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staff writer at Defector Media, author of How Far the Light Reaches
The Mournful Ballad Of Punch The Monkey | Defector
The Mournful Ballad Of Punch The Monkey | Defector
When I first heard rumblings that the world had assembled a conclave to elect a new celebrity zoo animal, I felt preemptively wary, partly due to world events and partly because we still don’t know the long-term psychological consequences of fame for child stars like Moo Deng. Then I saw a video of the seven-month-old…
Defector Fired Federal Workers Series
Defector Fired Federal Workers Series
The First Known Earthly Voice
The First Known Earthly Voice
How song can be key to survival, whether you're a cricket or a human.
On not waiting to release your best work
On not waiting to release your best work
Writer and science journalist Sabrina Imbler discusses having empathy for non-human creatures, working at employee-owned media site Defector, and the meditative power of trash TV.
Is It Ethical To Be A Billionaire In Neopets? | Defector
Is It Ethical To Be A Billionaire In Neopets? | Defector
How I Learned To Moth And Embrace The Dark | Defector
How I Learned To Moth And Embrace The Dark | Defector
It’s like birding, but for moths.
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Donate to Help Afnan to find safety and to complete her education, organized by Fadi Abu Taqiya
Donate to Help Afnan to find safety and to complete her education, organized by Fadi Abu Taqiya
Gaza Funds Spotlight Campaign
Gaza Funds Spotlight Campaign
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What Do We Owe Zoo Animals? | Defector
What Do We Owe Zoo Animals? | Defector
In The Shadows Of Ruth Asawa | Defector
In The Shadows Of Ruth Asawa | Defector
In the summer after my first year of college, I interned at an art museum in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. I was the social media intern—an unpaid position I’d gotten because I had declared in my cover letter that the app Vine was the future of social media and also because few others applied.…
Even Good Health Insurance Is Bad, Or: How I Got Top Surgery With A Family History Of Breast Cancer | Defector
Even Good Health Insurance Is Bad, Or: How I Got Top Surgery With A Family History Of Breast Cancer | Defector
At the beginning of this year, I started the logistical process of getting top surgery. I’d been mulling it over since 2016 but put off the decision to pursue other more pressing things, like gaining full-time employment, starting therapy, and buying vintage animal tees on eBay. As the years passed and the animal tees became…
What Kind Of Future Does De-Extinction Promise? | Defector
What Kind Of Future Does De-Extinction Promise? | Defector
I went on Radiolab!
I went on Radiolab!
How one of the ocean’s gnarliest predators can teach us more about predation… in us.
British Library Panel: Birds and the Bees and Queer Cuttlefish!
British Library Panel: Birds and the Bees and Queer Cuttlefish!
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books tickets here!
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books tickets here!
Dyke (geology) selected by National Book Foundation & Sloan Foundation
Dyke (geology) selected by National Book Foundation & Sloan Foundation
The National Book Foundation (NBF) and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation today announced selected titles for the second year of the Science + Literature program. The initiative identifies three books annually that deepen readers’ understanding of science and technology and focuses on highlighting the diversity of voices in contemporary science and technology writing.
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A Life in Ten Sea Creatures
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buy My Life in Sea Creatures (UK edition)
Interview with Nicole Chung for "I Have Notes" in The Atlantic
Interview with Nicole Chung for "I Have Notes" in The Atlantic
“I want to help people think about all the different ways there are to live and to try to keep living.”
Vogue Interview
Vogue Interview
Autostraddle Review
Autostraddle Review
Harper's Bazaar Essay
Harper's Bazaar Essay
I went on Gender Reveal!
I went on Gender Reveal!
Excerpt in The Atlantic
Excerpt in The Atlantic
Vanity Fair interview
Vanity Fair interview
NPR's Science Friday interview
NPR's Science Friday interview
HCN essay on tidepools
HCN essay on tidepools
NYT op-ed on the blue blob
NYT op-ed on the blue blob
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