Features

The Great American Election” (Dazed, 2024) [print]
A cross-country exploration of youth sentiment ahead of the presidential election.

Miss America” (The Southern, 2020) [print]
On the beauty pageant circuit in rural towns.

My collection of features on religion for Vice can be found here. (2020-2021)

Criticism

Winging It” (The New York Times Magazine, 2024) [print]
On the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.

Venture Missionaries” (The Baffler, 2024)
On treating the church like a startup.

Trash Talk” (The New York Times Magazine, 2024) [print]
On terrible Southern accents in movies.

Digital Deconversion” (The Baffler, 2022)
On Jehovah’s Witnesses and the false promise of identity construction online.

Interviews

David Biespiel” (Willamette Week, 2020) [print]
A conversation with Biespiel on A Place of Exodus.

Vanessa Veselka” (Willamette Week, 2020) [print]
A conversation with Veselka on The Great Offshore Grounds.