Maggie Mertens

@maggiejmertens

Journalist. Writer. Bi-coastal. She/Her. I write about women, millennials, sports, work and money.

Seattle, WA
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Joined July 2009
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    Jan 25

    A long-awaited piece in print arrived today: profiling Crystal Dunn and Heather O'Reilly during their time playing for Chelsea and Arsenal & what their experiences say about the int'l women's game. Check it out in Issue 14:

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  2. Retweeted
    Aug 20

    GOP state rep in Washington calls journalists "dirty, godless, hateful people." A reminder that 99% of journalists are underpaid regular folks covering high school sports, school board meetings & other local issues & have nothing to do with nat'l politics

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  3. Aug 9

    Great reporting here from and & a reminder that the has been without a commissioner for more than 16 months...perhaps finding a replacement might help ameliorate these shameful playing conditions

    The NWSL's Sky Blue FC is falling apart, on the field and off.
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  4. Aug 6

    Also check out the gorgeous art that ran with it! 🌈🌈🌈

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  5. Aug 6

    Finally got to see this story in print: I really enjoyed reporting this piece for a local alumni mag on the history of in Some great lessons here about social change and what it takes.

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  6. Retweeted
    Jun 14

    Check out my latest column for Bitch Media: "And the WNBA has no plans to apologize to anyone who might feel alienated by their stance. “If it doesn’t resonate then it’s not for them,” says WNBA prez Lisa Borders. “It’s for those folks with whom it does resonate.”"

    Supporting the this season sends a clear message: We want to watch the leagues who don’t suppress their players' right to free speech.
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    Jun 14

    . asked me to write about trust issues. The result was this essay on being a new mother in the age of Trump, learning to trust my instincts, even when I can't trust this stupid world. (Amazing illustrations by )

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  8. Retweeted
    Jun 14

    UPDATE: 40 senators now support our bill to bar children from being taken from their parents at the border. We’re continuing to ask Republican senators to join our bill. If you’re represented by a Republican senator, please ask them to cosponsor S.3036.

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  9. Retweeted
    Jun 13

    Hourly pay needed to afford a 2-bedroom apartment in the Seattle metro area 2018: $36.12 2017: $29.69 2016: $29.29 2015: $27.21 2014: $21.60 That's a 67% increase in 4 years. No, average pay did not go up that much in that span

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  10. Jun 14

    "Wow this is some bad football. How did we get into the World Cup again?"

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  11. Jun 6

    Thanks for writing this. Mental health stigma is so hard. Being a woman in the world is hard. Reach out if you need help. (National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-8255.)

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  12. Jun 6

    "Saffo said she and Andy Spade tried to help Kate check into treatment centers, but that she never went because “the ‘image’ of her brand (happy-go-lucky Kate Spade) was more important for her to keep up. She was definitely worried about what people would say..."

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  13. Jun 6

    "....—the outside expectations clashing with the inferior self-worth that plagues so many women trying to “have it all." This incongruity can be so dizzying that while Spade’s friends seemed blindsided by her death...her family was not."

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  14. Jun 6

    This is important: "Even at the top, we are meant to project a happy, positive, comfortable veneer that belies the dissonance successful women often feel in the working sphere...”

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  15. Jun 4

    Finally getting around to reading this fascinating and important piece from about the queer history of the Amazing reporting and archive digging to uncover an important piece of sports history

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  16. May 30

    💯💯💯

    Media: We don't have the space to write about the WNBA. Too many other important/pressing men's sports stories to cover. Also, media:
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  17. May 23

    Read this today, because really any excuse to read about is a good one:

    In case you were wondering ... isn't done yet. Not even close. My latest
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  18. Retweeted
    May 3

    JUST IN: Athletics South Africa (ASA) to challenge IAAF on the classification of female athletes because they view the new regulations as skewed.

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  19. May 3

    Not even a sendoff game for ? Come on ... you could at least sell some tickets and let fans thank the guy.

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  20. May 2

    This, this, this: Read 's incredible piece in "We are out there. We always have been. My Instagram feed is filled with people of color tackling V12 climbs, ascending mountains, teaching their children how to read the sky."

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    Apr 18

    She is 6. Plays on a pee-wee hockey team. Doesn't know those boys or that man who gave those boys that puck before finally giving one to her.

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    You may have seen the video of Washington Capitals’ Brett Connolly trying to give a little girl a puck, only to be intercepted twice by a man standing behind her. We asked Keelan Moxley for her side of the story.
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