Silvia Killingsworth, The Awl

Silvia Killingsworth

The Awl

New York, NY, United States

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Recent:
  • Unknown
Past:
  • The Awl
  • The Hairpin
  • The New Yorker

Past articles by Silvia:

Felix Salmon, "Fusion Money," and Floating Upward

What, why, and how he got paid what he did. → Read More

Coffee

On forms of caffeine. → Read More

The Anthology of Underrated Herbs

We have great taste. → Read More

Where's The Vice Story?

Tick fuckin' tock. → Read More

What About Separating The Work From The Worker?

Who has jurisdiction over whose bad behavior? → Read More

Why Don’t Pants Go All The Way Down To The Floor Anymore? An Investigation

We need to talk about cold ankles. → Read More

It's Almost Like There Are Consequences For Men Now

Like I said, everything's different now. → Read More

An Oral History of Reading An Oral History of David S. Pumpkins

The first rule of David S. Pumpkins is don't talk about David S. Pumpkins. → Read More

Spit For A Stranger

I sensed I was barking up the wrong tree by telling my 62-year-old Mormon eye doctor that my mom’s brother had just died and that he was a jerk whose breathing problems had prevented him from having sex. He ... → Read More

Lockhart Steele Fired From Vox

In what appears to be the first and probably not the last repercussion of last week's Shitty Media Men list, and the larger floodgates of assault and harassment survivors speaking out against their attackers, Vox's Editorial Director and former Curbed ... → Read More

Lockhart Steele Fired From Vox Media

In what appears to be the first and probably not the last repercussion of last week's Shitty Media Men list, and the larger floodgates of assault and harassment survivors speaking out against their attackers, Vox Media's Editorial Director and former ... → Read More

Why Tweet?

Maggie Haberman says: “Before you post, ask yourself: Is this something that needs to be said, is it something that needs to be said by you, and is it something that needs to be said by you right now? If ... → Read More

The List Is Dead; Long Live The List

embed][/embed] One unfortunate result of the Buzzfeed piece "outing" the Shitty Media Men list is that it has derailed discussion about what to do with these shitty people in favor of a discussion ... → Read More

You Can't Get Away With This Shit Anymore

The real secret to the patriarchy is that men are weak. → Read More

Sharing Top Pot Donuts With Nazis

The white nationalists next door. → Read More

Imagine Locking Eyes With Justin Bieber At A Suburban Target

Plenty of Montclairians responded to Bieber’s arrival with avowed disinterest — “I’ve used behavioral techniques with our children so that whenever someone says the words Justin Bieber they hear instead Sviatoslav Richter,” Lee Siegel, a writer who lives in ... → Read More

Looking For Thomas Pynchon

What do you think you'd find? → Read More

More Guns Kill More

We've had enough mass shootings to do meta-analysis. → Read More

Marcona Almonds Are The Only Truly Good Almonds

The best of an okay nut. → Read More

Math Magical

I'm not a businessman but "one-times current revenue" seems like a bad price. → Read More