Allie Volpe
@allieevolpe.bsky.social
Senior reporter at Vox. Writing a book about friendship. Bylines in the New York Times, The Atlantic, Washington Post, Rolling Stone, Playboy, and others.
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Allie Volpe
@allieevolpe.bsky.social
· Jan 8
✨ it’s my turn to post one of these✨I'M WRITING A BOOK!!!!! friendship means so much to me and I still can’t believe I get to write many thousands of words about it
i started book leave this week, but here's a little more from me to hold you over until i'm back at vox in march <3 about not liking your partner sometimes <3 www.vox.com/life/465847/...
Is it okay if I don’t love my partner all the time?
What you’re feeling is ambivalence. It can be a good thing.
www.vox.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
i started book leave this week, but here's a little more from me to hold you over until i'm back at vox in march <3 about not liking your partner sometimes <3 www.vox.com/life/465847/...
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🎙️ON AIR:
We're talking to @vox.com's @allieevolpe.bsky.social and UCLA Center for Friendship Research director @jaimiekrems.bsky.social about the value of having a best friend in adulthood.
❓Do you have a best friend whom you've been close to for many years? How do you keep that bond?
📻 Listen:
We're talking to @vox.com's @allieevolpe.bsky.social and UCLA Center for Friendship Research director @jaimiekrems.bsky.social about the value of having a best friend in adulthood.
❓Do you have a best friend whom you've been close to for many years? How do you keep that bond?
📻 Listen:
The Benefits of a ‘Best’ Friend | KQED
We talk about the value of having a best friend in adulthood. How would you describe your relationship with your best friend?
www.kqed.org
October 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
🎙️ON AIR:
We're talking to @vox.com's @allieevolpe.bsky.social and UCLA Center for Friendship Research director @jaimiekrems.bsky.social about the value of having a best friend in adulthood.
❓Do you have a best friend whom you've been close to for many years? How do you keep that bond?
📻 Listen:
We're talking to @vox.com's @allieevolpe.bsky.social and UCLA Center for Friendship Research director @jaimiekrems.bsky.social about the value of having a best friend in adulthood.
❓Do you have a best friend whom you've been close to for many years? How do you keep that bond?
📻 Listen:
despite persistent stereotypes depicting single women as yearning for romance, it's actually single men who report being the least satisfied. i wrote about the plight of the single man: www.vox.com/even-better/...
Why are single men so miserable?
When men lack the skills to build intimacy, their relationships — and well-being — suffer.
www.vox.com
September 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
despite persistent stereotypes depicting single women as yearning for romance, it's actually single men who report being the least satisfied. i wrote about the plight of the single man: www.vox.com/even-better/...
maybe the problem isn't with your concentration, but the culture that rewards productivity at all costs www.vox.com/even-better/...
The most effective productivity hack is the one you least want to do
We all have a limited reserve of attention, and modern life is excellent at depleting it.
www.vox.com
August 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
maybe the problem isn't with your concentration, but the culture that rewards productivity at all costs www.vox.com/even-better/...
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talk to me about your <3 best friends <3 how do you define a "best friend?" what qualities do best friends have? why is it important to you to quantify certain friends as "best?" email me! allie.volpe@vox.com
August 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
talk to me about your <3 best friends <3 how do you define a "best friend?" what qualities do best friends have? why is it important to you to quantify certain friends as "best?" email me! allie.volpe@vox.com
talk to me about your <3 best friends <3 how do you define a "best friend?" what qualities do best friends have? why is it important to you to quantify certain friends as "best?" email me! allie.volpe@vox.com
August 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
talk to me about your <3 best friends <3 how do you define a "best friend?" what qualities do best friends have? why is it important to you to quantify certain friends as "best?" email me! allie.volpe@vox.com
crazy how it took until month 8 of writing a book for my first panic attack
August 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
crazy how it took until month 8 of writing a book for my first panic attack
i wrote about why it feels like everyone is rude as hell
Why it feels like people are more impolite than ever. www.vox.com/even-better/...
Are we in a crisis of rudeness?
Why it feels like people are more impolite than ever.
www.vox.com
August 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
i wrote about why it feels like everyone is rude as hell
Dressed like a giant baby, on the brink of tears like a giant baby
August 15, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Dressed like a giant baby, on the brink of tears like a giant baby
things are bad enough and now you're telling me i have to make dinner and deal with another t**** s**** album release cycle
August 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
things are bad enough and now you're telling me i have to make dinner and deal with another t**** s**** album release cycle
Tune into KQED in just a few minutes to hear me talk about my latest piece on setting your friends up on dates <3 i love friendship i love love
FRI at 9AM:
Used Dates founder Lauren Magboo, @vox.com's @allieevolpe.bsky.social and matchmaker Dr. Frankie Bashan join us to talk about singles' rising interest to get off of dating apps and rely on personal interventions to find love.
