Our Contributors
Our contributors aren’t your usual health and wellness suspects. They’re thinkers sharing a POV that is often messy, funny, and unexpected — but always deeply human.
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A. Andrews
Writer and cartoonist, creator of A Quick & Easy Guide to Sex & Disability, and one of The Advocate’s People of the Year (2021). Based in Philadelphia, their work has been published in The Washington Post, Autostraddle, Glamour, and more. Find A. Andrews
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Jenni Avins
Jenni Avins is a Los Angeles-based writer and editor whose work has appeared in The New York Times, New York Magazine, and many more publications. She is largely concerned with trying to have a good day. You can subscribe to her Substack, Have a Good Day.
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Justina Blakeney
Justina Blakeney is a multidisciplinary artist, AD100 designer, New York Times bestselling author, and founder of Jungalow®. She has spent her career challenging narrow definitions of beauty — inviting creativity, culture, and personal story to take root and thrive. Find Justina
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Xiomara Bovell
A former dancer, strategist, and boutique fitness instructor, Xiomara now writes about arts and performance in her Substack Live Cultures and organizes bi-monthly field trips to shows across NYC. Find Xiomara
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Margot Boyer-Dry
Covers culture, business, power, and New York City. Her work appears in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, New York Magazine, and The Guardian, along with her newsletter Lorem Ipsum, read by 100,000+ subscribers.
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Cory Bradshaw
Cory Bradshaw is an adult content creator and writer based in LA. You can read some of his less-safe-for-work writing on Substack.
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John Paul Brammer
Brooklyn-based author and illustrator from Oklahoma, he’s the creator of ¡Hola Papi!, the hit LGBTQ advice column and memoir-in-essays. His work has appeared in The Washington Post, Food & Wine, and Guernica. Find John
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Diana Branzan
Brooklyn-based illustrator and Pratt grad known for working with textures and patterns.
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Lorin Brown
Designer, illustrator, and educator at CalArts and Maine College of Art & Design. AIGA Boston board member, currently living and working in Maine.
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Khaila Carr
An artist drawing on influences from dreams, fantasy, psychedelia, and her Filipino American heritage, Khaila works across illustration and fine art. She holds a BFA from the Columbus College of Art and Design.
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Jamie Cattanach
Pushcart Prize-nominated writer whose work has been featured in CNBC, SELF, USA Today, Fourth Genre, Colorado Review, Psyche, and many more. Her in-progress memoir about her experience of atypical anorexia was chosen for the Manuscript Mentorship program at the Tin House Winter Workshop in 2022. Jamie lives in Portland, Oregon with her greyhound, Aspen. Find Jamie
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Amélie Cherlin
Copy editor for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Artisan Books, and Raab & Co., among others. She was previously managing editor of The Hollywood Reporter and copy chief of WSJ. Magazine.
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Thomas Colligan
Swiss illustrator and designer based in New York, Thomas co-founded TXTBooks, an indie publisher featured at the NY and LA Art Book Fairs and Yale’s Odds and Ends.
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Erin Crapser
Erin Crapser builds and markets technology products. She also enjoys reading print periodicals, eating pupusas at the farmers market, and taking pictures of insane bumper stickers.
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Julia Craven
Julia Craven is a writer and editor whose work has been published in The Best American Science and Nature Writing, The Washington Post, New York Magazine, and more. She also leads The Library of Black Wellness and Healthy Futures, a health and science newsletter. Most importantly, Julia is a whiskey-loving, loud and proud Tar Heel. Find Julia
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Evelyn Crowley
Brooklyn-based editor and content strategist who’s worked with publications (The Village Voice, Vogue) and brands (Spotify, Fenty) alike.
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Tove Danovich
Writer based in Portland whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Vox, and The Ringer. Her debut book, Under the Henfluence, was published by Agate in 2023.
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Alex Dobrenko
Alex Dobrenko is a writer, comedian, and lil guy who lives in Asheville, NC with his two kids and wife and dog Robert. He writes Both Are True, a newsletter of funny, weird, vulnerable stories about his life as a writer, comedian, and lil guy. Alex lives in Asheville, NC with his family and dog Robert.
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Jenny Dorsey
Chef, author, and speaker exploring the intersection of food, identity, and social justice. She leads Studio ATAO, runs a culinary consulting business, and pens the newsletter Way Too Complicated. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, Eater, and Food & Wine.
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Jocelyn Florence
Founding team member of Prism, sometime editor, sometime writer, and fulltime Partner at Prism parent company, Parallel.
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Alicia Gearty
A multidisciplinary designer with experience spanning advertising, branding, events, and digital, Alicia brings sharp ideas to every medium. Off-duty, she obsesses over maps, typography, Muji pens, and her cats.
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Molly Gott
Molly Gott is a writer living in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Her work has appeared in The Southern Review and Electric Literature’s Recommended Reading. Find Molly
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Phinehas Hodges
Writer and director based in LA, currently developing a dark sci-fi satire series and a memoir about his unconventional childhood. Find Phinehas
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Samm Hodges
Raised off-grid in Washington’s backwoods and now based in LA, writer and director Samm is co-creator of Downward Dog and director of the Sundance short Tender. His first feature Young Men — starring David Duchovny — premieres late 2026. Find Samm
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Mitchell S. Jackson
Winner of the 2021 Pulitzer Prize and National Magazine Award in Feature Writing, author of the novel The Residue Years and the memoir Survival Math. Mitchell also writes a column for Esquire and speaks internationally.
