author index

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Abbey Westlin

Abbey Westlin is a self-proclaimed iced coffee enthusiast, practitioner of beauty, and fashion connoisseur. By day, she makes a living by creating Fashion and Lifestyle content for Betches Media. By night, she enjoys cooking intricate meals, sipping a glass (or four) of rosé, and keeping up with the news. Follow her on Instagram @abbey_westlin.

Alex Teri

Alex Teri is the Betches Good At Shopping content manager by day and an expert shopaholic by night (thanks, doom-scrolling). When she’s not talking your ear off about new beauty products or planning a trip that likely won’t leave the group chat, you can find her with a Diet Coke in hand and a face deep in chicken parm.

Amanda Kohr

Amanda Kohr is a Los Angeles-based writer who spends too much money on natural wine and too much time asking her boyfriend if he’s mad at her. When she’s not googling pictures of baby goats, you can find her on Instagram, Twitter, or musing about validation via her newsletter, “Do You Love Me?”

Amanda Reiss

Amanda resides in New York City. When she isn’t busy judging, she can be found watching Bravo, drinking chardonnay and talking about her favorite blind items. You can follow her on Instagram @skichica8.

Andrea Bossi

Andrea Bossi is a fashion, beauty, and culture writer and editor based in Brooklyn. She's the friend always on a random side quest or traveling. It follows that outside of work, the caffeine-fueled creative dabbles in tattooing, dance, and poetry. Her other bylines include Refinery29, Essence, Byrdie, Bloomberg, and Forbes.

Andrea Javor

Andrea Javor (she/her) is a Chicago-based freelance writer moonlighting as a 9-to-5 corporate executive. She enjoys writing about being a professional ex-everything, the red flags she brings into relationships, and her apparent addiction to getting married and divorced. A bougie betch at heart, the longest relationship she's ever had is with her cleaning service.

Andrea Marie

Andrea is a commerce writer at Betches. She is from New York and has covered women's fashion, beauty, and lifestyle content for 10 years.

Ashliene McMenamy

Ashliene McMenamy is a writer from NYC covering beauty, pop culture, and internet trends. She pretends she isn't into astrology even though she can absolutely read your birth chart and she loves movies that make her say, "good for her." Her work has appeared in Allure, Bon Appétit, and Teen Vogue, among others.

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Bridget Schwartz

Bridget is Betches’ Senior Content Manager for News and Activism and strongly believes men are the reason for all of the world’s problems (with the solution being wine, obvi). Other fun facts about her: she’s Canadian, formerly a competitive Irish dancer, and can probably be found yelling into the void about reproductive justice.

Brittany Leitner

Brittany Leitner is a freelance journalist and poet based in New York City and originally from San Antonio, Texas. She previously held editorial roles at Elite Daily and The Dr. Oz Show. Her work in digital journalism earned her a Digital Health Award in 2019, and her writing has been published in Bustle, Cosmopolitan, Oprah Daily, Shape, and more. Her poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Palette Poetry, Gasher, Cutthroat, and New York Quarterly. Follow her on Instagram @britariail. 

Caitlyn Fitzpatrick

Caitlyn has been a professional writer and editor since 2014, and has work featured on Taste of Home, Reader's Digest, POPSUGAR, Hearst's Best Products, WhatToWatch.com and more. When she's not testing products for work, you can find her spending time with her daughter, trying new restaurants with her husband, and watching just about everything on Bravo. Follow Caitlyn on Instagram and Twitter @itscaitlynfitz.

Cassie Green

Cassie is a Branded Content Manager at Betches who spends her free time devouring yearny romance, writing yearny romance, and yearning for romance with [redacted celebrity] (she still thinks she has a chance with him. She doesn’t).

Cathleen Meredith

Cathleen Meredith is a writer, influencer, public speaker and positivity ignitor originally from Sacramento, California. She is passionate about theatre, dance, Mexican food, non-profit work, unicorns, glitter, traveling, bacon, and all other things awesome sauce. She is the Creator of FATGIRLSDANCE™, a Worldwide Movement Bent on Trashing Body Image Stereotypes through the Universal Language of DANCE. Her and her fiance Steffan will be married in May of 2024, and her debut novel published by Kensington is scheduled for release September of 2024.

