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s.e. smith

s.e. smith is a National Magazine Award-winning journalist and cultural critic featured in The Verge, Bitch Magazine, & more, with a nonfiction debut on grief and mourning, All My Dead Cats, coming in summer 2026. smith is a cofounder of The Flytrap.

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In a Time of Mourning, Grief Stories Are a Lifeline

The comfort found in reading about loss will never replace the need to be in community with grievers.

Housing Haunts Me

Housing Haunts Me

If only getting a mortgage was as easy as opening a book.

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Will the Real Crazy Ones Please Stand Up

Dismissing things we don’t like as ‘insane’ is doing the oppressors’ work for them.

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Does It Really Matter if ASMR Is a Sex Thing?

The debate over whether ASMR is a fetish opens a can of worms about human sexuality — and workplace safety.

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Fellas, Is Trash Praxis?

The greenwashing is coming from inside the house.

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Think Outside the Glove(box)

Car dependency doesn’t have to be the end of the road.

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The Pumpkins of Fir Street

A seasonal treat to scare you out of your gourd.