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Morgan Jerkins
Author of four books — among them the bestseller This Will Be My Undoing — Morgan is a writer, editor, and educator whose work spans The New Yorker to The Atlantic. A two-time National Magazine Award winner, she’s also taught at Princeton, Columbia, and beyond. Find Morgan
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Mitra Jouhari
Writer and comedian, best known as co-creator and star of Three Busy Debras on Adult Swim. Her writing credits include Big Mouth, High Maintenance, and Miracle Workers, with on-screen roles in Search Party, The Big Sick, and more.
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Ciara Keane
Founding team member of Prism, LA-based creative strategist, community gatherer, and writer paying close attention. Interested in rocks and where to find them. Find Ciara
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Alicia Kennedy
San Juan–based food writer with a weekly newsletter on culture, politics, and media, currently at work on a book about ethical eating for Beacon Press. Find Alicia
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Anita Little
Writer, editor, and content strategist with 10+ years experience creating meaningful, human-centered storytelling for places like Playboy, Ms., Elle, and the ACLU.
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Lisa Lombardi
Former executive editor of Health and co-author of What the Yuck?!, Lisa is based in New York and has written for The Washington Post, Real Simple, Glamour, Time, Marie Claire, and The New York Times.
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Matt Martin
LA photographer and photo editor focused on portraits and still lifes. Matt’s work captures unplanned, uncanny moments — images that feel discovered rather than posed.
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Alex Irit Meir
Graphic designer, illustrator, and unapologetic flower-sniffer from LA. A graduate of CalArts, Alex currently spends her time sketching, writing, and talking to plants — or building terrariums when she’s not defeating Sauron.
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Ana Monroe
Artist, human-centered designer, and former civil servant proudly fired by DOGE in early 2025. She lives in Los Angeles with her family, where she is leaning into the former two, having been prevented from being the latter. Subscribe to her writing about running at Stoic Running. Find Ana
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Maggie Morris
Bi-coastal writer and art director covering travel, culture, and modern life. Her work appears in Dossier, Departures, and other publications. Find Maggie
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Mari Naomi
Author and illustrator of award-winning graphic novels and comic memoirs, her work has appeared in The New Yorker and at the Asian Art Museum. They’ve also built vital community hubs like the Cartoonists of Color and Queer Cartoonists databases.
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Meghan Nesmith
Meghan is a writer and editor with bylines in the Boston Globe, Gossamer, and more. She publishes the Substack Cry it Out on motherhood and its discontents, and her debut novel A World Apart arrives in 2026.
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Ismene Ormonde
Culture writer and essayist based in London, with words in The Guardian, Observer, and Byline, amongst others. She writes about the pursuit of pleasure on her Substack, In Hot Pursuit of Pleasure.
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Rebecca Prusinowski
Writer, editor, and content executive, Rebecca has a proven track record of anticipating consumer trends and has been at the forefront of industry-disrupting media companies and DTC lifestyle brands alike — including PAPER Magazine, Parachute Home, Marie’s Kondo’s KonMari Media, Inc., and Kismet.
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Mallika Rao
Brooklyn writer and teacher who’s been published in The New York Times, The Atlantic, and New York Magazine. Mallika’s lens: intimacy and what it means to be on the outside.
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Ali Shapiro
Professor of writing at University of Michigan’s Stamps School of Art & Design. Her comics, poems, essays, and reviews have appeared in various journals, including Gertrude, Prairie Schooner, The Rumpus, and Electric Literature. Find Ali
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Reece Sisto
Content strategist, writer, and self-described malefactor in LA, Reece currently helps communities reimagine public safety at the Center for Policing Equity. Find Reece
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Annakeara Stinson
Annakeara is an LA-based writer with a debut novel, Nerve Damage, forthcoming from Knopf in 2026. Find Annakeara
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Sean Suchara
Multi-media designer and illustrator for New York Review of Architecture, Sean is also a climate activist and self-described “chaotic good sorcerer.”
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Wei Tchou
New York–based writer and editor covering culture and food for outlets including The New York Times, Eater, and The Oxford American. Her memoir Little Seed — shortlisted for a National Book Critics Circle Award and named a 2024 best book by The New Yorker — explores family and the cultural history of ferns. She’s also co-founder of Reported Media and editor of branded content at The New Yorker Creative Studio.
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Esther Tseng
Food and culture writer based in Los Angeles. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Bon Appétit, Food & Wine, and more.
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Clarissa Wei
Taipei-based journalist and host of Climate Cuisine, a podcast that’s part of the Whetstone Radio Collective and explores how sustainable crops are used in similar climate zones around the world.
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Anna Williams
An LA–based tattoo artist and illustrator, Anna draws inspiration from deco, art nouveau, and mod styles. She creates colorful works for walls, homes, and bodies — despite dressing only in black and white.
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Florencio Zavala
Creative director, designer, artist, and founder of Estudio Zavala, his eponymous conceptual design practice tackling global needs through local action. Clients include the California Endowment, Playboy, Honda Latino, IntoAction!, and the City of LA.
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