Men.com think pregnant women are more deserving of good sex?
The Overrepresentation of Fatherhood In TVLand: The pernicious dominance of the male perspective
Women of Color With Wailing Babies in TVLand: The limited portrayals of non-white young moms
The Terrifying Birth Scene Showdown: Twilight v. Game of Thrones: It can’t get worse than what Bella went through, can it?
Reagan’s Cesarean on Up All Night and the Issue of Control in Childbirth: I brought out the big guns on this one
Farewell from Bringing Up Baby: The last article in the series, with strong words about parental leave policy
trans lit mag Issue 2
Tompkins Square Park, by Day and by Night: A short piece of creative nonfiction
Girlistic Magazine, Fall 2007
When Cooking Isn’t Working: Getting the Workplace to Recognize Moms’ Needs: A feature story about the difficulty of balancing long work hours with the responsibility to cook healthy food for children; includes a detailed look at the problem and suggestions for policy change.
Feminist Review, selection of reviews, 2008 – 2009
Book review, “Aghor Medicine: Pollution, Death, and Healing in Northern India,” July 2008
Book review, “Be Good,” March 2008
Book review, “Practically Perfect in Every Way,” June 2007
Music review, Of Montreal’s “Skeletal Lamping,” March 2009
Music review, Polar Bear Club’s “Sometimes Things Just Disappear,” July 2008