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THE HIGHLY HAPHAZARD WOMAN

By Taffy Brodesser-Akner for Real Simple, I assigned and top-edited this longform essay on the pressure on women to be effortlessly productive.

WASTE LESS EVERY DAY

By Anna Maltby for Real Simple, a practical guide to living more sustainably.

BACKYARD BLISS

For Real Simple, I conceived and top-edited this collection of essays, recipes, and service, which was nominated for a 2018 National Magazine Award for leisure interests.

REAL SIMPLE'S BIGGEST-EVER GUIDE TO PIES

For Real Simple, I conceived, top-edited, and wrote a short essay for this package which won the 2018 Folio Award for Best How-To Article.

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THE YEAR OF LETTING GO

By Steve Friedman for Real Simple, a longform feature (in second-person!) about the stickiness of our parents' possessions.

HOW TO SPLIT THE CHORES SO EVERYONE IS HAPPY

By Anna Maltby for Real Simple, a guide to spitting domestic duties more equitably.

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RECLAIM YOUR PEACE AND QUIET

By Florence Williams for Real Simple, an exploration of the physical and mental-health effects of noise pollution and what communities are doing about it.

SUMMER THE WAY IT SHOULD BE

By Ada Calhoun for Real Simple, a look at what free-range 70s-style summers might have to teach parents in 2020.

FARM SCHOOL

By Laura Beil for Real Simple, a look at a historically black college that transformed its community by converting its football field into a farm.

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CHELSEA MANNING SHARES HER TRANSITION TO LIVING AS A WOMAN

Abigail Pesta and I shared a Newswoman's Club Front Page Award for this first-ever interview with Manning conducted via prison mail.

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PREGNANT? SCARED? NEED OPTIONS? TOO BAD.

For Cosmo and Type Investigations, this print-digital series on crisis pregnancy centers by Meaghan Winter earned the Hearst Excellence Award and was a runner-up for the John Bartlow Martin Award and the 2016 ASME for public interest.

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WHO ARE YOU CALLING A BULLY?

By Abigail Pesta for Cosmopolitan, 13-year-old Katelyn Roman talks about her arrest for cyber-bullying following the suicide of a classmate.

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MEET THE SURVIVORS OF THE BOKO HARAM KIDNAPPING

Three girls rescued from the Chibok kidnappings in Nigeria adjust to their new life in small-town Oregon. By Abigail Pesta for Cosmo.

IT'S TIME TO TALK ABOUT WHAT GUNS HAVE TO DO WITH DATING

By Liz Welch for Cosmopolitan, a report on the "boyfriend loophole" in gun laws and service on how women can talk to a partner about gun safety.

WHY DO SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE MASS SHOOTINGS ARE A HOAX?

By Abigail Pesta for Cosmopolitan, a report on harassment by "truthers" of the families of mass-shooting victims.

STOP THE AB-SANITY

By Taffy Brodesser-Akner for Cosmopolitan, a look at the flat-belly industrial complex.

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OCD IN REAL LIFE

For Cosmopolitan, Taffy Brodesser-Akner writes about living with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

THE EXTRA-EFFECTIVE WOMEN OF THE U.S. SENATE

For Cosmopolitan, Jill Filipovic interviewed 16 women senators about how and whether they approach things differently than male colleagues.

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THE SURPRISING LINK BETWEEN MASS SHOOTINGS AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

For Cosmopolitan, Ralph Blumenthal and Liz Welch report on acts of workplace violence tied to unchecked domestic violence offenders.

THE TRUTH ABOUT DONOR 1084

This investigation by Jennifer Wolff Perrine for Self revealed that sperm banks were covering up evidence of genetic disease in donors. It earned an Association of Health Care Journalists Award for best magazine feature.

SAVING CAROL DECKER

By Maryn McKenna for Self, a look at why sepsis has grown more common via a profile of a who lost both legs, a hand, and her sight to a hospital infection.

YOUR BACKYARD BITES BACK

By Maryn McKenna for Self, a look at the spread, misdiagnosis, and threats to the blood supply from new tickborne diseases.

BAD BARGAIN

This investigation of generic drug safety by Katherine Eban for Self was named the best feature of the year by the Association of Health Care Journalists and was the basis of Eban's 2019 bestseller "Bottle of Lies."

THIS WOMAN HAS A SECRET

By Jennifer Wolff Perrine for Self, this feature on infertility stigma and silence won the Hope Award from Resolve, the National Infertility Association.

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THE TROUBLE WITH ME TIME

By Leslie Goldman for Real Simple, a look at how to clean up the often unhealthy pre-bedtime hours of the day.

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THE ART OF MINDFUL DRINKING

By Julie Klam for Real Simple, a look at efforts to curb overindulgence through mindful meditation.

WHAT REALLY AFFECTS YOUR CANCER RISK?

By Melinda Beck and Molly Ginty for Real Simple, an overview of the habits that are must-do's, maybes, myths, and mistakes when it comes to cancer prevention.

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HOW TO FIND A THERAPIST

By Andrea Petersen for Real Simple, a step-by-step guide to getting mental-health help.

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IF YOU ONLY DO ONE EXERCISE...

By Pamela LeBlanc and Anna Maltby for Real Simple, one workout move to address six chronic health issues.

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GET ORGANIZED FOR BETTER HEALTH

By Leslie Goldman for Real Simple, how to rearrange your spaces to promote healthier eating and exercise.

THE TRUTH ABOUT THE HPV VACCINE

By Laura Beil for Cosmopolitan, a look at how the botched rollout of the HPV vaccine created resistance from both ends of the political spectrum.

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HOW TO HAVE A SAFE ABORTION

I conceived and oversaw this package on threats to safe abortion access by Amanda Robb and Caitlin Moscatello for Cosmo. It was nominated for a 2017 National Magazine Award for personal service.

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WE LOVE THE IUD

By Anna Maltby for Cosmopolitan, a feature dispelling fear and misinformation about what many doctors consider the best form of birth control.

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WHY IS EVERYTHING SO ANNOYING?!

By Leslie Goldman for Cosmopolitan, the science of why things and people are so damn irritating—and how it affects your health.

COSMO'S GUIDE TO THE MODERN PERIOD

This package on period pain, centered around a feature by Laura Beil and service by Anna Maltby, was nominated for a 2016 ASME for personal service. A related social campaign changed "tampon tax" laws in numerous states.

THE COSMO ENCYCLOPEDIA OF STIS

This nonjudgmental service package on sexually transmitted infections was a finalist for the 2015 ASME for personal service.

IT'S ONLY SKIN CANCER...

By Anna Maltby for Cosmopolitan, this feature on 5 skin cancer survivors was nominated for the Skin Cancer Foundation media award.

HOW NOT TO GET PREGNANT

This guide to contraception won the 2014 National Magazine Award, the first in Cosmopolitan's history.

LOVE YOUR BODY (FROM THE INSIDE OUT)

For Self, six writers salute their favorite body parts (plus tips on taking care of yours).

WHEN SELF-HELP HARMS

For Self, Roxanne Patel Shepelavy reports on the James Arthur Ray sweat-lodge deaths in Sedona, Arizona.

COMPROMISING POSITIONS

By Louise Danielle Palmer for Self, an investigation into sexual misconduct by yoga teachers, including celebrity yogi Rodney Yee.

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PHARMACY FAKES

For Self, this Katherine Eban investigation of drug counterfeiting inspired an ASME nomination, segment on 60 Minutes, Congressional hearings, and Eban's book Dangerous Doses.

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