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Publications

Elle

Politics

Lauren Underwood Is the Future

A profile of the youngest Black woman in Congress.

Kayla Webley Adler Elle Feb 2021 30min Permalink

Best Article Media

The Journalist and the Pharma Bro

Why did Christie Smythe upend her life and stability for Martin Shkreli, one of the least-liked men in the world?

Stephanie Clifford Elle Dec 2020 20min Permalink

Crime

Death in Clubland

When model Kimberly Fattorini died after a night out in Hollywood, everyone assumed she’d accidentally overdosed. But there was more to the story.

K.J. Yossman Elle Nov 2020 Permalink

Media

Motherhood Through The Looking 'Gram

The cost of parents sharing their lives on Instagram.

Molly Langmuir Elle May 2020 20min Permalink

Her Sorority Sisters Suspected She Was Pregnant. What Did Emile Weaver Know?

For months, Emile Weaver denied her pregnancy. A gruesome discovery forced her to confront the truth.

Alex Ronan Elle Jan 2020 40min Permalink

Health Media Religion

The Education of Natalie Jean

For years, Mormon Mommy blogger Natalie Lovin curated a picture-perfect life. Then she left the church—and her husband.

Nona Willis Aronowitz Elle Nov 2019 15min Permalink

Politics Science

Progressive Prophet Naomi Klein Sees The Future. Can It Be Changed?

A profile.

Molly Langmuir Elle Sep 2019 20min Permalink

Two Sisters and the Terrorist Who Came Between Them

Was Samantha Sally a prisoner or a conspirator?

Jessica Roy Elle Aug 2019 30min Permalink

Media

Jia Tolentino Makes Sense Out of This Nonsense Moment

A profile.

Molly Langmuir Elle Jul 2019 20min Permalink

First I Got Pregnant. Then I Decided to Kill a Mountain Lion.

On becoming a mom.

Kathleen Hale Elle Feb 2017 15min Permalink

Sex

Erica Chidi Cohen Wants to Solve the Millennial Sex Drought

On sex education and why people are still so uncomfortable talking about it.

Jessica Pressler Elle Apr 2019 10min Permalink

Media

What's Next For New Yorker Reporter Jane Mayer?

A profile.

Molly Langmuir Elle Feb 2019 15min Permalink

Crime

Slippery When Wet

Angelika Graswald, also known as the Kayak Killer, went to jail for letting her fiancé drown in the Hudson River. Now she’s out on parole and looking to clear her name.

Kat Stoeffel Elle Feb 2019 20min Permalink

Media

What Will the Miss America Pageant Look Like in a Post-#MeToo World?

The event evolves.

Molly Langmuir Elle Aug 2018 15min Permalink

Media

The Graduate

On navigating the New York media world as a young journalist.

Nora Ephron Elle Nov 2010 15min Permalink

You Can Get Fired For Saying That?

Theresa Buchanan, a professor at LSU, “used the f-word in class, overshared about her personal life, and could be brutally candid in her critiques of the student teachers under her tutelage.” Should she have been fired?

Andrew Goldman Elle Jul 2017 Permalink

Movies & TV

Who Do You Want Elisabeth Moss to Be?

A profile of the Handmaid’s Tale star.

Emily Gould Elle Jun 2017 15min Permalink

Media

Wanna Know What Donald Trump Is Really Thinking? Read Maggie Haberman

A profile of the New York Times White House correspondent.

Rachael Combe Elle May 2017 20min Permalink

Music

Her Eyes Were Watching the Stars

A profile of Missy Elliott.

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Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah on the Longform Podcast

Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah Elle May 2017 25min Permalink

Arts

Amalia Ulman Is the First Great Instagram Artist

She has convinced her followers she is a pretty-in-pink naïf, an escort, an unhinged ex, an office drone, and, most recently, an expectant mother. None of it is real.

Molly Langmuir Elle Oct 2016 15min Permalink

Tech Music

The Tween-Ruled App Turning Middle Schoolers Into Pop Stars

The lip-syncing app Musical.ly claims that it has signed up 50% of American teens.

Elspeth Reeve Elle Jul 2016 Permalink

Crime

11,431 Rape Kits Were Collected and Forgotten in Detroit. This Is the Story of One of Them.

Ardelia Ali was raped in 1995. Twenty years later, her attacker was convicted.

Anna Clark Elle Jun 2016 Permalink

Arts History World Travel

This Drug-Fueled Multimillion Dollar Supermodel Snowpocalypse Has Been Fashion's Best-Kept Secret Since '77

The idea was to shoot a Neiman Marcus fur catalog in the Andes mountains, not get stranded on them.

Mickey Rapkin Elle Feb 2016 Permalink

Business

Saving for a Daughter But Not a Son

A father’s attempt to combat the wage gap.

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"How do we give Ivy the same opportunities as Abe? Do we praise her 21.7 percent more? Hug her 21.7 percent harder?"

Paul Ford Elle Sep 2015 Permalink

Sex

Abortion: Not Easy, Not Sorry

“I want to tell a different story, the more common yet strangely hidden one, which is that I don’t feel guilty and tortured about my abortion. Or rather, my abortions. There, I said it.”

Laurie Abraham Elle Nov 2014 Permalink

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