Selected Online Publications
Slate
2022: I did a 4-month stint as Dear Prudence while Jenee Desmond-Harris was on leave. Check out the 125 advice columns I wrote during that time.
Elle.com
2016-2020: daily humor column on pop culture and politics Eric Reads the News.
Selected highlights
TV Commentary:
The New Food TV Is a Sous-Vide For the Soul
When the Teenage Dream Looks Like You
‘Queer Eye’: A Docu-Series About Queer Emotional Labor
The Whitney/Brandy ‘Cinderella’: One of the Most Important Movies of the 90s
Movies:
The ‘City of Angels’ Soundtrack Is Still the Best Album to Cry To
Every Sandra Bullock Outfit in ‘While You Were Sleeping’ Is Pajamas
Groundhog Date
Politics:
It Does Not Matter If You’re Good (Pocket Best of 2020 selection)
Trump, His Racism, and Finding Hope for the Future
The Death of American Christianity
Trying New Things!:
I Was a Male Makeup Virgin Until Rihanna Came Into My Life
I’ve Been on the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Fitness Journey
Time
The New York Times
Book Review: Billy Porter’s New Book Isn’t Just a Memoir; It’s a Testimony
Opinion: Let Us Buy Cake
Book Review: Writing Lines for Obama, Mixing Comedy and Hope
Fashion: Gucci’s Diversity Drag
Travel: A Proposal at 6,436 Feet, With No Sushi in Sight
O, the Oprah Magazine: A Incomplete List of Coming Outs
W Magazine: Why Renata is the Star of Big Little Lies, According to Renata
Newsworks: On the Sound of Black Joy
R. Eric Thomas 