Alanna Okun
Former Senior Editor
Alanna Okun was a senior editor at Vox, primarily working on Even Better. Her work, on topics ranging from crafting to culture to video games, has appeared in the New York Times, the New Yorker, NPR, BuzzFeed, Apartment Therapy, and the Hairpin, among others, and she has regularly appeared on Today, Good Morning America, and other local and national TV and radio programs. She is the author of The Curse of the Boyfriend Sweater (Flatiron/Macmillan 2018) and Knit a Hat (Abrams 2020).
Latest articles by Alanna Okun
A monthlong break from drinking was just the beginning for me.
There’s an elegiac sense of magic to Studio Ghibli’s latest film.
Is it possible to be truly original anymore — in your own life, in commerce, in art?
The follow-up to the wildly popular Breath of the Wild has all the appeal of its predecessor and then some.
It’s wildly difficult, ridiculously complicated, and could be the best video game of the year.
The Forgotten City, which began life as a Skyrim mod, gives you plenty of room to mess up and do better next time.
I thought I could check all the boxes and be well again. The universe had other plans.
1,200 hours later, I regret nothing.
I’ve been crafting in various forms for years. Here’s some of what I’ve picked up.
“Wanna hear something super bitchy?” is a kind of love language.