She writes about the arts, pop culture, and the digital world. Her work appears in Slate, Literary Hub, Defector, Salon, The Creative Independent, Longreads, Paste, Maisonneuve, The Rumpus, The Poetry Foundation, and elsewhere.
Her fact-checking clients include The Walrus, Via Magazine, Maisonneuve, Reader’s Digest Canada, and Toronto Life. She also fact-checks book projects and reads poetry submissions for Underblong.
Angelina holds a BA from McGill University and an MA in Cultural Reporting & Criticism from New York University. She is obviously a Cancer.
You can follow her on Instagram, Twitter, and Bluesky.
She is available for writing, editing, producing, and research projects.
Get in touch: mazza.angelina [at] gmail.com
Essays + criticism
Enemies to Lovers: On the Romance Genre’s Mainstream Come-Up — Literary Hub
The Revolution Will Be Extra-Curricular — Defector
Actually, Goodreads is Good — Slate, featured in The Ann Friedman Weekly and guest on Slate’s ICYMI podcast.
On Reflection — Maisonneuve Magazine, Longreads Editors’ Pick
Help! I Moved Across the Country for Love. I Think I’ve Made a Huge Mistake. — Slate
Help! My Friend Hates This Classic Party Activity. But I Don’t Want to Lose Her From the Guest List. — Slate
Most TV Shows Get This Major Plot Point Totally Wrong. This New Netflix Series Nailed It. — Slate
Severance and Miraculous Ladybug Are Basically the Same Show — Paste
Get Well Soon, St. Denis Medical —Paste
Algorithm-Free Reco List — Stupid & Cute
Overcompensating is the Campus Comedy of the Year — Paste
There’s More to the Story on Good American Family —Paste
Étoile Misses the Beat — Paste
Family Ties —THIS Magazine
Review of Casey McQuiston’s The Pairing —The Rumpus
Review of Shit Cassandra Saw —MAYDAY
Interviews
The Directors of Netflix’s Ingenious New Hit on the Story Behind Its Unlikely Genre Mashup — Slate
Sabrina Imbler: On Not Waiting to Release Your Best Work — The Creative Independent
Lizzy McAlpine: On Finding What Feels Right — The Creative Independent
How Overcompensating’s Mary Beth Barone Got the Part — Paste
Inside Christina Hendricks’ Whirlwind Prep for Good American Family — Paste
Audio
The Alarm Clock That Woke Up #DemonTok — Slate (Guest Co-Host)
Not Now, But Soon — podcast miniseries from Issues in Science and Technology and ASU’s Center for the Imagination (Production, Sound Design)
In Stitches — Silver Sound Network, Winter 2025 Sonic Dash Finalist (Production)
Out Here — All the Best (Host and Production)
POETRY
I Was a Loyal Swarm of Tween Mosquitoes — Peach Mag
LDR — Contemporary Verse 2 (CV2)
bible study — Underblong
poem for the apocalypse — Kissing Dynamite, The Poetry Foundation’s VS podcast
How to Emulate the Love Queens — Farrago, Awarded “Best Experimental Piece”
books
Here & Now: An Anthology of Queer Italian-Canadian Writing — Longbridge Books