Corinne Pierre-Louis

Corinne Pierre-Louis is a stylist, fashion editor, and the brain behind the wedding fashion Substack 'forever & always.' A born-and-bred New Yorker and (self-declared) professional traveler, she survives on salads, plane snacks, and giving unsolicited opinions about who designed your dress.

Danielle Campoamor

Devin Ruskin

Devin Ruskin is a Los Angeles based Lifestyle & Humor writer. She always orders fries for the table, manages to mention her cat in any situation and lives off of Iced Peach Green Tea. Follow her all over the internet @devinruskin

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Dylan Hafer

Dylan Hafer has watched over 1000 episodes of Real Housewives because he has his priorities in order. Follow him on Instagram @dylanhafer and Twitter @thedylanhafer for all the memes you could ever want.

Elizabeth Mitchell Kadar

Elizabeth Mitchell Kadar is a seasoned freelance fashion, beauty and lifestyle writer and also a mom of three littles living in sunny California. Her work has appeared in Brides, YouBeauty, SheKnows, The Fashion Spot, Maisonette and more. When she’s not busy writing or taking orders from tiny people, she enjoys frying her brain with all the trashy reality TV.

Emma Sharpe

Emma Sharpe is the Associate Director of Editorial Projects at Betches. She's a Kardashian apologist and finds a Survivor metaphor for every life situation.

Eva Morreale

Eva Morreale is a Jersey girl based in Los Angeles. She has an encyclopedia-like knowledge of Sex and the City, the Real Housewives franchise, and always carries Tums. You can follow her whereabouts on IG @evapants or subscribe to her newsletter Fries for the Table (friesforthetable.substack.com).

Fleurine Tideman

Fleurine Tideman, a European-based copywriter. She’s interesting (cause she’s from Europe), speaks multiple languages (again, she's from Europe), and is mentally unhinged (despite socialized healthcare). You can find her European musings on Twitter @ByFleurine and her blog, Symptoms of Living, both of which are written to the sounds of unhinged Taylor Swift playlists.

Gabi Conti

Gibson Johns

Gibson Johns is a podcast host, freelance writer and semi-professional live tweeter. He's interviewed over 100 Bravolebrities, was a Swiftie before it was cool and his favorite celebrity conspiracy theory is that Demi Lovato has a secret twin named Poot. As far as he's concerned, it may not be about the pasta — but it's always about Tom.

Ginny Hogan

Ginny Hogan is a writer/stand up comedian. She's the author of "I'm More Dateable than a Plate of Refried Beans," and the host of "Raising Questions."

Greg Gottfried

Greg Gottfried is a freelance writer when he's not being the Senior Digital Producer at Golf Digest and an AMC Stubs A-List member. He's part of a run club (who isn't these days?), and you can find him wandering around New York City listening to podcasts. You can read his movie reviews and existential crises on his Aerial Shot newsletter. He's sorry in advance if you liked something that he didn't.

Hannah Kiem

Hannah is a Branded Content Manager at Betches. When she's not working, she's having dance parties with her toddler, binging Bravo, and curating her personal list of the best chocolate chip cookies in NYC.

Hannah Parker

Hannah is a journalist who primarily reports on women's issues. Some of her past work includes working as a writer at theSkimm, a writer and editor in D.C., and a producer on an Emmy-winning art show. She lives in New York City.

Holly Hammond

Holly is an ex-sorority girl with the personality of Elle Woods meets Wednesday Addams. She is an artist, writer, animator, and part-time magician. Her parents are v proud but also like to ask her when she's going to get a real job. Buy art from her so she can pay for her bulldog's dermatologist.

Ilana Frost

Ilana Frost is an entertainment writer at Betches. As a teenage girl in her twenties, she spends her time stanning Olivia Rodrigo, baking cakes for award shows, and refusing to ever leave her Reputation era.

Iris Goldsztajn

Iris Goldsztajn is a Paris-born, London-based writer and editor, so yeah, she has a super cute accent. She'll write about anything that distracts her from waiting for a text back (r u mad at her?). She'd love if you subscribed to her Substack, but no worries if not!!!!! https://irisgoldsztajn.substack.com/

Izzy Snow

Izzy is a social media marketing girlie & writer based in NYC. They love learning t.v. lore, deep cut meme references, and reading astrology charts. You can find her lurking near the cheese bin at Trader Joe's and marinating in Riverside park most days.

