Hannah Steinkopf-Frank

Street Address

Eugene, Oregon

7736807734

Journalist, Musician, Pop Culture Enthusiast

Hannah Steinkopf-Frank

Freelance Projects

Feature Stories

The Long Shadow Of The Jolly Bachelors

Walkers in the City—and Everywhere

Tonika Lewis Johnson’s Photos Spark Transatlantic Conversation About Race

Queer Christian Artists Keep The Faith: How LGBTQ+ Musicians Are Redefining Praise Music

Publishing Queer Berlin

France Has 500,000 Jews But Only 5 Women Rabbis. A Growing Movement Is Pushing To Change That.

The 6 Best Sewing Machines, For Beginners To DIY Pros

A Fine Line: Why Low-commitment Tattoos Are Everywhere

Inside the Program that Sends Thousands of Middle Schoolers into the Woods

Queering Climate Activism

Meet The TikTok Sewers Inspiring Others To Get Creative

Women Rabbis In France Carve Their Own Path

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Anna Lytical Is A TikTok Star Teaching Coding In Drag

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Solarpunk Is Not About Pretty Aesthetics. It's About The End Of Capitalism

Doctors Push To Bring Reproductive Health Care Back To Guam

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More Men Reach For Sewing Machines

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The Game Boy Sewing Machine Is More Than A Punchline

This French Town Has Created Its Own Amazon With A Difference

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Frances Perkins: Architect Of The New Deal

Sending In The Arrières-Gardes: A New Paris Music Collective Wants To Preserve The City's Independent Music Scene

The young Jews embracing body art to express their identity

How queer rappers are defining the next generation of Chicago hip-hop

This banjo-led album is an unflinching look at black women’s stories of resistance and hope

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Gender-neutral Hebrew is the latest move towards queer-inclusive Judaism

Chicago's broken political machine is being challenged by young activists

Lesbianism (!) at the convent

Interviews

Also for “Culture Study,” I interviewed Washington Post book critic Becca Rothfeld about her book All Things Are Too Small: Essays in Praise of Excess.

For JSTOR Daily, I interviewed Isabella Rosner, curator at the Royal School of Needlework, about her new publication Stitching Freedom.

For Anne Helen Petersen’s “Culture Study" newsletter, I interviewed Dr. Alex D. Ketchum about her book Ingredients for Revolution: A History of American Feminist Restaurants, Cafes, and Coffeehouses.

I was a guest on the podcast “Soho Bites” and discussed the movie “Beat Girl” and the Yé-yé music genre.

The real heroes:
On HIV/AIDS activists in 1980s Chicago

Veteran music journalist honors musicians with new book “Women Who Rock”

The road to trans liberation

New podcast delves into controversial Chicago police shooting

Jessica Hopper makes a case for staying in Chicago in “Night Moves”

I was a guest on the music podcast “Switched on Pop” and discussed girl groups for the episode "808s & Havana Heartbreak."