Essays
The messy middle.
Sharp, emotionally honest essays about womanhood, mental health, reinvention, ambition, and creative identity—written from the thick of it.
Featured essays
Modern life,
without the soft-focus filter.
Three pieces that introduce the larger questions in my work—identity, money, grief, ambition, and the horrifying realization that you are apparently the adult now.
01Money, money, money…On creative work, financial panic, and the humiliating business of needing a life to cost less.↗02I’ll Go LastOn manners, motherhood, and why making other people comfortable still matters.↗03Am I Spoiling My Daughter or Rewriting My Childhood?On boundaries, inheritance, and the quiet terror of trying to parent differently.↗
Latest essays
New from
The Messy Middle.
The newest pieces, straight from the thick of it.
01August 3, 2026I Keep Waiting for the Unbearable Part
on traveling from LA to Toronto and losing my best buddy.
Read on Substack ↗02July 18, 2026Finding my Signature ScentMy quest to find a perfume that tells the world exactly who I am
Read on Substack ↗03July 11, 2026Bring Back Boring NudityA case for group showers, nude locker rooms and the freedom to learn about pubic hair trends from something other than porn
Read on Substack ↗04June 25, 2026Rest easy, Perfect Pepper(It’s long)
Read on Substack ↗Every week