Jillian Angelini

Jillian (she/her) is a displaced New Yorker, writer, and occasional hot yoga-goer. When she’s not writing about sex, relationships, or queer things, you can find her reading about sex, relationships, and queer things. Follow her on Instagram @jnangee, or don’t; she really only ever posts her cat.

Jolie Zenna

Jolie Zenna is a senior at Syracuse University studying digital journalism. She spends her free time binge-watching reality TV, gossiping with her friends and lives off of Trader Joe’s microwavable meals.

Kaila Yu

Kaila Yu is a journalist in Los Angeles who is obsessed with animals, freediving, scuba diving, and being underwater. Her forthcoming memoir, 'Fetishized: A Reckoning with Yellow Fever, Feminism, and Beauty' publishes August 2025 with Crown Publishing/Penguin Random House.

Kaitlin Byrd

Knows too much, thinks even more. Has infinite space in her heart for tea and breakfast for dinner. Really from New York, so always ready to cut a bitch.

Kaitlin Stevens

Kaitlin Stevens is a freelance writer from Queens, New York with a penchant for pop culture who was obsessed with Love Island before it was cool. She possesses encyclopedic knowledge on niche internet lesbian drama but more importantly, an obsession with lesbian musicians, namely MUNA. Her words on movies, TV, books and more have been featured in Buzzfeed, Polyester, and elsewhere.

Kamaria Fayola

Kamaria is an attorney and writer who is always down for a good time and a good debate. She's that friend who has an opinion on every topic. (Sorry, not sorry.) She is addicted to good energy and loves to learn. In her free time, she enjoys spoken word poetry, dancing in her living room, skating on tennis courts, and singing her heart out in the shower.

Kat Pickhardt

Kate Ward

Katie Corvino

Katie Corvino (she/her) is the VP of Editorial at Betches. She first gained recognition after wearing a thong on her head at Coachella in the name of fashion. She's also known very well in the medical space as her therapist's favorite patient. If you are reading this, Leslie, she is fine. Her crippling anxiety is gone. She is cured and totally OK.

Kelly Pau

Kelly Pau is a cultural critic and a design editor at The Architect’s Newspaper. The only thing she appreciates more than hot people in hot fits is a hot take (when done correctly). When she’s not writing about movies and pop culture discourse, she’s learning circus tricks (aerial silks).

Laura Rizzo Chagani

Laura Rizzo Chagani is a freelance writer whose hot takes have appeared on Life & Style, Us Weekly, Elite Daily, and more. On most days, you will find her overcaffeinated with her under-eye patches still on.

Lauren Hope Krass

Lauren is a a stand-up comedian and the content manager for Diet Starts Tomorrow as well as the co-host for the DST podcast. She got her start in comedy in the beautiful city of Charleston, South Carolina. Her material ranges from the ridiculous to the brutally honest with an ability to put a body positive spin on jokes. Now one of New York's hottest comics, Lauren performs nationwide for Comedy Festivals, Colleges, Cruise Lines and Clubs. She also loves cheese. Give her cheese.

Lia Beck

Lia Beck is a writer with over 10 years experience covering everything entertainment — from reality TV recaps to celebrity news to interviews with filmmakers and actors. In the words of Moira Rose, my favorite season is “awards.”

Lily Clarkson

Lisa Stardust

Lisa Stardust (they/she) is a New York City-based astrologer, tarot reader, life coach, and a three-time bestselling author. Follow Lisa on Instagram for her daily horoscopes on Instagram @lisastardustastro.

Louisa Ballhaus

The Betch In Apartment 23 is an aspiring TV writer and advice columnist—AKA delusional, addicted to HBO, and really f*cking good at fetching coffee. Her forthcoming memoir is titled "I Thought You Were Such A B*tch When We Met," which she hears at least once a week.

Maddy Paul

Maddy Paul is a Senior Content Manager at Betches, a self-proclaimed professional shopper, certified yapper, and 2x marathoner (brag).

