Professional life
Hello! I’m a freelance journalist. I write about culture, design, and entertainment, with bylines in the New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Atlantic, New York Times, and GQ. I also take on select copywriting projects.
If you’d like to work together, please get in touch at elizapbrooke [at] gmail [dot] com.
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And now, an abbreviated list of my stuff.
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Profiles
Will McPhail’s desperation comedy (The Scumbler)
William Hanson is Emily Post for the TikTok generation (Vanity Fair)
A graveyard interview with Patrick McHale (The Scumbler)
Novelist Ottessa Moshfegh finds joy in simple clothes (Financial Times)
The mystical aesthetic universe of Caroline Polachek (Harper’s Bazaar)
Molly Gordon, behind the scenes and center stage (Nylon)
Why is everyone talking about blood glucose? Ask the Glucose Goddess (Bustle)
Portrait of a lady [named Jenny Walton] (Harper’s Bazaar)
Even Huda Kattan needs a break from contouring (Bustle)
The funny woman’s stylist (New York Times)
Kate Young is giving a master class in fashion on YouTube (Vanity Fair)
Dax Shepard is listening (New York Times)
Is the world ready for Miki Agrawal and her next big idea? (Glamour)
The plastic surgeon to the TikTok generation (Bustle)
Taylor Tomlinson is the perfect late-night host for the TikTok era (New York Times Magazine)
The eternal life of the ‘90s supermodel (New York Times Magazine)
How a 14-minute video on posture correction changed my life (New York Times Magazine)
On spookiness (Dirt)
Exactly how nannies help powerful women do it all (The Cut)
Office holiday parties really might never be the same (Atlantic)
The pleasures of LearnedLeague and the spirit of trivia (New Yorker)
The soothing, digital rooms of YouTube (New York Times)
The teenagers who live alone (Curbed)
How to sell a billion dollar myth like a French girl(Racked)
The myth and magic of California style (Racked)
Entertainment
The electrifying ending of ‘Challengers,’ explained (Vanity Fair)
Fashion’s feminine heyday — with a darker twist (Wall Street Journal)
Dreamhouse, assemble! How ‘Barbie’ cast Barbie, Barbie, Barbie (and Ken) (Vanity Fair)
Saying goodbye to Naomi Pierce, ‘Succession’’s fashion queen (Vanity Fair)
‘Tár’’s bespoke suiting will make you weep (Harper’s Bazaar)
The other affair in ‘Conversations with Friends’ (New York Times)
How ‘Pam & Tommy’ made Pamela Anderson look believable (New York Times)
How to look rich (The Cut)
On ‘Succession,’ Naomi Pierce is giving WASP style with a twist (Vanity Fair)
‘Succession’ and the pitfalls of conspicuously fashionable clothing (Financial Times)
‘Sex Education’ and its eclectic clothes capture the trials of being a teen (Financial Times)
On Oscars night, men’s fashion stole the show (Financial Times)
Why Hana live-streamed the making of her album—10 hours a day, for 4 weeks (Vogue)
At the Met Gala, an ode to Karl Lagerfeld — and his cat (Financial Times)
The obsessive, competitive world of vintage on the red carpet (The Cut)
Shrinking the Gap: How the clothing brand lost its way (The Guardian)
The Oscars red carpet proves there’s more to dressing than gowns (Financial Times)
The lifespan of a micro-mini trend (The Cut)
‘Emily in Paris’ returns, with even more fantastical fashion (New York Times)
Bike shorts, it’s your time to shine (New York Times)
Wow, Tevas got cute (New York Times)
Dôen’s aspirational vision of motherhood has a cult following (Elle)
How celebrity kids took over the modeling industry (Racked)
Around the world in 80 fashion weeks (Racked)
Florence Pugh’s hair is full of secrets (Into the Gloss)
Charlotte Tilbury, Britain’s favorite lipstick mogul, is invading Los Angeles (WSJ. Magazine)
Food
Coffee connections at Peddler in SoHo (New York Times)
Who ordered the appletini? (Eater)
Why should you have to pay for soda water? (Eater)
How tiny, curly pepperonis took over the New York City pizza market (Eater)
Health and self-betterment
How to become a truly excellent gift-giver (Vox)
How to reframe (and solve) a tricky life problem (Vox)
What to do when your side hustle becomes a drag (Vox)
The introvert’s guide to actually enjoying a party (Vox)
The improbable return of the cleanse (The Cut)
Can watching other people get therapy help me too? (Atlantic)
The guilt and shame pandemic (Bustle)
How high school sex ed is changing post-#MeToo (GQ)
Why isn’t birth control better? (Vox)
The best $1.50 I ever spent: A kneadable eraser (Vox)
Design
The designers making sex toys less embarrassing (GQ)
It’s never been easier to start a brand, but is that a good thing? (Eye on Design)
“Epically long"—how Pentagram chooses its new partners (Eye on Design)