A sample of stories around data

Things I was curious about. Ideas I had to get out of my head 

Teens, screens and our misconceptions

• Don’t buy the idea teens are having less sex until you take a closer look at the data
• The uncomfortable truths behind the latest numbers on teen drug use
• The other movie on Netflix about suicide that was actually created to save lives
• One paragraph disproves that helicopter parenting is a modern phenomenon
• The complete guide to locking down your teenager’s iPhone
• Google, Microsoft, and other corporate giants are quietly showing a movie about teen internet addiction

Feminism, #Metoo and collaborations with amazing women at Quartz

• One spreadsheet reveals the horrifying ubiquity of sexual harassment in academia
• The data visualization tweet that made my head explode, and the women who put it back together
• Quiz: How to avoid sexually harassing coworkers at an office Christmas party
• Mary Tyler Moore, the original feminist TV icon, has died

Data science, machine learning and politics

• What happens when computers watch Hillary and Donald debate
• A computer analysis of Trump's inauguration speech reveals what he was feeling while taking the oath of office

Experiments in storyform

• Two maps explain the racial history behind Alabama's senate vote
• Shopping for women's pants is hell: a poem
• Visualizing the stages of grief in one chart
• Vinyl, the salvation of the music industry in the digital age—in charts, audio and some cats
• How to DIY a simple eclipse viewer out of a cereal box if you don’t have glasses

Pieces by me + Eric Palma, my super talented illustrator husband

• If This Wall Could Talk: A Tremendous Tale
• Holiday cards you'd send your family if you could be honest about 2016