Rachel Kurzius
@curiouskurz.bsky.social
“The Woodward and Bernstein of hockey romance,” per NPR. Features reporter with an eye for stories that intrigue and inform in equal measure
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Which is to say HIRE @curiouskurz.bsky.social and all the staff from @washingtonpost.com. This is bullshit.
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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
February 4, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Which is to say HIRE @curiouskurz.bsky.social and all the staff from @washingtonpost.com. This is bullshit.
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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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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.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:33 PM
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.
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/0...
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/0...
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
#SaveThePost
February 4, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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
#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
February 4, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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
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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.
January 29, 2026 at 11:32 PM
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.
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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!
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
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
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.
wapo.st
January 27, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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!
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
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
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.
wapo.st
January 27, 2026 at 5:21 PM
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
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
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
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.
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January 20, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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
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:
wapo.st/4soCrlP
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:
wapo.st/4soCrlP
‘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.
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January 7, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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:
wapo.st/4soCrlP
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:
wapo.st/4soCrlP
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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:
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
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.
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December 20, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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)
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
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.
wapo.st
December 21, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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)
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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
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.
wapo.st
December 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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
I told @curiouskurz.bsky.social about it and she dug in. Here's the crazy tale (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.”
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.”
December 20, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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.”
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.”
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.
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.
December 15, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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.
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.
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This feature is perfectly written, comprehensively reported, and that first quote is an absolute writer's dream.
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
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.”
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December 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
This feature is perfectly written, comprehensively reported, and that first quote is an absolute writer's dream.
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 ....
And yet ....
December 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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 ....
And yet ....
I'm gonna be honest with you, I was VERY surprised when I learned Pantone's selection for 2026 color of the year, in part bc it's technically not a color at all ...
Meet Cloud Dancer, the first-ever white shade to receive the designation from the world’s color authority.
Meet Cloud Dancer, the first-ever white shade to receive the designation from the world’s color authority.
December 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I'm gonna be honest with you, I was VERY surprised when I learned Pantone's selection for 2026 color of the year, in part bc it's technically not a color at all ...
Meet Cloud Dancer, the first-ever white shade to receive the designation from the world’s color authority.
Meet Cloud Dancer, the first-ever white shade to receive the designation from the world’s color authority.
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Ribbon is such an easy way to make things feel "Christmas." I wrap all my gifts in brown kraft paper with brown paper tape, but use (and re-use!) a collection of satin/velvet/organza ribbons to make them look fancy. This year I ordered some velvet ribbon to make over my front door wreath!
Ralph Lauren Christmas is just as much Charles Dickens as it is Ralph Lauren. It’s traditional, it’s tech-free, it’s equal parts cozy and sumptuous. For more, here's a gift link to my story: wapo.st/48FAqtE
What the Ralph Lauren Christmas trend reveals about our cultural moment
This holiday microtrend is marked by velvet, bows, plaid, nostalgia — with an anti-tech, anti-minimalist vibe.
wapo.st
December 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Ribbon is such an easy way to make things feel "Christmas." I wrap all my gifts in brown kraft paper with brown paper tape, but use (and re-use!) a collection of satin/velvet/organza ribbons to make them look fancy. This year I ordered some velvet ribbon to make over my front door wreath!
The First Lady has selected this year's Christmas theme: "Home is Where the Heart Is"
This year, the White House is also where the construction is. The decoration tour is halved for 2025. It's mostly traditional/ pared back, but there are some Pres Trump portraits worth noting:
This year, the White House is also where the construction is. The decoration tour is halved for 2025. It's mostly traditional/ pared back, but there are some Pres Trump portraits worth noting:
December 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The First Lady has selected this year's Christmas theme: "Home is Where the Heart Is"
This year, the White House is also where the construction is. The decoration tour is halved for 2025. It's mostly traditional/ pared back, but there are some Pres Trump portraits worth noting:
This year, the White House is also where the construction is. The decoration tour is halved for 2025. It's mostly traditional/ pared back, but there are some Pres Trump portraits worth noting:
This year's holiday microtrend? Ralph Lauren Christmas
For many people, all that plaid, velvet and burgundy is simply Christmas as usual. But these annual declarations of the must-have aesthetic also reflect back our cultural fascinations and trends .....