Madeline Hill

Maja Krasnicka

Maja Krasnicka is a freelance writer based in London. Despite being in her early 30s she's still very much trying to figure her life out. She treats her two cats like they're children and is obsessed with interior design, solo cinema dates, reading and summertime Aperol Spritz.

Maria Del Russo

Maria Del Russo is the Branded & Affiliate Content Director for Betches. When she isn't at the office, you can usually find her in the kitchen, yelling "That tastes SO freakin' good!" at nobody in particular.

Marissa Dow

MARISSA is a trending news writer at Betches. She's more than just another pop-culture-addicted-east-coaster-turned-LA-transplant...she's also an upcoming television writer and aspiring Real Housewife (whichever comes first). Live, laugh, balegdah.

Mary Grace Garis

Mary Grace Garis is a writer in New York by definition, with her words scattered across the internet like a poached glitter bomb. Think a witchy Elle Woods by daylight, a music-cruiser, prosecco-swiller, and “Mary Tyler Moore Show” binger by moonlight. You can witness that at @MaryGraceinRealLife on Instagram, alongside gratuitous outfit shots, sardonic commentary, and whatever premium corgi she met in McGolrick Park that day.

Melania Murphy

Melanie Whyte

Melanie Whyte leads the lifestyle and culture content at Betches. As an amateur New Yorker and professional bisexual, she enjoys writing about the bane of sex and relationships in the city. She is also perpetually in her messy house era despite spending all of her money on Instagram ads.

Mirel Zaman

Mirel Zaman has over 15 years of experience as a health journalist, with deep expertise reporting on the wellness industry, chronic conditions, systemic disparities in healthcare, fitness, nutrition, modern parenting, lifestyle, and news. Most recently she was the Health and Fitness Director at PS (formerly POPSUGAR), and her bylines can also be found in Refinery29, Shape, First for Women, Woman's World, HealthCentral, and more. Mirel graduated summa cum laude from Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications with a degree in magazine journalism.

Molly Longman

Molly is an investigative and freelance journalist who loves to tell stories about health, politics, and weird internet culture trends. Molly enjoys hiking, public records, and looking at cow videos on Instagram.

Morgan Mandriota

Morgan Mandriota is a New-York based writer and the founder of highlyuntamed.com. She writes about sex, relationships, health, travel, and other fun stuff for Betches, Bumble, Bustle, Cosmopolitan, Health, mindbodygreen, Tinder, Well+Good, and your other favorite websites. In her spare time, you can find her hiking, playing video games, chasing sunsets, traveling, or slathering CBD salve all over her aching body. Follow her on Instagram/Twitter @morganmandriota or visit morganmandriota.com.

Naydeline Mejia

Naydeline (she/her) is a native New Yorker, writer, occasional reader, and textbook Libra. When she's not writing about sex and relationships, you can find her trying out new restaurants and bars around the city, deep into a dark, erotic fiction, or binge watching whatever reality dating show is trending at the moment. You can keep up with her Sex and the City escapades @naydeline_mejia; or not, that's your prerogative.

Olivia Wagner

Olivia Wagner (she/her) is a freelance lifestyle writer based in Pennsylvania. In addition to Betches, her writing has appeared in Cosmopolitan print, Cosmopolitan online, and INTO. Olivia’s best work can be found on the Notes app of her iPhone.

Paulina Orawczak

Digital content editor passionate about storytelling, audience engagement, and creating impactful online features.

Rachel Varina

Formerly one of the HBICs at Total Sorority Move (RIP), Rachel Varina has a long history of writing about things that make her parents ashamed. She's an avid lover of holding grudges, sitting down, and buffalo chicken dip. Currently, she lives in Tampa, Florida, but did not feed her husband to tigers. And even though she's married (with a *gasp* baby), she doesn't suck. Promise. PROMISE! Follow her on Instagram and Twitter (@rachelvarina) so she gets more followers than that influencer her husband dated in high school.

Rebecca van Sambeck

Samantha Bush

She is unofficial President of the Jacob Elordi fan club, and famously knows more about Real Housewives than any of her family members.

