Rachel Kurzius

Not for nothing, but it was a Washington Post article about romance fiction that pushed Jacob Tierney to contact Rachel Reid about making #HeatedRivalry.

Which is to say HIRE @curiouskurz.bsky.social and all the staff from @washingtonpost.com. This is bullshit.
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Hockey romance novels are in the news. Here’s why they’re so popular. The subgenre captured mainstream attention after a brouhaha involving NHL player Alex Wennberg.

The show Heated Rivalry only exists because of an article by Rachel Kurzius inspired Jacob Tierney to reach out to Rachel Reid. Today @washingtonpost.com laid Rachel off.
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I stand in solidarity with all my colleagues suffering for the decisions made by management.

Alas, I got that “Eliminated” email from the @washingtonpost. I LOVED that job. I firmly believe that telling delicious, curious, surprising stories is key to the success of journalism. I plan to keep doing so! (You can now hire me, if you agree)
#SaveThePost

Alas, I got that “Eliminated” email from the @washingtonpost. I LOVED that job. I firmly believe that telling delicious, curious, surprising stories is key to the success of journalism. I plan to keep doing so! (You can now hire me, if you agree) #SaveThePost

🥰🥰🥰 ty! It was a true labor of love

Fan fiction is everywhere, if you know how to look Writers who were once relegated to the internet are reshaping traditional publishing. It’s partly thanks to their infectious, generous passion.

Yesssss, when it’s good it’s like bone-tremblingly good. I wrote over the summer that fic is basically the primordial soup of storytelling: wapo.st/46sw7QO

For nearly a century, the @washingtonpost’s foreign correspondents have been on the ground for the world’s most pressing stories. Now, our desk is facing potential steep cuts. Washington needs us. The world needs us. If you read us and need us, please watch this video and share.

Gorgeous and full of warmth!!! Ty for sharing

Literally bought my house so we could keep all the cool weird shit. Oh, you don't think a kitchen with an orange backsplash, a blue terrazo floor, and pink wallpaper is good for resale value? Who cares, I live here!

Yesssss! That's how I feel, too, which made working on this story very fun. Also your house sounds amazing and I would not be mad at all to see some pics!

Your home is too boring. Let’s get a little weird. A bathtub on the porch, a snail on a door hinge — the move toward weird is about making a space uniquely yours.

There's an unexpected word catching on in the world of home design: WEIRD.

Weird pushes back against fast furniture and decorating for the algorithm or for resale value. I explored the movement to make homes weirder in my latest for the @washingtonpost.com Here's a gift link: wapo.st/4sXIRc9

How to dress better with the 3-3-3 rule and 6 other numerical guides Experts break down all those viral fashion formulas — what works, what to tweak and one to avoid.

I asked stylists to break down all those viral fashion formulas like the 3-3-3 Rule and the Third Piece — what works, what to tweak and one to avoid. Here's a gift link: wapo.st/4a8yny3

‘9-1-1’ is TV’s most unhinged procedural — and that’s why it works Why ABC’s outlandish drama about first responders is still a fun watch nine seasons in.

Billionaires swallowed by whales! Ill-fated trips to space! Truly, no one does it like 9-1-1, ABC's campy first responder procedural.

The show returns Thurs, so I chatted w showrunner Tim Minear about keeping it fresh 9 seasons in, Buddie & killing off Bobby. Here's a gift link:
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Ty to you both and happy cottage to you, too!

It took Pete Marocco only weeks to help dismantle USAID. But for the better part of two decades, he's been embroiled in a lawsuit against his interior designers that experts said has reached "Dickensian levels of challenges" to the legal system. Don't miss this one from @curiouskurz.bsky.social:

Aaron is a one-of-a-kind investigative talent. I'm so grateful he shared this lawsuit with me (easy to say I'm grateful now that the story is up lol)

Inside the 17-year lawsuit between a Trump official and his interior designers A lawsuit between former Trump official Pete Marocco and a Florida design firm has gone on for over a decade, involving complex legal maneuvers and accusations.

Months ago, when I was looking into Pete Marocco, the Trump official who helped dismantle USAID, I noticed that he was involved in a long-running lawsuit with his interior designers.

I told @curiouskurz.bsky.social about it and she dug in. Here's the crazy tale (gift link). wapo.st/4pNVV1L

Inside the 17-year lawsuit between a Trump official and his interior designers A lawsuit between former Trump official Pete Marocco and a Florida design firm has gone on for over a decade, involving complex legal maneuvers and accusations.

For my latest, I explored the 17-year lawsuit between a Trump official and his Tallahassee interior designers, which had twists and turns that astonished experts who reviewed the docket. Here's a gift link: wapo.st/4pNVV1L

It took only a few weeks for Pete Marocco to oversee the gutting of USAID.

But for 17 years, Marocco has been battling a FL interior design firm in a lawsuit that the judge described as “reaching Dickensian levels of challenges to the effectiveness of the civil justice system.”

You might regret buying that viral couch Social media ads don’t mention the feeling of a metal bar across your back every time you want to lie down.

The Viral Couch is a new and powerful force, one that often leads to much older feeling: Couch Regret. I explored this in my latest piece, and here's a gift link: wapo.st/499xd5M

Word to the wise: you may regret buying that viral couch!

Buying a couch has always been a high-stakes endeavor. The internet has made it even trickier with the rise of the Viral Couch: a piece of furniture that becomes inescapable online and may or may not be a piece of junk.

Hmmm that's def an interesting argument. The third ep was lovely and I appreciated that it changed the pace and expanded the world. As my story makes clear, tho, I'm pretty ride-or-die Shane/Ilya so I'm looking forward to seeing more of them in ep 4!

🥹🥹🥹 this is the kind of post I save for a sad day, THANK YOU

This feature is perfectly written, comprehensively reported, and that first quote is an absolute writer's dream.

Your gf is a woman of taste!!

What happens when your gay hockey smut becomes a global phenomenon? Much of North America (and Australia!) has plunged into a fervor over the TV adaptation of Rachel Reid’s romance novel “Heated Rivalry.”

I wrote about Heated Rivalry's unlikely journey to global phenomenon for the @washingtonpost -- and how Rachel Reid plans to write more about the characters Shane and Ilya, who have much of North America captivated. Here's a gift link: wapo.st/44fVZ1w

When Rachel Reid sat at her dining room table in Nova Scotia writing the book that would become “Heated Rivalry,” it never crossed her mind that the smutty romance between adversarial pro hockey players would one day become Canada’s primary cultural export.

And yet ....

Pantone makes a surprising choice for its 2026 color of the year We did not see that coming.

To learn more about why Pantone selected this shade, their response to the notion that proclaiming white the color of the year might raise some eyebrows and more, here's a gift link to my latest: wapo.st/4pgEFBI