lapsed music critic, culture writer at The Cut / NYMag I’m not here often but cat.zhang@nymag.com if you need mehttps://bsky.app/profile/catzhang.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/catzhang.bsky.social/post/3m4vpgtm37k2wSource request: Looking to speak with New Yorkers considering having children now that Zohran Mamdani is officially our new mayor. (Zohran voters who are already expecting and/or would-be Zohran supporters who left New York to have kids also welcome!) cat.zhang@nymag.com05 Nov 2025 18:45 +0000at://did:plc:sttp5zf7du65n27473v32c77/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4vpgtm37k2whttps://bsky.app/profile/catzhang.bsky.social/post/3lolwqgcbok2hYou might be familiar with Partiful, that events app that keeps texting you about your coworker's friends birthday. Here's my conversation with their CEO https://www.thecut.com/article/wait-partifuls-founders-worked-at-palantir.html07 May 2025 17:36 +0000at://did:plc:sttp5zf7du65n27473v32c77/app.bsky.feed.post/3lolwqgcbok2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/catzhang.bsky.social/post/3llhphv5uus2pExcellent and horrifying piece from @chrisstanton27.bsky.social , who spoke to former healthcare executives about the soul-destroying things they witnessed at the top of the for-profit medical insurance industry https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/insurance-health-care-executives-wendell-potter-whistleblowers.html28 Mar 2025 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:sttp5zf7du65n27473v32c77/app.bsky.feed.post/3llhphv5uus2phttps://bsky.app/profile/catzhang.bsky.social/post/3lhlxbpg3ns2hboooo07 Feb 2025 15:49 +0000at://did:plc:sttp5zf7du65n27473v32c77/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhlxbpg3ns2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/catzhang.bsky.social/post/3ldyp3vgldc22hello bluesky i wrote about bisexuals https://www.thecut.com/article/bisexuality-2024-pop-culture-year-in-review.html23 Dec 2024 19:47 +0000at://did:plc:sttp5zf7du65n27473v32c77/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldyp3vgldc22https://bsky.app/profile/catzhang.bsky.social/post/3ld2pl6flhs2kthey let me into the New Directions office 😈11 Dec 2024 21:36 +0000at://did:plc:sttp5zf7du65n27473v32c77/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld2pl6flhs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/catzhang.bsky.social/post/3lcv7twkock2eI wrote about Eusexua, Babygirl, Industry, the “office siren” trend, and the corporate 9-5 as erotic fantasy https://www.thecut.com/article/office-pervert-siren-trend-2024-year-in-review.html09 Dec 2024 17:11 +0000at://did:plc:sttp5zf7du65n27473v32c77/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcv7twkock2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/catzhang.bsky.social/post/3lcebqed2gk2uThe Bisexual on Hulu: criminally underrated TV show that would have killed if it had been released this year and not in 2018 ... humor is so painfully British in the best way02 Dec 2024 23:29 +0000at://did:plc:sttp5zf7du65n27473v32c77/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcebqed2gk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/catzhang.bsky.social/post/3lcdfk3okh22hspotify wrapped sucks so here are my most listened-to songs and albums of the year02 Dec 2024 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:sttp5zf7du65n27473v32c77/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcdfk3okh22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/catzhang.bsky.social/post/3lbskwtqus225i attract a wonderful community on Twitter — everyone here step it up25 Nov 2024 22:26 +0000at://did:plc:sttp5zf7du65n27473v32c77/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbskwtqus225https://bsky.app/profile/catzhang.bsky.social/post/3lbkdz5f7tc2nit's friday and we're listening to JEFF PARKER https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/the-way-out-of-easy22 Nov 2024 16:01 +0000at://did:plc:sttp5zf7du65n27473v32c77/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbkdz5f7tc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/catzhang.bsky.social/post/3lbdoxki2k22jbeautiful women of Bluesky let me hear you roar20 Nov 2024 00:28 +0000at://did:plc:sttp5zf7du65n27473v32c77/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbdoxki2k22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/catzhang.bsky.social/post/3lbctyieags2pI loved the first two volumes of Solvej Balle's septology On the Calculation of Volume, translated from Danish and out soon via New Directions. Wrote about it for the new NYMag issue — you can also read online :) https://www.thecut.com/article/solvej-balle-on-the-calculation-of-volume-book-review.html19 Nov 2024 16:25 +0000at://did:plc:sttp5zf7du65n27473v32c77/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbctyieags2p