Alexa Tsoulis-Reay
The Cut
New York, NY, United States
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Past articles by Alexa:
‘What It’s Like,’ a New York Magazine Interview Series
“What it’s Like” was a series of in-depth interviews with people who lead atypical lives. Stories published regularly on New York magazine’s Science of Us from 2014 to 2016. → Read More
‘My Boss’s Incompetence Fills Me With Rage!’
In today’s special edition of the Ask a Boss column — part of our Terrible Bosses week of workplace horror stories — Alison Green answers a letter from a marketing manager being bullied by her boss and his girlfriend (who’s also a coworker). → Read More
‘My Boss Texts Pictures of Strippers to My Co-workers’
In today’s special edition of the Ask a Boss column — part of our Terrible Bosses week of workplace horror stories — the Cut’s Alison Green answers a letter from a woman whose boss “ran the office with his dad’s wallet and a college kid’s mindset.” → Read More
The Last Residents of the Hotel Bossert
From the outside, the Hotel Bossert in Brooklyn Heights looks to be deserted. But on the tenth floor of this historic hotel you’ll find two of just five rent-stabilized tenants living in the otherwise empty, freshly renovated boutique hotel. → Read More
When Paying for Sex and Using Cocaine Don’t Tear You Apart
“If we can get through this, then I’m pretty sure we’re solid for the rest of our lives.” → Read More
How a Marriage Survives the Death of a Child
“If you were to ask me why this destroys some marriages, I would probably say that some marriages are ripe for being destroyed.” → Read More
It Was Either Her or His Family. He Chose Her.
“I think there’s a certain turning point in a marriage where you become a team.” → Read More
What It’s Like to Finally Find the One, the Third Time Around
“I don’t buy that argument that you have to work on yourself and be in this great place and you will attract the right person.” → Read More
When You Realize You’ll Never Love Him as Much As He Loves You
“I only want good things for him — he’s a good human being — and that includes the relationship he wants. I just don’t know how to give it to him.” → Read More
When You Can’t Yell at Your Wife Because She Won’t Hear You
“You can say a lot less shitty things when you’re really thinking about what you’re going to say.” → Read More
The Nurse Who Sells Her Own Breast Milk Online
A new mom who works as a nurse made extra money selling her leftover breast milk online as a side hustle. She made a $200 a month by doing it, and could have made more if she wanted. → Read More
The Publicist Who Dreads Getting Caught for Her Illegal Airbnb
A publicist in New York makes a salary of $40,000. To help pay her rent, she Airbnbs her apartment illegally, for $200 a night. Here’s how she does it without getting caught. → Read More
The Writer Who Moonlights As a Dominatrix
A freelance health writer makes extra cash by moonlighting as a dominatrix. She makes about $300 an hour from her secret side hustle. → Read More
The Music Teacher Who Travels the World for Free As a Mystery Shopper
A teacher can’t afford to take fancy vacations on her normal salary, so she travels for free as a mystery shopper. Here’s how she does it. → Read More
Inside the Mind of a Plagiarist
After recent scandals in the poetry world, the Cut spoke to three women with a history of plagiarism. → Read More
New York Magazine’s 50th Anniversary Issue: Chapter 9
The final chapter of our 50th anniversary issue, devoted to what might make other people in other places go crazy but here we call connection. → Read More
More Restaurants and Cafés Refuse to Accept Cash — That’s Not a Good Thing
“Just because you don’t have a piece of plastic, you can’t get a sandwich?” → Read More
A Foreclosure-Boat-Tour Operator on What He Saw During the Great Recession
“It breaks my heart to see what I had to do to a guy who had nowhere to go.” → Read More
What It’s Like to Be Married to a Very Attractive Man
“He’ll take a bite out of a cookie and throw it away because he can’t possibly eat the whole thing. I just think, ‘bite me.’” → Read More
5 People on Coming Out As Poly to Their Families
If you’ve embraced polyamory, the time may come when you want or need to explain your lifestyle to your loved ones. The Cut spoke to six women about coming out to their parents as polyamorous. → Read More