Ashley Bardhan

Ashley Bardhan is a culture writer in New York. Her reports and criticism have appeared in Kotaku, Observer, Pitchfork, and elsewhere.

A photo illustration showing celebrities and actresses with girly cell phones circa 2000.

SCREEN QUEENS

Why Cellphones Should Return to Girly 2000s Designs

In the early 2000s, cellphones were bold, personal, and—more often than not—girly. But then the iPhone happened, and we lost what made phones fun along the way.

Ashley Bardhan

A photo illustration of stills from Love is Blind with anxious smiley emojis overlaying their faces

’TIL DEATH

‘Love Is Blind’ Is Out to Make Us All Hate Marriage

Season 6 turned Netflix’s so-called “social experiment” into a nationwide problem.

Ashley Bardhan