hi!

my name is kate, or kathryn, or whatever you want to call me. i’m a culture writer and the cofounder of Embedded, a newsletter about the internet. previously, I was a newsletter editor at The Atlantic and staff writer at Refinery29. here’s some of my work:

Baby’s First Social Media Handle — The New York Times

Are You Sure You’re Not Guilty of the ‘Millennial Pause’? — The Atlantic

The First Social-Media Babies Are Growing Up—And They’re Horrified — The Atlantic

My Mom Will Email Me After She Dies — The Atlantic

‘Amazon for real estate’: how the StreetEasy app took over New York — The Guardian

How Jake Novak Bounced Back From an Infamous TikTok Pile-On — GQ

On the internet, nobody knows you’re a human — The Verge

Is It Time To Embrace “Opinion Fatigue”? — Bustle

I also write a monthly internet culture column for Vulture.