Maddie Connors is a comedian and writer based in LA who has written for The New York Times, Vanity Fair, Vogue, and W Magazine. She’s currently a writer for the Short Takes column at the Los Angeles Review of Books. She has an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Bennington College. Her stand-up has been featured in The LA Times, and she has written for College Humor and Reductress.
You can reach her at madconnors0@gmail.com
Published Works
No turf wars, no sexism: Meet the queer Gen Z women giving billiards a rebrand in L.A. - The LA Times
On Lili Anolik and Didion & Babitz - Los Angeles Review of Books
Lessons From The Haight-Ashbury Era - Doubleblind Magazine
Stanley Mouse’s Art for the Grateful Dead Became the Totems of Psychedelic Rock - Doubleblind Magazine
What is Loveboming - Vogue Magazine
‘No Judgement’ with Lauren Oyler - Document Journal
‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’ - The New York Times
The Dingbat of Harvard Boulevard - New York Review of Architecture
Generosity and Paranoia - The Dirt
Natasha Stagg Will Never Leave New York - i-D Magazine
@freshhel is just a girl having fun online - i-D Magazine
Binchtopia: The viral podcast merging philosophy and culture - The Face
Sexual Transcription: On Jen Beagin’s “Big Swiss” - Los Angeles Review of Books
Clothes for the Chronically Online: Irreverent DIY brands are carving out spaces in the fashion industry - Document Journal
How Bram Stoker’s Dracula Became ‘Dracula Daily’ and an Internet Sensation - The New York Times
Mexico City’s Newfound Status: A Skateboarder’s Paradise - The New York Times
These Artists are Painting Moody, Classical Still Lifes of Iconic Snacks - Bon Appetite
Alia Shawkat is the Patron Saint of Millennials - Cultured Magazine
Wallice, an Indie Pop Sensation from Los Angeles - The New York Times
John Wilson Obsessively Trawls Craigslist’s Free Section in His Spare Time - W Magazine
People Not Mascots is A Campaign To Get Mascots Out of High Schools- Teen Vogue
Mimi Webb Talks Viral TikTok Fame and “Dumb Love” - Teen Vogue
Meet The Navajo Nation Skateboarder Going Viral on TikTok- Teen Vogue
Princess Nokia is Curating Pics on Instagram, Talks Importance of POC Photography- Teen Vogue
One More, With Feeling - BookForum
StripTok: Where the Workers are the V.I.P.S- The New York Times
Why Did Every Rich Person on TV Have a Polish Maid? - Vanity Fair
Meet The Teacher Who Made Bernie Sanders’ Viral Mittens - Teen Vogue
How Parade Underwear Took Over Instagram- The New York Times
The Ripple of My Mother’s Hunger- The New York Times
Comedy Writing
How Your Enemies Spent Quarantine- The New Yorker
Red Flag? This Guy Wants to Eat at a Restaraunt- Reductress
5 Quentin Tarantino Movies That are Just Your Period- Reductress
Why I Chose to Quit My Job and Move to Shondaland- Reductress
5 Teacup Yorkies Whose Separation Anxiety is Almost As Bad As Yours- Reductress
Gatsby-Themed Wedding Ideas that Say “I Didn’t Read The Book” - Reductress
Contact her: madconnors0@gmail.com
