BETHANY BIRON

Business Insider (Selected clips, see full author page here)

• Sex, art, theft, and privacy: Lensa exploded overnight — and now the avatar app is dealing with public backlash. Here’s what you should know. (2023)

• Matte car colors in muted earth tones are suddenly taking over — but the trendy paints come at a cost (2023)

• Signs of burnout: How to know when you’re there and why calling it quits might be the right thing (2023)

• ‘Privileged white wellness’: Lululemon corporate employees speak out on the culture of racial insensitivity (2021)

• Peloton just recalled its treadmill, but customers reported injuries and safety concerns as early as January 2019 (2021)

• How retail’s lack of gender diversity and representation in leadership roles is hurting profitability — in an industry where just 12% of CEOs are women (2021)

• Reformation’s CEO and founder just resigned — 12 employees claim the company has a culture of racism that pushed out, silenced, and degraded Black employees (2020)

• Hobby Lobby quietly reopened stores in at least 2 states, defying coronavirus-related shutdowns and prompting police intervention (2020)

• Anthropologie and Urban Outfitters belong to the same millennial-clothing empire. Former employees say years of discriminatory behavior and offensive merchandise have angered customers and workers alike. (2020)

• ‘Claw is the law’: Why Americans bros suddenly can’t get enough of White Claw hard seltzer (2019)

Vox

• Competition has Flywheel and SoulCycle spiraling into an identity crisis (2019)

• Food halls are everywhere now. It’s because we crave “authenticity” (2018)

• I was a luxury fashion reporter $100,000 in debt (2018)

The New York Times

• Smarter Living Newsletter: Tip of the Week (2019)

The Washington Post

• ‘You’re truly one of the bros now!’ What it’s like to be a woman at a bachelor party (2018)

Vogue Business

• What fashion and beauty brands should know about Pinterest’s IPO (2019)

Deadspin

• The bitter fight for equal pay at one of the world's biggest surf contests (2018)

Cosmopolitan

• The most luxurious staycation destinations in every state (2018)

Breaker Magazine

• We gave bitcoin rewards app Lolli a test run (2019)

• How blockchain can help fight harassment in the workplace (2019)

• All teens want for Christmas is bitcoin (2018)

Glossy

• How Choire Sicha is ushering in a new era of style coverage for The New York Times (2018)

• The fashion industry fights to preserve Manhattan’s garment district (2017)

• How Soho became an experimental retail playground (2017)

• Reclaiming the word ‘old’: How fashion is fighting ageism (2017)

• Booth babes and tech bros: How sexism is holding back women in fashion tech (2017)

• For burned out fashion professionals, Etsy provides a second act (2017)

Digiday

• Teen Vogue is ditching print, but it’s still making ‘magazine’ covers for Snapchat (2018)

• Clique co-founder Katherine Power on how to succeed in a new era of digital media (2018)

• GQ builds on success of ‘Best Stuff’ vertical with first commerce newsletter (2017)

• With new offshoot Clever, Architectural Digest pivots to millennials (2017)

• Hear the newest looks: Why fashion podcasting is seeing a boom (2016)

HelloGiggles

• Olivia Wilde gives us a tour of a tiny home powered by Dunkin' Donuts coffee beans, talks sustainability (2018)

• This is the beauty routine a serum-obsessed writer follows religiously (2018)

• Delia's, our favorite '90s shopping catalog, launches limited collection with Dolls Kill (2018)

• Scotland is making period products free for students, and here's why that's a big deal (2018)

• Why Beach House provides the best daydreaming soundtrack (2016)

Shine

• What Kate Spade’s death reminds us all about mental illness (2018)

Fiction Writers Review

• Unexpected Friendships: Remembering Sylvia Plath (2013)

Medium

• Good Girls Revolt, #MeToo and the fight to establish a cultural narrative for women (2017)

• Ruminations on equality (2017)