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Katie Fustich’s Biography

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NYC-based writer of feelings

Feminism / Futurism

Katie Fustich’s Journalist Portfolio

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The many identities of the digital-age activist Yassmin Abdel-Magied

The many identities of the digital-age activist Yassmin Abdel-Magied

There is, perhaps, no one who embodies the famous Whitman verse "I contain multitudes" more than Yassmin Abde…

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Why Is Digital Witchcraft So Appealing to Young Women?

Why Is Digital Witchcraft So Appealing to Young Women?

As Christianity increasingly dwindles in popularity with young Americans, the occult is offering girls a safe…

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How Teen Vogue has transformed for a smarter, bolder and more stylish age

How Teen Vogue has transformed for a smarter, bolder and more stylish age

If one wanted to read a conversation between, say, feminist icon Gloria Steinem and rising actress/activist A…

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The 'Rosé All Day' Movement Is Trivializing Alcoholism

The 'Rosé All Day' Movement Is Trivializing Alcoholism

Photo: Getty Images / Jan Caudron Rosé is a way of life, or so they say. You can get it as a frozen slushie, …

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Trump and the long, dangerous history of politicizing abortion | The Daily Dot

Trump and the long, dangerous history of politicizing abortion | The Daily Dot

During election season, abortion is an inescapable topic. And yet it is one rarely brought to the debate stag…

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Our Usernames, Ourselves: How Anonymity Shaped The Internet (And Me)

Our Usernames, Ourselves: How Anonymity Shaped The Internet (And Me)

At 8 years old, my birth name was the furthest thing from my mind. Here I was, given the God-like power of ch…

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A Meditation on Magical Girls: Park Seolyeon’s A Magical Girl Retires

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By Katie Fustich
| The Rumpus
Text messages, Amazon, climate dread, credit card debt, useless college degrees, Instagram, Covid-19. Though the twenty-first century has produced so much incredible literature, writers still seem to struggle with writing the twenty-first century itself. After all, what could be less sensuous, less rooted in the Canon of Great Literature than describing the transmission of a meme or the interest rate on a student loan payment?
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Unguilty Pleasures: My Year of Reading Romance Novels

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By Katie Fustich
| Literary Hub Verified
What began with an innocent flirtation quickly devolved into a full-blown affair. How was I to know that a $7.99 purchase at LaGuardia Airport would leave my palms damp and my heart changed? It had been years since my last flight. Anxious, I abandoned the chaos of my gate for the sanctum of Hudson News. Between the biographies of dead presidents and the jumbo book of crosswords, I spotted it—the book for me. No, I thought. I can’t.
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Unguilty Pleasures: My Year of Reading Romance Novels

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By Katie Fustich
| NewsBreak
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Have you ever used a typewriter?

I keep an Olivetti under my bed for when my roommates aren't home.

Why did you become a journalist?

It seemed like a great way to never be stressed and make a ton of money in the process.

When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?

I have never heard of this place "not at a computer."