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As the year's coming to a close here's a roundup of some of my favourite pieces from the last year!
For @ElephantMag, I wrote about Adrian Piper's Catalysis series, and how it gave me the permission to be inconvenient in white spaces and around white faces (pitch solicited by editor) https://elephant.art/nathan-ma-on-adrian-pipers-catalysis/
For @prospect_uk, I took on the cruise industry–travel's biggest area for growth-and who will lose out if the big boats go under (pitched to an editor with an existing relationship) https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/coronavirus-cruise-ships-worldwide-cases
2020 was definitively the year of the himbo, so I unpacked the history of the modern man's finest form for @i_D (solicited pitch) https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/8895az/himbo-and-modern-masculinity
As the first lockdown lingered, I wrote about
@charli_xcx's quarantine album and how much I miss crying at the club for @CrackMagazine (assigned) https://crackmagazine.net/article/album-reviews/charli-xcx-how-im-feeling-now/
@charli_xcx's quarantine album and how much I miss crying at the club for @CrackMagazine (assigned) https://crackmagazine.net/article/album-reviews/charli-xcx-how-im-feeling-now/
Obviously this year has been a dark and difficult time in journalism, and especially in music journalism—for @thebafflermag, I explored how the pandemic exacerbated existing trends in the industry (cold pitch) https://thebaffler.com/latest/clinging-to-a-zine-ma
For @EBnet, I reported on the rise in open-air raves in Berlin to figure out what a harm-reduction approach to partying in a pandemic looks like (assigned) https://www.electronicbeats.net/open-air-parties-berlin/
Ahead of his debut album's release, I met up with @ZebraKatz for @CarharttWIP to talk about his work, his album, and everything that went down in the eight years since "Imma Read" went viral (assigned) https://www.carhartt-wip.com/en/journal/news/2020/04/into-the-wild
I also got to write about going on long walks in the rain, and missing a home I don't really know for @believermag (solicited pitch) https://believermag.com/logger/distancing-26-no-regerts/
Finally I reviewed Emily In Paris for @i_D and wrote about how the new American Dream is one that expands across the Atlantic (solicited pitch) https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/889wm5/netflix-emily-in-paris-is-a-sinister-study-of-the-american-dream
