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Publications

Elle

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

Crime

Trial by Twitter

The murder of a West Virginia teenager by her two best friends.

Holly Millea Elle Sep 2014 Permalink

Arts Music

Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman

An interview with Miley Cyrus.

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Previously: Tavi Gevinson on the Longform Podcast.

Tavi Gevinson Elle Apr 2014 15min Permalink

Arts Movies & TV

Planet Pam

A profile of Pamela Anderson.

Jessica Pressler Elle Mar 2014 20min Permalink

Science

Determining the Fate of Frozen Embryos: Do You Know Where Your Children Are?

On a parent’s relationship with unused embryos.

Paul Ford Elle Sep 2013 10min Permalink

I'm For Sale

On balancing creative ambition and financial security.

Genevieve Smith Elle Apr 2013 Permalink

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