Emma Glassman-Hughes

Boston

Associate Editor at PopSugar

Associate Editor at Vox Media

Contributing Writer at Ambrook Research

writetress | assoc editor @POPSUGAR | formerly @bostonglobe digital | devout believer in toes in the sand 😤 [email protected]

Articles

Why Your Friendships Need Spring Cleaning, Too

6 days ago | popsugar.com | Emma Glassman-Hughes

RelationshipsFriendshipGetty | NoSystem imagesGetty | NoSystem imagesWe're living through a friendship drought. Making friends as an adult is a daunting task, to say nothing of how hard it is to hold onto the ones you already have. What once were considered hallmarks of friendship are disappearing by the day: Fewer Americans are partying on average. Thanks to soaring egg prices, the hallowed institution of gossip — weekend brunch — is now prohibitively expensive.
TikTok's Favorite Home Chef Has a New Cookbook | PS Food

1 week ago | popsugar.com | Emma Glassman-Hughes

Hailee Catalano was called the "Julia Child" of her culinary school back in 2013. Now she has millions of followers online and a new cookbook, "By Heart."
The Death of the Souvenir — and the Rise of "Memory Collecting"

1 week ago | popsugar.com | Emma Glassman-Hughes

"Objects mean a lot to me," Sattar says. "I'll keep every note you write. If you've ever given me a little birthday card, I have it. I love to collect and keep little things. Each piece is unique." She and Calvi are real-life pen pals and have spent years sending snail mail back and forth between Sattar's Los Angeles address and Calvi's in Sydney, Australia. Russo agrees that physical, touchable mementos hold a lot of emotion in them.
You've Heard Travel Horror Stories, but What About Travel Ghost Stories?

1 week ago | popsugar.com | Emma Glassman-Hughes

Not to brag, but I have so many travel horror stories you'd think my life was written by Mike White. None have culminated in a resort-wide shoot-out like in "The White Lotus" Season 3, but they're still intense. There was the time my family got stuck in Dallas for three days because of a freak windstorm. Once, the plane made an emergency landing in Buffalo because our pilot had suffered a heart attack and died midair.
14 Library Card Benefits That Aren't Just Free Books

2 weeks ago | popsugar.com | Emma Glassman-Hughes

Just when we feared the public library might slip into oblivion as little more than an artifact of the analog age, #LibraryTok put the centuries-old democratic institution back on the map.
I Fell Hard for "Soft Adventure" in Montana (Literally)

1 month ago | popsugar.com | Emma Glassman-Hughes

TravelTravel InspirationPS Photography | Emma Glassman-HughesPS Photography | Emma Glassman-HughesFor weeks after I got back from western Montana, I was reminded of the pristine pine forests and glimmering snow-capped mountains every time I went to squat. At least once each of the four days I spent at the Ranch at Rock Creek I'd fallen on my tailbone: while learning to cross-country ski and snowshoe, and on the ice when I went out fishing.
Voice Notes Won't Save Us From Loneliness Epidemic

1 month ago | popsugar.com | Emma Glassman-Hughes

RelationshipsDigital LifeGettyGettyThe least controversial take of 2025? We need to socialize more. It doesn't matter if you're a Democrat or Republican, a vegan or a cattle rancher, a Midwest Princess or a Brat — everyone seems to agree that our isolation "epidemic" demands urgent solving. And in the scramble to strengthen our bonds, many are lifting up the voice note as an easy way to promote deeper connection. But is more chatter really what we need?
The Voice Note Can't Fix Us

1 month ago | gossipbucket.com | Emma Glassman-Hughes

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Amrit Kaur's Rebellion Didn't Look Like the Parties on "Sex Lives of College Girls"

1 month ago | popsugar.com | Emma Glassman-Hughes

Amrit Kaur had only just set up the internet in her brand new apartment when she signed onto our Zoom call from the dining room table. She'd spent the better part of this year renting Airbnbs in New York, dropping in for short spurts to help open a theater, salon, and gallery space called Gracemoon Arts Company, which has put on four productions since its July launch.
Americans Forgot How to Party — Well, Except the Gays

1 month ago | popsugar.com | Emma Glassman-Hughes

IdentityOut LoudFriendshipGetty | MaskotGetty | MaskotI spent Inauguration Day at a protest near Boston's City Hall, arms linked with my friends for warmth. It was too cold to march for very long, so we peeled off and took the train a few stops to Dani's, Boston's only sapphic bar. We sat in the back, faces lit up by neon, and ordered a disco ball full of sangria and a couple plates of chicken wings and laughed to keep from crying as the sun went down.