Anna Medaris

Anna Medaris is a freelance health and lifestyle journalist with 15 years of experience writing features, narratives, and service pieces for publications including the Washington Post, New York Magazine, Business Insider, Cosmopolitan, Women's Health, and US News & World Report. She's passionate about, and skilled in, telling sensitive human-interest stories, critiquing quirky cultural trends, and answering questions you didn't know you had. Anna is an avid swimmer and beer enthusiast who lives in Brooklyn with her husband and their basset hound, Lou Longbody. Follow her at @AnnaMedaris on X and Instagram.