Rosie J Spinks

Quartz Features 

• The forgotten art of squatting is a revelation for bodies ruined by sitting

• How #hormonefree became an aspirational lifestyle choice

• Life coaches on Instagram break the first rule of therapy—that's why it works

• How Hilton fought the Cold War with AC, ice water, and hamburgers

• Natural light and geotags: Hospitality in the age of the selfie

• How a reality star's death exposed a dangerous party culture on cruises

• Using a fitness app taught me why privacy settings are a feminist issue (follow up piece)

• The inevitable rise of the "premium" digital nomad

• The influencer-brand relationship is getting more sophisticated

• Does wellness culture cause orthorexia?

• Silicon Valley's fasting craze is proof that self denial is the new indulgence for elites

Quartz Essays

• The wellness industry thrives on the fear of death

• Anthony Bourdain didn't just teach us how to travel—He taught us how to live

• Using Airbnb isn't fun anymore

• A wedding invitation should come with a price tag

• Learn to revel in the joy of doing things you'll never master

• The Santa Ana winds don't just start fires—they're part of LA mythology

• Nespresso has ruined hotel coffee

• Dear Meghan: A road-tested guide to being an American in the UK

• The suburban idyll of Drake and Kardashians is not what it seems

• Live podcasts ruin everything that make podcasts great

• Letter of recommendation: Visit Japan during cherry blossom season once in your life

• How to live with anxiety in the age of nonstop bad news

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Guardian Features

• The new hipsters? London's exclusive downsizer homes for the over-55s

• How off-licences become barometers of gentrification

• "Cities are built with language:" How poetry feeds on urban life

• The caffeine curse: Why coffee shops have always signaled urban change

• Long-time east Londoners on Hackney hipsters

• The inner workings of Saigon street food

• How YouTube fuels fan culture in Japan

• Platforms versus creators: The battle for the Internet economy

• Smartphones are a lifeline for homeless people

• Meet the digital nomads who travel the world in search of fast wifi

• We're all losers to a gadget industry built on planned obsolescence

• Disposable tampons aren't sustainable, but do women want to talk about it?

• Marie Kondo tells us to ditch our joyless items, but where are we sending them?

• Street style fashion offers opportunities for South Africa's young entrepreneurs

• Can international fast fashion brands compete in South Africa?

• The London startup rebooting remittances

• Curry on cooking: How long will the UK's adopted national dish survive

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Freelance Features

• What it's actually like to be an Instagram model, VICE

• Was your feminist t-shirt made by exploited factory workers?, VICE

• The top 30 thinkers under 30 (2017), Pacific Standard

• Trying to add the "M" word (menstruation) to the U.N.'s global goals, NPR

• One prostitute in Cape Town, two NGOs battling over how to help her, GOOD

• Skhotanes in Soweto: A township subculture that's about more than clothes, Slate (also featured on Anthony Bourdain's "Parts Unknown")

• Roe v. Wade in the age of Trump, GOOD

• The delicious challenge of wellness foods, Raconteur

• Refusing to bend: Children of California farmworkers stand up to big agribusiness, Sierra Magazine

• Fossil fuel divestment goes global, Sierra Magazine

• From grey to green: Transforming London's housing estates, The Ecologist

Freelance Essays 

• The Muji paradox, Racked

• The complicated relationship between food and fitness, The Pool

• The pain of dual citizen tax, Wall Street Journal

• Don't blame hipsters for gentrification, blame neoliberalism, City Metric

• The magical allure of the cinq á sept, The Pool

• Banishing our 'fear of bread', The Pool

• Reading lists are the new mixtape, Bookwitty

• Paying for other people's life choices, The Billfold

• The unparalleled pain of the digital breakup, TPM

• For whom the kale tolls, Medium

• You say "immigrant" I say "expat", GOOD

• The female runner's conundrum, Outside

• I'm a traveler on a budget, not a budget traveler, The Billfold

• Why Americans are terrible at vacation, Talking Points Memo