Rosie J Spinks

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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 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

  • Using Airbnb isn't fun anymore
  • 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

(FULL AUTHOR PAGE)


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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

(FULL AUTHOR PAGE)


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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

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Freelance Essays 

  • The Muji paradox, Racked  
  • The complicated relationship between food and fitness, The Pool
  • The pain of dual citizen tax, Wall Street Journal
  • 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

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