DEBORAH COPAKEN
Writer / Photographer
S E L E C T E D L I N K S
Ladyparts, the Substack publication
At 58, I have the spine of an 80-year-old. Navigating osteoporosis has been difficult and expensiveThe Guardian
America’s Message to Families With Loved Ones Suffering From Dementia: You’re on Your OwnThe Daily Beast (winner of the 2024 Deadline Award)
Nora Ephron’s Three Rules for Middle-Aged HappinessThe Atlantic
I’m a Writer on Emily in Paris: I May Destroy You Deserved a Golden Globe NominationThe Guardian
Did COVID-19 Mess Up My Heart?The Atlantic
On Top of Everything Else, My Dog DiedThe Atlantic
How Are Parents Supposed to Deal With Joint Custody Right Now?The Atlantic
My Whole Household Has COVID-19The Atlantic
The Glorious Messy Life Of Liz WurtzelThe Atlantic
What Menopause Does to Women’s BrainsThe Atlantic
My Rapist ApologizedThe Atlantic
Three Children, Two AbortionsThe Atlantic
How To Lose Your Job From Sexual Harassment in 33 Easy StepsThe Atlantic
The DIY DivorceThe Atlantic
I Spent $925 on a Fake Canada Goose CoatThe Atlantic
Finding a Way Through an Unspeakable LossThe Atlantic
What I Learned About Life at my 30th College ReunionThe Atlantic
What Sea Lice Taught Me About LifeThe Atlantic
Stage MotherhoodThe New Yorker
A Life-Altering Sock DrawerThe New Yorker
My So-Called Post-Feminist Life in Arts and LettersThe Nation
Entering the Mind of My Rapist: An Exercise in Extreme EmpathyThe Nation
Exploring the Link Between Menopause and Alzheimer’sMedium
How One Woman Found Healing in the HimalayasOprah.com
The Key to Surviving Change Is Accepting That It's InevitableOprah.com
Modern Love: When Cupid is A Prying JournalistNew York Times
Modern Love: La Vie en Rose, the Takeout VersionNew York Times
Sunday Book Review Essay: Only Yesterday New York Times
Her Roman HolidayNew York Times
Lives: King of the MountainNew York Times Magazine
Op-Ed: My Marriage Was Over. Why Couldn’t I Get My Old Name BackWashington Post
Book Review: ‘Unrequited: Women and Romantic Obsession,’ by Lisa A. PhillipsThe Washington Post
How I Got Rejected from a Job at the Container StoreForbes
Darren Star Channels His Seductive Shows for This Hamptons HideawayGalerie Magazine
The Cure for a Broken Heart? Naked YogaThe Observer
All the Young Dudes The Observer
People Suck—and They Don't The Observer
Warrior Women: When Life Turns Upside Down, There’s Safety—And Strength—In NumbersThe Observer
Revisiting Hemingway, Paris, A Son and His Traumatized Roommates in the Wake of ISISThe Observer
Principal of Despair: A School Testing Scandal and a SuicideThe Observer
Uncharted Territory: A Mother of Three Navigates the World of the Newly SingleThe Observer
The Best Part of Middle Age: Letting Go of ShameThe Observer
Looking for Love, Ending Up in a WarWall Street Journal
Op-Ed: To Sanitize Photos is to Distort HistoryReuters
Adulthood in the U.S. Has Nothing to Do with Age AnymoreQuartz
How Facebook Saved My Son's LifeSlate
The Night After the Serial Rapist Was CaughtSlate
The Plumber, The Lawyer and the CarpenterThe Forward
Costa Rica Treehouse AdventureTravel & Leisure
Product Testing for Real People (all columns) Financial Times
I Went in For A Lumpectomy and Came Out A Lottery WinnerEDH
Their Father's Daughters Tue/Night
New York City, Emptied by VirusMedium
The Family Doctor and the PlagueMedium
Ladyparts: A Story of Near DeathMedium
I Was Suspended from Facebook for my #MeToo PostMedium
Selling My Engagement Ring: A Love StoryMedium
How To Write an Anti-Feminist Profile in Six Easy StepsMedium
How'd You Get That Shot?Medium