Events & Appearances

Megan Burbank | Writer & Editor

Events & Appearances

Reproductive Health Policy Reporting

Abortion Pills Aren’t a Silver Bullet for Everyone - The New Republic

Abortion Bill Would Recognize More Providers, Shield Pregnant People from Prosecution - South Seattle Emerald

Abortion pills available by mail in WA, but access isn’t equitable - Crosscut

Patients Are Traveling from Texas for Abortion Care. This May Be the New Normal - South Seattle Emerald

Here’s What Could Happen in Washington if Roe v. Wade is Overturned - South Seattle Emerald

All Those ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Comparisons Ignore the Reality of Abortion Laws - South Seattle Emerald

How One Local Abortion Clinic Weathered COVID-19 And Why It Matters - South Seattle Emerald

Some States are Actually Improving Access to Reproductive Health Care - Teen Vogue

“Can Anyone Help This Week?” Six Days at the Pacific Northwest’s Abortion Fund - Portland Mercury

Why It Took 10 Years For Thousands of Rape Kits in Oregon to Be Processed - Portland Mercury

How Washington state made its abortion laws Trump-proof - Seattle Times

Culture Writing

Here’s why flawed hit ‘Sex and the City’ is still a worthwhile watch - Seattle Times

The stories behind 4 art installations that will anchor Seattle’s AIDS Memorial Pathway - Seattle Times

The Biking World Fails Fat Athletes, but Two Northwest Cyclists Are Changing That - Willamette Week

Vancouver’s Brautigan Library honors a Northwest literary icon - Seattle Times

How the Nordic concept of friluftsliv — outdoor life — could help the Pacific Northwest get through this COVID winter - Seattle Times

Fugitive Dreams: Walidah Imarisha’s New Vision for Science Fiction, Social Justice, and the Future - Portland Mercury

Interviews & Profiles

Melinda French Gates - Seattle Times

Sean Dorsey - Seattle Times

Kathleen Hanna - Portland Mercury

Barbara Earl Thomas - Seattle Times

Amanda Knox - Seattle Times

Rachel Bloom - Portland Mercury

Kathryn Bond Stockton - Town Hall Seattle

Carrie Brownstein - Portland Mercury

COVID-19 Coverage

As omicron subsides in WA, health officials are hopeful and vigilant - Crosscut

Washington hospitals are struggling to keep ahead of nursing shortages - Crosscut

How COVID-19 has changed what we wear and how we feel about clothing - Seattle Times

COVID-19 pits full-time parenting against full-time work - Seattle Times

How to deliver a baby in a pandemic - Seattle Times

Book Reviews

Maggie Nelson: On Freedom - Portland Mercury — Maggie Nelson: On Freedom - Portland Mercury

Sophie Calle: Suite Venitienne - Portland Mercury

Caitlin Moran: How to Be Famous - Seattle Times — Caitlin Moran: How to Be Famous - Seattle Times

Amelia Gray: Isadora - The Stranger

Nell Zink: Nicotine - Portland Mercury — Nell Zink: Nicotine - Portland Mercury

Leni Zumas: Red Clocks - Portland Mercury

Danielle Dutton: Margaret the First - The Stranger — Danielle Dutton: Margaret the First - The Stranger

Rebecca Traister: All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women & the Rise of An Independent Nation - The Stranger

Essays

Jury Duty is Not a Solution to Trials Like Kyle Rittenhouse’s - South Seattle Emerald

How Political Anxiety Turned Me into a Late-Onset Ballerina - Portland Mercury

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