Hi, I’m Zoe!
I’m a writer and student from Texas.
I’ve written about the self-defeating “skinny girl” lifestyle for The New York Times Magazine; paranoia around digital infidelity for The Atlantic; and the pressures of cosmetic surgery for Roxane Gay’s The Audacity.
I’m also an intern on the Opinions desk at The Boston Globe, where I cover questions at the heart of contemporary gender relations: the rise of anti-feminism, the anxieties of modern masculinity, the importance of cross-gender friendships, and the left’s feminist commitments.
At Harvard, I study Public Thinking, a self-designed major that asks how political ideas are expressed and contested in writing. That’s a fancy way of saying that I’m fascinated by why some arguments persuade, and others fail. I’m drawn to conversations across cultural divides, especially between people who rarely speak to each other in good faith: tradwives and girlbosses, incels and femcels, pro-life and pro-choice activists. I spent a summer working on a book project about the gender divide, where I watched days of manosphere content and talked to young people across the country about dating and relationships.
On campus, I’m a member of The Harvard Crimson’s Editorial Board and the Harvard Political Review. In past lives, I read movie scripts for Hollywood producer Janet Yang and judged The New York Times Learning Network’s opinion writing contest. I received the 2026 Thomas Wood Award in Journalism.
My favorite conversations are disagreements. If you think I’m wrong about AI, grade deflation, or literally anything else, please send your most blistering objections.