❓Have you ever been set up or set someone up? How'd it go?
Used Dates founder Lauren Magboo, @vox.com's @allieevolpe.bsky.social and matchmaker Dr. Frankie Bashan join us to talk about singles' rising interest to get off of dating apps and rely on personal interventions to find love.
❓Have you ever been set up or set someone up? How'd it go?
Most couples used to meet this way. What happened?
If you’re sick of dating apps, consider this tried-and-true method.
www.vox.com
August 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Tune into KQED in just a few minutes to hear me talk about my latest piece on setting your friends up on dates <3 i love friendship i love love
need a huge salad and a lobotomy
August 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
need a huge salad and a lobotomy
we're so done (hangry)
we're so back (ate dinner)
we're so back (ate dinner)
August 6, 2025 at 11:50 PM
we're so done (hangry)
we're so back (ate dinner)
we're so back (ate dinner)
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What's your offline dating story? Were you introduced to your partner through friends or family? Or maybe you're the matchmaker?
Fri at 9AM PST, we're talking with @allieevolpe.bsky.social about how couples are meeting (or not). Tell us:
Fri at 9AM PST, we're talking with @allieevolpe.bsky.social about how couples are meeting (or not). Tell us:
August 6, 2025 at 8:04 PM
What's your offline dating story? Were you introduced to your partner through friends or family? Or maybe you're the matchmaker?
Fri at 9AM PST, we're talking with @allieevolpe.bsky.social about how couples are meeting (or not). Tell us:
Fri at 9AM PST, we're talking with @allieevolpe.bsky.social about how couples are meeting (or not). Tell us:
Only groaned with my head in my hands twice while meeting with the accountant that’s a win
August 6, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Only groaned with my head in my hands twice while meeting with the accountant that’s a win
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Today: @allieevolpe.bsky.social on traveling with friends; New doc about reporting on the Ukraine war from inside Putin's Russia; @nymag.com's @heybonanos.bsky.social & Jody Quon share photo skills; Artist Maris Jones
Live at noon on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @wnyc.org
Live at noon on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @wnyc.org
August 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Today: @allieevolpe.bsky.social on traveling with friends; New doc about reporting on the Ukraine war from inside Putin's Russia; @nymag.com's @heybonanos.bsky.social & Jody Quon share photo skills; Artist Maris Jones
Live at noon on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @wnyc.org
Live at noon on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @wnyc.org
Once I start manifesting it’s over for you bitches
August 5, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Once I start manifesting it’s over for you bitches
for most of modern dating, couples used to meet through their friends. (try to guess how people commonly meet now.) i wrote about the life -- and death -- of the setup www.vox.com/even-better/...
Most couples used to meet this way. What happened?
If you’re sick of dating apps, consider this tried-and-true method.
www.vox.com
July 31, 2025 at 2:44 PM
for most of modern dating, couples used to meet through their friends. (try to guess how people commonly meet now.) i wrote about the life -- and death -- of the setup www.vox.com/even-better/...
Reposted by Allie Volpe
If you’re sick of dating apps, consider this tried-and-true method. www.vox.com/even-better/...
Most couples used to meet this way. What happened?
If you’re sick of dating apps, consider this tried-and-true method.
www.vox.com
July 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
If you’re sick of dating apps, consider this tried-and-true method. www.vox.com/even-better/...
Horny for a bagel and a government not run by ghouls
July 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Horny for a bagel and a government not run by ghouls
me? *too* sensitive? never!!!! www.vox.com/even-better/...
Am I actually “too sensitive”?
Some people, in fact, are more prone to big feelings than others.
www.vox.com
July 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
me? *too* sensitive? never!!!! www.vox.com/even-better/...
It’s a Saturday night and I’m breaking in new shoes pray for me
July 26, 2025 at 11:38 PM
It’s a Saturday night and I’m breaking in new shoes pray for me
every friday the groupchat sends pics recapping their weeks and it makes me so happy :)
July 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
every friday the groupchat sends pics recapping their weeks and it makes me so happy :)
Eating beef jerky over the sink in my underwear like a real American Woman
July 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Eating beef jerky over the sink in my underwear like a real American Woman
There should be a halal food cart perfume
July 18, 2025 at 8:49 PM
There should be a halal food cart perfume