Jillian Anthony

Daters now have easy access to tools that let them sleuth into the pasts of people they might meet for a glass of wine. But how much information is too much too soon? Are background checks really keeping women safe, or is safety in the online dating world just an illusion?

Problematic drinking may have gotten all the attention during the pandemic, but if you look around, you’ll notice that it’s the *adults* in your life who are leaving peach-mango-scented clouds in their wake.

How to get freelance work when you have zero assignments.

Pitmaster Kareem El-Ghayesh’s first bite of Texan brisket turned into a decade-long obsession with barbecue. Now, his food truck serves up a surprising, singularly Egyptian take on the art of smoked meat.

In Austin, SXSW is a (sip in the sunshine, dance all day and all night) state of mind —whether you have an official badge or not.

Eleven people on the decision to upend their lives during a pandemic by changing careers or starting their own businesses

Author of the twice-monthy birding newsletter The Flyer for organic bird seed company Flying Colors.

Wrote full site copy for Ro Mind, telehealth startup Ro's mental health vertical. I also wrote CRM and social copy, and worked for Roman, the men's health brand, as well.

When writer Jillian Anthony visited Austin, Texas, for her first SXSW in 2019, she loved it so much she eventually moved there. In 2022, she tells us what SXSW — back in person after three long years — looks like from the eyes of a local.

For multi-hyphenate artist Adam J. Kurtz, brand partnerships are part of what it means to be a modern working artist. And he approaches working with brands with the same joy and dedication he brings to making his own books, stickers, pins, and many other creations packed with candor and whimsy. (His best-known keychain hangs off the key rings of millennials everywhere.)

On a stage in Scotland’s capital city, a Cockney-accented actress playing a parody version of Ariel from The Little Mermaid stands next to a statue of Prince Eric with one *large* difference from the film (yeah, it’s exactly what you think).
This is just a taste of the hilarious and inventive fare you can discover at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival — home to tens of thousands of comedy, theater, drag, circus, revue, and experimental shows.

After two years of Covid-related tumult, big-time events are back, hopefully for good. But what do people want from experiential events now, and what are the trends we’ll see more of in the next few years?

The Vegas strip glitters in the distance. I’m sitting alone in a hot tub, a New Yorker suddenly thrust into an arid, alien land. All I can see is endless desert and track homes; all I can think about are my plants.
In August, after calling Brooklyn home for nine years, I left for good. I miss my close-knit group of friends, my daily walks in Prospect Park and the city’s infectious energy—though the list of things I don’t miss is much longer. But all these months later, when I think of my houseplants on my old apartment’s windowsill, I feel pangs of regret.

Cover story on the co-creators of HBO's High Maintenance for Time Out New York

July 2018 cover story for Time Out New York