Freelance journalist writing for @TIME, @nytimes, @afarmedia and lots of others.
Copenhagen, Madrid, Etc.
Joined February 2009
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In Norway, are Coolcations Taking a Toll? By @LisaAbend nytimes.com/2025/08/20/trave… #nordic #Scandinavian #tourism
From Bologna, where I uncovered more than one form of appetite
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Were you ever tempted to buy a one-euro home in a small Italian village? Yeah, me too. For @AFARmedia, @LisaAbend reports on just how that initiative has changed life in Sicily:
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So, I've started a Substack about traveling without the internet. No Googling, no GPS, no online bookings, no Instagram, no restaurant ranking apps, no Uber, no AirBnB, & definitely no mindless scrolling as coping device against existential angst. unpluggedtraveler.substack.c…
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"A nation that not 50 years ago required women to obtain their father’s or husband’s permission to work is now among Europe’s most feminist countries."
@LisaAbend profiles Spain's Minister of Equality on the new Solo sí es sí ("only yes means yes") law.
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Irene Montero, Spain's Minister of Equality, spearheaded feminist laws in Spain. Now the government is in crisis.
Is it a sign of unbridgeable divisions between the progressive Spain Montero envisions and a patriarchal reality that remains entrenched? ti.me/3YyNj1m
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How three friends inadvertently transformed knowledge about prehistoric art in #Norway 😍👍 nytimes.com/2023/01/04/arts/… via @nytimes @LisaAbend
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Meanwhile, @karl_vick and @YasmeenSerhan — with moving reporting from @dsarkisova and @LisaAbend — wrote about the people who personify the spirit of Ukraine and the forces of light striving to defeat darkness. time.com/spirit-of-ukraine-p…