Samantha Leal

Samantha Leal is a writer, editor, and content strategist that covers lifestyle, including beauty, travel, wine, drinks, style... basically all the good things in life. She also loves to moderate and speak on panels, host events, and appear on podcasts and the like (so, uh, hire her). She's held editor roles at The Knot, Latina magazine, Marie Claire, and Well+Good, and her byline is all over the place including Refinery29, Byrdie, Elle, The Atlantic, and more. She graduated from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University with a degree in Journalism (emphasis on magazines) and a minor in African history. When she's not writing or working, she's traveling the world, eating and drinking all the things, and listening to money podcasts. You can find her everywhere @samanthajoleal.

Samantha Rosen

Samantha Rosen gets stressed out when she has to write a blurb about herself. She’s the Director of Digital Content and Brand Strategy at Betches, which is a fancy term for saying she oversees our social strategy. You might know her from The Points Guy, and yes, fine, she can help you figure out what credit card to get. Even though she has the math skills of a second grader, she's also currently getting her MBA degree, too. She’s definitely cooler on the Internet.

Sami Sage

Sami Sage is a cofounder and Chief Creative Officer of Betches Media. In her spare time she stares at her dogs and opens and closes the instagram app continuously.

Sara Braun

Sara Braun (she/her) is a New York City based freelance writer, chronic oversharer, and rom-com enthusiast. Her work has been featured in Glamour and Observer, among other publications.

Sara Radin

Sara Radin is a freelance journalist based in Philadelphia, PA. She mostly covers style and cultural trends for major publications including the New York Times, Elle, Vogue, Teen Vogue, Glamour, Allure and many more. Her career highlights include covering a porn shoot and interviewing queer designers for Russia Fashion Week.

Sara Runnels

Sara K. Runnels is a seasoned humor writer, copywriter and writer-writer living in Seattle, WA. She is a regular humor contributor to The New Yorker and her words have been featured in Cosmopolitan, ELLE, McSweeney’s, Betches and Overheard, among other publications. Her modern-dating witticisms, viral one-liners and sharp social commentary can be found, quite literally, all over the internet under @omgskr. She is currently writing a book in between episodes of terrible reality TV and freelancing. Follow her on Instagram.

Sarah Halle Corey

Sarah Halle Corey is an entertainment writer and screenwriter with a passion for rom-coms, 1990s-2000s nostalgia, and niche pop culture deep dives. She's based in LA, but has roots in New York and Chicago, and so she has really complicated feelings about pizza.

Sarah Nowicki

Sarah Nowicki aka Betchy Crocker writes about food, fashion, and whatever else she's in the mood to complain about for Betches and like, some other people. She resides in Asheville, NC, where she spends her time judging hipsters and holding on to her Jersey heritage and superiority. Yell at her on Instagram @sarahnowicholson

Sarah Title

Sarah Title is a self-proclaimed Bravo-holic living in Arlington, VA. She's written about weddings for the last six years and has developed a strong distaste for DIY decor and flower crowns. She also spent two years as a bridal stylist and, no, Say Yes to the Dress isn't far off from some of the brides she's dealt with.

Shannon Layne

Shannon Layne is an old, mostly-gay married lady doing her best to live her life like it’s senior year except for funner. Her hobbies include red wine, reading vampire erotica novels, and existing horizontally for long periods of time. She believes in living each happy hour like it’s her last.

Simone Margett

Simone (she/her) is a deaf and queer writer who would like to be a professional fangirl. Loves everything queer culture and has an addiction to coffee and bubble tea.

Steph Perlman

Steph Perlman is Betches' Senior Entertainment Editor. She's a Kardashian historian, Real Housewives enthusiast, and Pete Davidson apologist.

Syeda Khaula Saad

Syeda Khaula Saad is a sex & dating writer at Betches despite not remembering the last time she was in a relationship. Just take her word for it.

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Thea Koral

Thea Koral is a New York-based writer and editor. She is still recovering from the ending of "One Day" and can recite most, if not all, of "Friends" in her sleep.

Zoe Schubot

Zoë Schubot is a long suffering Detroit sports fan and the Senior Content Manager for Betches Sports. She is based in (and deeply obssesed with) New York City and will absolutely give you restaurant recs if you ask nicely. She is also on a very serious ongoing search for the best stadium chicken fingers in the country.