businessinsider.com
Growing up, I loved reading and writing. My parents were careful to teach my brother and me the value of money, but I also remember my dad telling me they’d never say no to buying me a new book. I wonder sometimes if he regretted this offer, the way I burned through them.Words were my thing — whether I’d make a career working with them or not didn’t particularly matter. But when I took an elective in college working on the school’s literary journal and was made the fiction editor, there was no t…
over 1 year ago
businessinsider.com
While I was growing up, we often went on vacations as a family. First, it was just me and my parents, and then my sister was born shortly before my ninth birthday. Until I left for college in 2017, we’d travel overseas once every couple of years, and went everywhere from California, when I was just five years old, to Lanzarote — a family favorite since before I was born. The four of us always traveled together, and rarely with other people.Over the next six years, I went on a few trips with frie…
about 2 months ago
businessinsider.com
I’m a Democratic feminist from a small town in New York. I dislike guns and believe in social causes. My best friend TC is a Republican from Milwaukee who owns weapons, believes in conspiracy theories, and is about 10 years younger than I am. He jokes, “I’m not racist or sexist. I dislike everyone equally.” Yes, our friendship is unlikely, but I’ve learned a lot from our connection.Two days after I moved myself and my aging mom to Florida in 2020, the pandemic shut everything down. I now lived i…
about 1 month ago
Search by beat, location, outlet & position to find the right journalists for your story.
Sign up for free
