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I Wrote: How You May Be Eating Plastic and Fibers with Your Fish
Plastics aren’t the only thing that fish are eating; now they are consuming fibers (from our clothes washing machines) too. I wrote about a new study on the subject on what’s in fish stomachs—and what that may mean for human beings’ health—in my latest article for Mental Floss. In short, “the mismanagement of our waste is coming…
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I Wrote: 5 Promising Male Birth Control Methods for Mental Floss
My first article for Mental Floss was on one of my favorite topics: Male Birth Control. I honestly think it would be a better world for men and women if men had more birth control options—women have more than a dozen—men have only 2.
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Genuine Time OFF at The Retreat Costa Rica
Sometimes, you need to eat superhealthy food, relax, do mellow yoga, watch the butterflies, drink wine by the pool, swim under a waterfall and recharge with writers who spend too much time in front of the computer like you do! I did all that (and much more, check out the full story here) at The…
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See My Ethical Fashion Ensemble in People Tree’s Magazine The Eco Edit.
I have been a longtime fan of People Tree (the UK’s oldest ethical fashion brand), and I got the fun chance to choose an outfit and model it. I featured the ensemble on Eco-Chick, and People Tree also chose to highlight me in their fun quarterly magazine, The Eco Edit.
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My Article “7 Cultural Concepts We Don’t Have in the US” has over 200,000 Shares!
I’ve written lots of articles in my time, and I’ve had plenty go viral, but I think this is the first one I’ve ever had to go super-viral! And it’s one of my most favorite things I’ve written about too. Check out the full article on MNN.com here.
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I Wrote About Kindness Traditions for Conde Nast Traveler
Check out my first contribution to Conde Nast Traveler: “Italy’s Free Coffee Tradition and Other Acts of Kindness” What an inspiring way to start the New Year!
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Interviewing Paul Hawken for Metropolis magazine
As a long-term environmentalist, I have followed Paul Hawken’s work with interest for some time. Though I don’t always agree with him on every issue, I admire his forward-thinking writing and his new project, Drawdown, sounds amazing. Read all about it in the interview I did with him for the December, 2014 issue of Metropolis.
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The Long Term Effects of Rape for Pacific Standard Magazine
My second piece for Pacific Standard is about how long the effects of rape can last (hint: it’s a lifetime) and why (spoiler: PTSD).
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Battered Women Who Kill Their Husbands for Pacific Standard
I took a deep dive into feminism, the law and the real-life repercussions of domestic violence on both the battered and the batterers for Pacific Standard. A difficult, intense article to research and write, but fascinating.
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