Ginny Hogan

Baltimore

Freelance Writer at Freelance

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Articles

Everything My iPhoto Memories Has Chosen to Resurface

1 week ago | newyorker.com | Julia Edelman |Ginny Hogan

A two-minute slide show of all the random cats I saw in bodegas last year. Screenshots of Hinge conversations that, in retrospect, weren’t even that weird. Saying “lolz” is not actually a disqualifying character trait. Maybe I should have gone out with some of those guys. Maybe I still could? Screenshots of Hinge conversations that were insanely weird. I’d prefer a dick pic to a shot of the back of a man’s head, to be honest.
GOP Euphemisms for “Cutting Medicaid”

2 weeks ago | mcsweeneys.net | Ginny Hogan

“Fixing Medicaid” “Deficit reduction” “Fiscal responsibility” “Wealth redistribution (direction undisclosed)” “Cutting waste, fraud, abuse (and some health insurance)” “A big, beautiful social welfare cut” “Classic Reaganism” “Undoing Biden’s budget mess” “Operation Keep the President from Saying Mean Things About Us on Social Media” “Tightening Medicaid” “Not cutting Medicaid” “Boosting emergency rooms with more business” “Enforcing work requirements” “Bipartisanship (we’ve considered Mitch...
If FDR Did It, It Can’t Be That Bad

3 weeks ago | mcsweeneys.net | Ginny Hogan

“Progressives have long pined for another FDR. Here in the first couple of months of 2025, they’ve gotten one.” —Rich Lowry, National Review- - -We know, it’s alarming that he’s talking about running for a third term. But FDR did it, and he ended the Great Depression. Well, it ended on his watch. I guess what I’m saying is if FDR did it, it can’t be that bad. Sure, he’s intentionally driving us into a recession.
This Summer's Best New Romance Novels Are All About Getting Out Of Town

1 month ago | bustle.com | Ginny Hogan

If you’ve been ~reading the room~ these days, you may have noticed that people aren’t exactly thrilled right now. Whether it’s my Instagram filled with memes about moving to Mars (it’s uninhabitable, guys!), or my city-dwelling friends declaring they need to live on a farm forever (you hate dirt, Katie), or literally anything happening in the news (I prefer a “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, but it’s not working out), everyone’s feeling just a little bit… off. The solution? To GTFO this summer.
Don’t Worry, We Were Prepared for Our Policies to Be Extremely Unpopular, Because They Are Very, Very Bad

1 month ago | mcsweeneys.net | Ginny Hogan

“Trump’s 41 percent approval rating is the lowest for any newly elected president at 100 days dating back at least to Dwight Eisenhower—including Trump’s own first term.” —CNN- - -We see the low approval ratings, yes. We understand. Our administration’s first one hundred days were the least popular in the past seventy, eighty, nine hundred years. But we just want you all to know: You can’t phase us. We were ready for this type of public reaction. Because our policies are very, very bad.
Andie Could Have Tried Harder To Get Dumped In 'How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days'

1 month ago | elitedaily.com | Ginny Hogan

It has been 22 years since the beloved 2003 rom-com How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days came out. I recently rewatched it — a ritual I partake in whenever I want to go back in time. I always find happy endings comforting, but I find them especially comforting when they remind me how relaxed I was in middle school, when I didn’t have to pay rent or anything. After my most recent watch, I’ve realized there’s something we’re not talking about enough: Andie wasn't trying all that hard to get Ben to dump her.
In Praise of “Toxic” Female Friendships

1 month ago | lithub.com | Ginny Hogan

Only one storyline in The White Lotus Season Three has anything resembling a happy ending: childhood friends Laurie, Jacklyn, and Kate finally rekindle their lifelong love for each other after a week of backstabbing and gossip. The viewer is left with no doubt that the three will continue to talk shit about each other until death do they part, but by the same token, the viewer has no doubts that they’ll be in touch for the rest of their lives.
Additional Recession Indicators

1 month ago | mcsweeneys.net | Ginny Hogan

Everyone looks to the stock market to figure out if we’re heading into a recession. Sure, it has some info—for example, the market right now would tell us we definitely are—but that’s not the only recession warning sign we should be on the lookout for. If you know where to train your eyes, you’ll realize recession indicators are all around us. For example, any of the following might be a red flashing light: Taylor Swift starts a perfume line.
this is not traditional masculinity

2 months ago | mutual.substack.com | Ginny Hogan

The other day, I needed to pee at a Home Depot. The women’s bathroom was closed for cleaning, so I went in the men’s. I typically use whichever bathroom has the shorter line (it’s 2025!). Occasionally, someone will tell me I’m in the wrong one, but I go ahead anyway. No one ever stops me. It’s 2025! And it’s not like I pause to stare at the penises. I try to avoid looking, if at all possible. I’m very quick. I do it man-style, which is to say, I don’t even wash my hands. This time was different.
Does Cooking My Husband Breakfast Make Me a Tradwife?

2 months ago | thecut.com | Ginny Hogan

Photo: CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images I make my husband breakfast every morning. Even worse: I bring it to him. And when he’s working from home, lunch too. Maybe an afternoon snack. I don’t just do it — I insist upon it. If you’d told me ten years ago that I’d one day take full responsibility for feeding an adult man, I would have gagged, possibly cried, and reaffirmed my commitment to never getting married. It all started two years ago when we moved in together.