Pockmark
Alana PockrosIt is what it is.
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(Almost) Everything I Worked on in 2025
I should have made this earlier, but it was only yesterday, on the first day of the new year, that I was feeling sad about my lack of “goals” for the new year and decided I should also celebrate everything I have done; or did last year. Thi...
Some summer writing (& reading)
I keep finding that people are texting to ask where they can find my latest article after seeing it on a fleeting Instagram story. Our old ways of finding and reading articles are rapidly changing, and I’m not always good at saving and shar...
I wrote something new
Last July, an editor at The Point Magazine reached out to me and asked if I’d like to write an essay for them. I was really busy at the time, but I’d admired this magazine for so many years, how could I not be honored!
But what would I wr...
An ode to my "Sundance hat"
If there is anything I have learned from my mother, it’s that you should always get at least one new clothing item before a vacation—to save for the trip, just to make things a little more exciting.
Last month I went to Park City for Sund...
Reflections on burning
A big part of my job is to be on the internet all day. It’s the way that I find news and see what people are talking about, which is required for my day job but also inseparable from my daily life. It has been absolutely devastating watchin...
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