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How I Got My Dream Job At Elle Magazine In The 90s

A creepy ad for Love’s Baby Soft, JFK Jr. and the Peter Pan Bus

Oct 27, 2020

How I Got My Dream Job At Elle Magazine In The 90s

Oct 27, 2020

I Like Imagining My Husband’s Death

It’s good practice

Feb 1, 2022

I Like Imagining My Husband’s Death

Feb 1, 2022

How Can We Help Women Recognize Abuse In Real Time?

As opposed to waking up 20 years later and being like, yeah, that was really messed up.

Jul 21, 2021

How Can We Help Women Recognize Abuse In Real Time?

Jul 21, 2021

The Least Together Person You Know Is Plugging Her Life Coach Biz on Insta

Luckily I’m here to tell you how to get shit done for real.

Jul 1, 2021

The Least Together Person You Know Is Plugging Her Life Coach Biz on Insta

Jul 1, 2021

Confessions Of A Reply Guy

As a GenX-latch-key kid who had to find her own entertainment, replying to any random Twitter post I see seemed fun and harmless. Then I…

Jun 16, 2021

Confessions Of A Reply Guy

Jun 16, 2021

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My Dog Got Me Through My Trauma

For every pet owner, there’s one animal against whom all others are measured. For me, it was my dog Abercrombie. Then we got Brian.

Apr 5, 2021

My Dog Got Me Through My Trauma

Apr 5, 2021

Plum

About that viral essay

Feb 6, 2021

Plum

Feb 6, 2021

I Left My Career in Prestige Media Because of the Shitty Men in Charge and They Are Still In…

I had the plumb job. The top of the masthead of one of the most prestigious and respected publications with more than a 150-year-old…

Jan 27, 2021

I Left My Career in Prestige Media Because of the Shitty Men in Charge and They Are Still In…

Jan 27, 2021

How To Enjoy TikTok If You’re Old Enough To Drive

It’s cats in wigs. Cats in wigs!

Jan 14, 2021

How To Enjoy TikTok If You’re Old Enough To Drive

Jan 14, 2021

Normalize Sleeping In Separate Bedrooms Like Old-School Hollywood

Getting adequate sleep is romantic.

Dec 2, 2020

Normalize Sleeping In Separate Bedrooms Like Old-School Hollywood

Dec 2, 2020

Jennifer Barnett

Jennifer Barnett

Former managing editor of The Atlantic, Teen Vogue, Redbook, and Elle. Now I’m writing. Expat in Amsterdam.

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