Greta Rainbow writes about cemeteries, old MTV shows, digital ephemerality, cringe, Depop, kissing, Catholics, street sounds, translation, matchbooks, radio stations ...
Greta grew up in Seattle, went to school in Montreal, and now lives in New York. Her work has appeared in
the Brooklyn Rail, Cleveland Review of Books, Dazed, Dirt, The Face, the Guardian, Hyperallergic, i-D, InStyle, Interview, Literary Hub, New York Review of Architecture, Nylon, Observer, SSENSE, VICE, Vulture, W magazine, and WNYC,
among others.She is the Research Editor at
Bustle Digital Group
and fact-checks on a freelance basis for independent authors and outlets such asArtsy, Business Insider, On the Media.
art
A Native Art Collection Gets a Much-Needed Rehang / Hyperallergic
Dua Lingo: On Petrit Halilaj at the Met / New York Review of Architecture
Why Are Wall Doodles Everywhere These Days? / Dwell
Eugene Richards’s Remembrance Garden / The Brooklyn Rail
The Forgotten Islands Surrounding New York City / Hyperallergic
On Sleep No More / New York Review of Architecture
Visual artist Jenson Leonard / The Creative Independent
Meet Peter BD, The Phoneless Downtown Curator / Interview
Comic artist Johnny Damm / The Creative Independent
Godpilled: Pronouncing Their Love for the Lord / Editorial Magazine
Jorge de León Archives Our Times On Canvas / Observer
The Syrian Refugees Creating Design From Displacement / The Guardian
Tattoo Project Body Spells / The Creative Independent
Joel Sternfeld’s American Prospects / The Brooklyn Rail
Photographer Pelle Cass / Atlas Obscura
Are Alex Jones and Jacob Wohl Performance Artists? / The Outline
Everyone Is Kissing Tommy Kha / Interview
Considering Gender in the Age of AICAN, the Unhuman Artist / Topical Cream
A Conversation With Hans Waege / Collecteurs
Inside Out and Upside Down: Tibor Kalman / Cooper Hewitt
books
On American Bulk / Bustle
When Novels Speak a Language Only Part of the Internet Gets / The Walrus
Melissa Broder on The Princess of 72nd Street / Nylon
On Bitter Water Opera / The Whitney Review
On My First Book / Dirt
Three Women Shaping the Publishing Industry / Shondaland
That Girl: On Kathleen Alcott’s Emergency / Cleveland Review of Books
Interview with Ann Patchett / Shondaland
Goodreads’ Gamification of Reading / Shondaland
The Dance Floors Where Punk and Disco Blossomed / Interview
The Dynamism of Translated Works / Shondaland
Cookie Mueller’s Collected Stories / W Magazine
Interview with Anna Dorn / Shondaland
Zimbabwe’s Subversive Creatives / Lit Hub
film
Love, Safety, and the 1990s: On Janet Planet / Cleveland Review of Books
On No Other Land / Hyperallergic
Video Killed: On Kim’s Video / New York Review of Architecture
Dry Wit: On Joanna Arnow’s debut feature / Lux
Pull the Red Thread: On La chimera / Los Angeles Review of Books
The Cannes Board Game / Vulture
Between Worlds: On NYFF / New York Review of Architecture
The slow sea odyssey of Human Flowers of Flesh / Document Journal
Dream Life: Politics of Desire in Quebec's First Woman-Directed Film / Read Me
VoiceNotesCore: On The Eternal Daughter / Los Angeles Review of Books
Meet the Internet’s Favorite Movie Critic / Downtime
Amalia Ulman’s El Planeta / The Face
MTV’s Downtown Is a Hyperspecific Time Capsule / Vulture
The Intimate Local History Hidden In High Maintenance / Observer
internet
Lost to the Sands of Time: Ephemerality in the Digital Age / Majuscule / anthologized in The Majuscule Reader: The Best of the First Five Years
Meet Leia Jospé, Curator of Cringe / W Magazine
Digital Resting Points break the feed / Dirt
The Co-Founders of @press_sf Are Reading Between The Times / SSENSE
On Depop Captions / Nylon
Hey Internet DJ / The Brooklyn Rail
life
Twinning / Syllabus Project
A Trip to the Goodwill Bins / Mildew Magazine
Lenin in Seattle / Still Alive
Meet Dirty Magazine / Interview
Journalist Emma Madden / The Creative Independent
The Rights to Public Sound Space / Hii Magazine
Finding Meaning in Freelancing Outside Validation / Study Hall
Breakups That Broke Us: Michelle Williams and Phil Elverum / InStyle
fiction, etc.
New Jersey Girls / Rose Books Hotline
Drinks on a Wednesday Night / Angel Food
Three Stupid Girl Love Poems / Hobart Pulp
Toothbrush Horror Story / Hobart Pulp / adapted for the stage in 2024 by Dr. Heidi Rose, Villanova University, Department of Communication
selected fact-checking
He was my high school journalism teacher. Then I investigated his relationships with teenage girls. / Business Insider
Inside Sam Altman’s world / Business Insider
LoveShackFancy built a pretty, skinny, rich-girl dreamworld / Business Insider
Ethel Cain Is Still Searching For Herself / Nylon
American Girl Founder Pleasant Rowland’s Controversy / Bustle
Glossier’s Emily Weiss: Last Girlboss Standing / Bustle
The Many Faces of Scooter Braun / Insider
Conflicted Congress, revealing lawmakers’ conflicts-of-interest / Business Insider
Rebekah Neumann Fueled WeWork's Collapse / Bustle
Family Ghosts, a documentary-style storytelling podcast
On the Media, WNYC’s investigation into how the media shapes our worldview
other projects
The Open Ears Project / WQXR and New York Public Radio
Greta was the digital content producer for the Webby-nominated daily podcast, newsletter, and listening initiative
School Schmool / Quebec Public Interest Research Group
Greta was the co-coordinator and layout designer of the radical student planner and resource guide
Greta was the digital content producer for the Webby-nominated daily podcast, newsletter, and listening initiative
School Schmool / Quebec Public Interest Research Group
Greta was the co-coordinator and layout designer of the radical student planner and resource guide
All Things McGill / CKUT 90.3
Greta was the host, producer and editor of the weekly show of interviews, music, and news bulletins about the obscure corners of McGill University
The Fine Print Magazine
Greta was an assistant editor and contributing writer to the Montreal-based art, fashion, and ideas publication. She interviewed artists like Tomás Saraceno and Brad Phillips, and edited features like “The Artist and the Subject: Discussing Women’s Place in Art.”
Greta was the host, producer and editor of the weekly show of interviews, music, and news bulletins about the obscure corners of McGill University
The Fine Print Magazine
Greta was an assistant editor and contributing writer to the Montreal-based art, fashion, and ideas publication. She interviewed artists like Tomás Saraceno and Brad Phillips, and edited features like “The Artist and the Subject: Discussing Women’s Place in Art.”