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The Church of Saint Richard
The Atlantic
July 2024
We’re All Preppy Now
The New Republic
September 2023
We’ve Been Thinking About Work All Wrong
The Chronicle Review
June 2023
Sweating in Public: On Jane Fonda’s Dance Aerobics Empire and Progressive Politics
Literary Hub
February 2023
Can You Give Someone a Fitness Gift Without Judging Them?
Observer
December 2022
The Birth of a New Brand of Exercise Fetish
The Nation
December 2022
Can We Get a Truce in the Pickleball Wars?
Observer
November 2022
Why American Kids Grow Up Hating Exercise
Slate
September 2022
In School Battles, We’re Getting the “Parental Rights” Discussion Completely Wrong
Observer
September 2022
Overzealous Covid Measures Are Hurting Education
Chronicle of Higher Education
August 2022
Coss Marte’s CONBODY Combined Fitness With Social Justice. Now He’s Adding Legal Cannabis.
Observer
July 2022
American Childhood As We Knew It Is Over
Observer
June 2022
Corporate Support for Social Issues Is All the Rage, Except When the Topic Is Abortion Rights
Observer
May 2022
Roller Skating Returns to Rockefeller Center, After Decades of Racist Exclusion
Observer
April 2022
How Moisturizing Became Macho
Observer
March 2022
Building a Better Movement Culture Will Require Inclusion and Creativity
Global Sport Matters
February 2022
Omicron could finally kick our unhealthy New Year’s gym obsession
Washington Post
January 11, 2022
Mr. Big’s Peloton Clapback Sells a Familiar Fantasy
Mr. Big's Clapback Sells A Familiar Fantasy
CNN, December 2021
School Culture Wars Stirred Up Voters For a Reason. Classrooms Really Did Change.
Washington Post
November 2021
EVERYTHING HAS A HISTORY: MUSCLE MOTION
American Historical Association: Perspectives
September 2021
Goodbye to the Cult of SoulCycle
New York Times
February 6, 2021
How Long Can Gyms Survive?
MARKER @ Medium
November 2020
Trump’s 1776 education plan part of a decades-long, right-wing movement — but scarier
NBC News Think
October 2020
Get in Shape Girl: A Century of Working Out from Home
Jezebel
May 2020
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