Who am I?

I’m a Brooklyn-born, East Village-based culture journalist covering nightlife, sex, and subcultures for publications like The New York Times, Vogue, GQ, TIME, The Guardian, and i-D. I was previously the Culture Editor at Alternative Press and an Associate Editor at PAPER.

What do I write about?

I’m drawn to unseen worlds: a members-only club where faux-aristocrats cosplay old money, the erotic literary underground infiltrating fast food franchises, Brooklyn’s queer basement tattoo collectives, and Hamptons artist communes fighting to preserve family legacies.

I’ve reported on the first sex worker-owned porn platform, TikTok’s overheard-gossip surveillance economy, the women leaving their husbands to explore their sexuality, why Gen Z women are opting for sterilization, the rise of “bad tattoos,” and an oddly sexual playground game that still haunts me.

I’ve profiled it-girls, dominatrixes, Evangelical cult survivors, chainsmiths, and TikTok-viral pop stars.

I also write about my home, New York City, and its local mythology— the landlord who built St. Marks Place, the downtown writer who popularized the 1980s psychedelic art scene, the history of New York’s neo-burlesque scene, and a tribute to CBGB, the filthy Bowery club and birthplace of punk music.

What should you expect?

These are the stories that don’t make it to the mainstream. Come with me through New York and meet the poets, perverts, cynics, and mainstays who make this city so special.

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