For many people, all that plaid, velvet and burgundy is simply Christmas as usual. But these annual declarations of the must-have aesthetic also reflect back our cultural fascinations and trends .....
November 30, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This year's holiday microtrend? Ralph Lauren Christmas
For many people, all that plaid, velvet and burgundy is simply Christmas as usual. But these annual declarations of the must-have aesthetic also reflect back our cultural fascinations and trends .....
For many people, all that plaid, velvet and burgundy is simply Christmas as usual. But these annual declarations of the must-have aesthetic also reflect back our cultural fascinations and trends .....
It’s a rite of passage. As young adults grow up, they decide to upgrade their wall art. They walk into their local frame shop, get sticker shock and often walk straight back out.
Custom framing has never been cheap, but it’s also never been quite as costly as it is now.
Custom framing has never been cheap, but it’s also never been quite as costly as it is now.
November 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
It’s a rite of passage. As young adults grow up, they decide to upgrade their wall art. They walk into their local frame shop, get sticker shock and often walk straight back out.
Custom framing has never been cheap, but it’s also never been quite as costly as it is now.
Custom framing has never been cheap, but it’s also never been quite as costly as it is now.
Let's talk about renovated White House's Lincoln Bathroom.
I spoke with designers and experts about the changes, which are very much in keeping with what we know about Trump's aesthetic (marble! gold! bathroom chandelier!).
tdlr: wow, that's a lotta marble!
I spoke with designers and experts about the changes, which are very much in keeping with what we know about Trump's aesthetic (marble! gold! bathroom chandelier!).
tdlr: wow, that's a lotta marble!
November 4, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Let's talk about renovated White House's Lincoln Bathroom.
I spoke with designers and experts about the changes, which are very much in keeping with what we know about Trump's aesthetic (marble! gold! bathroom chandelier!).
tdlr: wow, that's a lotta marble!
I spoke with designers and experts about the changes, which are very much in keeping with what we know about Trump's aesthetic (marble! gold! bathroom chandelier!).
tdlr: wow, that's a lotta marble!
The Office of the First Lady announces public tours of the White House will resume Dec. 2 and "all December tours will feature the White House Christmas decorations on the State Floor"
WH holiday decorations bring thousands of visitors each year. They're happening this year, too, tho the tour route will have to be ... a little different.
My latest piece has the details, here's a gift link: https://
wapo.st/4oUZxOH ty to @ddiamond.bsky.social
for the reporting assist
My latest piece has the details, here's a gift link: https://
wapo.st/4oUZxOH ty to @ddiamond.bsky.social
for the reporting assist
Despite demolition, White House will still hold holiday decoration tours
The tour route will be updated now that the East Wing has been demolished.
wapo.st
October 31, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The Office of the First Lady announces public tours of the White House will resume Dec. 2 and "all December tours will feature the White House Christmas decorations on the State Floor"
Each spooky season, squirrels and pumpkin-havers duke it out over the fate of decorative gourds.
Experts provided some key tips for making your pumpkins less appealing to critters. You probably already have a lot of the materials you need at home!
Experts provided some key tips for making your pumpkins less appealing to critters. You probably already have a lot of the materials you need at home!
October 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Each spooky season, squirrels and pumpkin-havers duke it out over the fate of decorative gourds.
Experts provided some key tips for making your pumpkins less appealing to critters. You probably already have a lot of the materials you need at home!
Experts provided some key tips for making your pumpkins less appealing to critters. You probably already have a lot of the materials you need at home!
Each year, the White House's holiday tour starts in the East Wing & the East Colonnade sets the tone for the decorations.
Now the East Wing and East Colonnade are rubble.
I just learned that, despite the demolition, the holiday tour is still happening
Now the East Wing and East Colonnade are rubble.
I just learned that, despite the demolition, the holiday tour is still happening
October 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Each year, the White House's holiday tour starts in the East Wing & the East Colonnade sets the tone for the decorations.
Now the East Wing and East Colonnade are rubble.
I just learned that, despite the demolition, the holiday tour is still happening
Now the East Wing and East Colonnade are rubble.
I just learned that, despite the demolition, the holiday tour is still happening