CURBED // OCTOBER, 2016
Joanna Gaines is renovating the traditional role of wife/mother.

CURBED // OCTOBER, 2016
Joanna Gaines is renovating the traditional role of wife/mother.
NEW YORK MAGAZINE // JANUARY, 2016
John and Sherry Petersik built a cult following with their website. Then they attempted to walk away.
SELF // JULY 2015
Clean has become the new thin as women obsess about the energy and health boost they feel by getting rid of toxins and fighting inflammation with food. Its popularity is easy to understand — what’s hard …
REAL SIMPLE // APRIL, 2015
Have we replaced real friendships and civic participation with Facebook likes and hashtag activism? And are we too far gone to fix it? Here’s the expert take on why face-to-face connections are so crucial (particularly …
REAL SIMPLE // JANUARY, 2015
Domestic perfection comes with a price. Julie Padavic got tired of paying it.
MARIE CLAIRE // DECEMBER, 2014
Fourteen million American women struggle with a low sex drive, yet the FDA hasn’t approved any medications to help them. But is women’s sexuality just too complicated for a pill?
NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE // JULY 7, 2013
At a venerable roadside attraction in the shadow of Disney World, an endangered species is practicing the old secrets of the deep.
O: THE OPRAH MAGAZINE // MAY, 2011
Think you’re too old to wear a miniskirt? To young to pull off gray hair? These five women prove there’s a right way to break any fashion rule.
MARIE CLAIRE // APRIL, 2011
Deep pore extraction for your facial? A callus mask for your heels? VIrginia Sole-Smith signs up for beauty school and learn how to sell — and dodge — the dreaded sales pitch at the spa.…
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