Kaitlin Fontana is a screenwriter and National Magazine award-winning writer, essayist, and culture journalist living in Los Angeles, CA.
A Wild Trip to Chiloé, Chile's Magical Island
I am in Chile and I am disoriented. Yesterday, I flew from fall into spring, northern hemisphere to southern. But that’s not why. I’m disoriented because I’m seeing an upside-down boat. In the sky.
Non-Monogamy Was Great — Until I Fell In Love With A Married, Monogamous Man
Part III: I used to imagine the married man and I could make it work. But our affair was breaking the foundation of my newly-built non-monogamous life.
A Couple Sent Me A Picture Of Themselves In Bed. Was I Really Going To Do This?
Part II: Online dating as a poly has taught me about ‘unicorns,’ the value of communication, and what I really want in life.
After Years Of Doomed Relationships, I Realized Monogamy Isn’t For Me
Part I: It took a blunt conversation with my therapist, then four more years of denial, before I started telling everyone — even my mother — that I was non-monogamous.
In Defence of Sarah McLachlan
‘Music for horrific breakups, untimely funerals and teenage seduction.’
Would You Role-Play Your First Date All Over Again?
What’s it like to date your longterm love, again? One woman recounts her adventures (both sad and sexy) in mental kink
Is Our New Grimes Cover Story Her "Last Interview Ever?" - Flare
Pop music’s prickly punk princess and producer extraordinaire Claire Boucher gives Kaitlin Fontana what she says is one of her last interviews ever—and makes it count
Reductress: How I Survive My Short Distance Relationship
I know we’ll be okay because we never, ever need to be apart ever again for any reason. Did you read that article about the woman in Denmark who slept with her husband’s dead body for a year? I used to think that was gross, but now I realize it’s literally your only option when you’re this deeply in something with someone else.
Reductress: Five Food-Based Substitutes for Love
These mashed potatoes are like Ryan Gosling in The Notebook—substantial and comforting, but also sweet and surprising. Like the raindrops on his skin in that final scene, the chocolate chips add a glisten to the pure goodness of those soft white features.
Reductress: Hillary Clinton's Withering Stare Begins Early Campaign for 2016
Clinton then turned her back to the press and spun back around dramatically, staring at gathered reporters one by one for over thirty-five seconds straight. When NBC’s Chuck Todd asked a follow-up, Clinton shushed him without breaking her stare—waiting twelve seconds before asking, “Any questions?”
Reductress: Taylor Swift Creates Rip in Space-time; Changes Course of Pop Music
Sources close to the singer say Swift spent five months in late-1950s Liverpool, where she became a fixture of the burgeoning rock ‘n’ roll scene and dated both young John Lennon and young Paul McCartney. Her effect on the duo was so potent that they ceased playing music together, a decision that prevented the formation of The Beatles.