Taffy Brodesser-Akner Archives

If I Made $4 a Word, This Article Would Be Worth $10,000

by Soraya Roberts June 26, 2019February 24, 2023

Journalism’s one percent would rather make up a fake feud than address the reality of the industry’s pay disparity, which benefits them and no one else.

This Gen X Mess

by Sari Botton May 16, 2019October 19, 2022

A fun, ranging package about Generation X. It includes essays on Evan Dando, The Rules, John Singleton, Grunge music and fashion, CK One, among other 90s touchstones, plus a piece in which Caity Weaver rewinds 25 years to 1994 and spends a week only using what limited technologies existed then.

Nonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads April 26, 2019October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Anna Merlan, Sara Tatyana Bernstein, Connie Pertuz-Meza, and Emma Beddington.

The Company That Sells Love to America Had a Dark Secret

by Sari Botton April 24, 2019October 19, 2022

A ranging, damning expose of unresolved sexual discrimination and harassment suits at Sterling Jewelers — and other popular jewelry chains under the Signet Jewelers Ltd. umbrella — following a two-year investigation.

Nonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads January 4, 2019October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Kavitha Surana and Hannah Dreier, Garrett M. Graff, Dani Shapiro, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, and Lauren Hough.

Reading List

Longreads Best of 2018: Profiles

by Longreads December 18, 2018January 25, 2023

We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in profiles.

Arts & Culture, Media, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

At the Place Where Marketing and Art Meet, You Get This Profile of Bradley Cooper

by Aaron Gilbreath October 2, 2018January 25, 2023

Bradley Cooper’s new film is ultimately about the way commerce can ruin art, which is why he won’t answer the personal questions Taffy Brodesser-Akner asked him.