Allie Volpe

Why are single men so miserable? When men lack the skills to build intimacy, their relationships — and well-being — suffer.

despite persistent stereotypes depicting single women as yearning for romance, it's actually single men who report being the least satisfied. i wrote about the plight of the single man: www.vox.com/even-better/...

The most effective productivity hack is the one you least want to do We all have a limited reserve of attention, and modern life is excellent at depleting it.

maybe the problem isn't with your concentration, but the culture that rewards productivity at all costs www.vox.com/even-better/...

talk to me about your <3 best friends <3 how do you define a "best friend?" what qualities do best friends have? why is it important to you to quantify certain friends as "best?" email me! allie.volpe@vox.com

talk to me about your <3 best friends <3 how do you define a "best friend?" what qualities do best friends have? why is it important to you to quantify certain friends as "best?" email me! allie.volpe@vox.com

crazy how it took until month 8 of writing a book for my first panic attack

i wrote about why it feels like everyone is rude as hell

Dressed like a giant baby, on the brink of tears like a giant baby

things are bad enough and now you're telling me i have to make dinner and deal with another t**** s**** album release cycle

Tune into KQED in just a few minutes to hear me talk about my latest piece on setting your friends up on dates <3 i love friendship i love love

need a huge salad and a lobotomy

we're so done (hangry)
we're so back (ate dinner)

A graphic reads: "Are you swearing off on dating apps and asking friends and family to set you up? How is it going?" Below that, in smaller text: "Share your dating experiences! Email: forum@kqed.org Leave us a voicemail: 415.553.3300. Comment below." In the upper left, a graphic of a man in a suit and tie looks at a tablet or paper, his hand raised to his face. A question mark is next to his face.

What's your offline dating story? Were you introduced to your partner through friends or family? Or maybe you're the matchmaker?

Fri at 9AM PST, we're talking with @allieevolpe.bsky.social about how couples are meeting (or not). Tell us:

Only groaned with my head in my hands twice while meeting with the accountant that’s a win

Today: @allieevolpe.bsky.social on traveling with friends; New doc about reporting on the Ukraine war from inside Putin's Russia; @nymag.com's @heybonanos.bsky.social & Jody Quon share photo skills; Artist Maris Jones

Live at noon on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @wnyc.org

Once I start manifesting it’s over for you bitches

Most couples used to meet this way. What happened? If you’re sick of dating apps, consider this tried-and-true method.

for most of modern dating, couples used to meet through their friends. (try to guess how people commonly meet now.) i wrote about the life -- and death -- of the setup www.vox.com/even-better/...

Most couples used to meet this way. What happened? If you’re sick of dating apps, consider this tried-and-true method.

If you’re sick of dating apps, consider this tried-and-true method. www.vox.com/even-better/...

Horny for a bagel and a government not run by ghouls

the tiniest things can hurt our feelings because it sends a signal that we don't matter. which, unsurprisingly, feels very bad!!

Am I actually “too sensitive”? Some people, in fact, are more prone to big feelings than others.

me? *too* sensitive? never!!!! www.vox.com/even-better/...

Happy birthday!!!

It’s a Saturday night and I’m breaking in new shoes pray for me

every friday the groupchat sends pics recapping their weeks and it makes me so happy :)

Eating beef jerky over the sink in my underwear like a real American Woman

There should be a halal food cart perfume

Ok why have I never spent any time in Mt. Airy??? This feels incorrect

i'm a sick little freak who daydreams of spending the day reading sad books at the public pool

Writing is so hard hahahahah

For years, women complained that this medical procedure was painful. Doctors are finally listening. How a common birth control method became the center of a reckoning.

For years, women complained that this medical procedure was painful. Doctors are finally listening. www.vox.com/even-better/...

What if IUD insertion didn’t have to be so painful? For years, patients complained about harrowing IUD procedures. Doctors are finally starting to take it seriously.

for years, IUD placement wasn't considered painful. then people started speaking up online. i went deep on why doctors are just now talking about pain management and how the most novel thing doctors are doing doesn't involve meds at all: just talking to their patients www.vox.com/even-better/...