These are of some of my favorite stories.
Out there
To Find God in Tennessee | Substack
On Grit, On Softness | Substack
I Spent Two Days in Reebok CrossFit Hell | Complex
Interviews
Jack Reynor Wanted To Change Our Expectations of Horror Movies. So He Went Fully Nude | Esquire
Marcus Bleasdale Cracks Open the Heart of Impossible Conflict for Human Magazine | B&A
Pharrell Wants to Incept Us All To Be Better People | Esquire
Pusha T on His adidas Sneakers and Why the Next Four Years Will Be ’an Uphill Battle’ | Esquire
Big Sean on His New Album, Style, and What It's Like to Be the Underdog | Esquire
Criticism
Anticipating Shame Is Stopping Us From Enjoying Things (and Making Us Stupider) | Substack
Sinners Demands We Face What We’ve Surrendered | Substack
How Doechii Can Teach You To Be Better at Everything | Substack
What More Is There To Say? | Substack
Kendrick Lamar and the Value of Platforming Your Critics | Substack
Searching for Acceptance Through Sneakers | Sole Collector
You Can Buy Yourself Into Sneaker Culture (And There's Nothing Wrong With That) | Sole Collector
Gear
This $170 Teeshirt Is Good, Actually | Substack
Clarks Just Improved on Their Best Supreme Collaboration | Substack
Jordan Brand's First-Ever Statement on Sneaker Violence | Esquire
Meet the Moms Bankrolling Teenage Sneakerheads | Sole Collector
Why Flyease Is Nike's Most Important Innovation | Sole Collector
The Air Awakens: How Jordan Brand Is Like Star Wars & Michael Jordan Is a Jedi Knight | Esquire
Cooler Than "Iceman": A History of the Nike Blazer | Grailed
How Jordan Brand's All-Star Weekend Sneakers Are Standing Up for LGBT Equality | Esquire
The Chicken Sandwich Showdown: Fuku vs. Shake Shack vs. Chick-fil-A | First We Feast
Adventures in Menu Hacking: The Peanut Butter-and-Bacon Quad Burger from Shake Shack | First We Feast
Politics, Poultry, and Patience: A Review of NYC's First Chick-fil-A | First We Feast
The Gay Sneakerhead Stories
In 2014, 2015, and 2016 I wrote three essays about what it’s like to be a gay sneakerhead. In 2014, the response was extremely negative, but with the support of the editors, Complex stood behind me, and we kept telling the story.
2014: What It’s Like to Be a Gay Sneakerhead in a Bro-Driven Culture | Complex
2015: Why Gay Pride Sneakers Matter More Than You Know | Sole Collector
2016: An Open Letter to the CEOs of the Footwear Community | Sole Collector