How Taffy Brodesser-Akner Thrives on Stress
Everyone wants women to be mindful, calm, and deliberate. But sometimes a little chaos gets things done.
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Everyone wants women to be mindful, calm, and deliberate. But sometimes a little chaos gets things done.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner Real Simple Jul 2019 15min Permalink
Taffy Brodesser-Akner is a staff writer at the New York Times and the author of Fleishman Is in Trouble: A Novel.
“As a profile writer, the skill I have is getting in the room and staying in the room until someone is like, ‘Why is this bitch still in the room? Get her out of there!’ It’s a journalistic skill that is not a fluffy skill. There are people who are always actively trying to prevent your story, prevent you from seeing it, from seeing the things that would be good to see. There’s a lot of convincing, comforting and listening going on. And there’s a lot of dealing with the fact that somebody in the middle of talking to you can suddenly decide that you are the worst. Those things are very tense and it’s a specific skill that I have that can defray all those things. Or it lets me stay.”
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Jul 2019 Permalink
Taffy Brodesser-Akner is a staff writer at the New York Times and the creator of the new Hulu television series Fleishman Is in Trouble, based on her bestselling novel.
“I took the cast out to dinner … And the way they began talking to each other, which was very intimate, was like a punch in the stomach. Because I had always thought that I got people to open up to me [in celebrity profiles]. And I was like, Oh, no, I got them to answer questions differently than maybe they had before. … And that was a little devastating to me.”
Nov 2022 Permalink
Taffy Brodesser-Akner is a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine and GQ.
“My writing career was something that was always about to happen, just as soon as the baby falls asleep, just as soon as I finish watching this five-hour bout of As the World Turns, just as soon as... What do you do when you realize that you have not been doing the thing you were going to do? You're in your 30s. You get to work.”
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Jan 2015 Permalink
What’s a writer to do when the audacity dwindles?
Taffy Brodesser-Akner New York Jul 2017 15min Permalink
Britney Spears works Vegas, bitch.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner Matter Jun 2014 30min Permalink
A profile of Nicki Minaj.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner GQ Nov 2014 15min Permalink
The author takes a trip to HempCon with her anxious, insomniac, ultra-Orthodox Jewish mother.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner GQ May 2016 15min Permalink
How a pair of HGTV stars are trying to renovate the reputation of Waco, Texas.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner Texas Monthly Sep 2016 35min Permalink
A trip down America’s most haunted road.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner Atlas Obscura Oct 2015 20min Permalink
The CNN anchor may not be the clueless bumbler the internet believes him to be.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner GQ May 2015 10min Permalink
Two years after she sued producer Dr. Luke, saying he had drugged, raped, and emotionally abused her, Kesha is still bound to her original recording contract. She owes $100,000 (conservatively) per month on legal bills and can’t release any new music.
Paula Deen’s martyrdom industrial complex. On a cruise ship.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner Matter Sep 2014 30min Permalink
On the quarterback everyone loves to hate.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner ESPN Dec 2015 20min Permalink
Do spirituality and self-help have a political constituency?
Taffy Brodesser-Akner New York Times Magazine Sep 2019 25min Permalink
Meet Martha Beck.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner Businessweek May 2016 20min Permalink
Sundays at Hillsong, the church that saved Justin Bieber.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner GQ Dec 2015 25min Permalink
A journey to the wildest edge of the spa industry.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner Outside Apr 2017 20min Permalink
Two days with a broken-hearted Tom Hiddleston.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner GQ Feb 2017 15min Permalink
A profile of the (very emotional) pop singer.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner New York Times Oct 2017 15min Permalink
The agonies of being overweight—or running a diet company—in a culture that likes to pretend it only cares about health, not size.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner New York Times Magazine Aug 2017 30min Permalink
When 16 women live in a house, compete on a UFC reality show, and punch each other in the face.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner Matter Dec 2014 30min Permalink
On A Star Is Born and the celebrity industrial complex.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner New York Times Sep 2018 20min Permalink
He’s just as nice as you think he is.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner New York Times Nov 2019 25min Permalink
A profile of the woman who wants to declutter the world.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner New York Times Magazine Jul 2016 10min Permalink