Sophia Kercher

Fit teas, flat tummy shakes, appetite suppressant lollipops—the toxicity of weight loss brands goes way beyond their laxative effects, and even influencers are in the dark.
If you’re on Instagram you likely know their products.
Appetite-suppressant lollipops paired with Lolita-like poses. Detox tea alongside toned abdominals. Diet shakes wrapped up in Flat Tummy Co.’s millennial pink-and-white branding—all of it made Instagram-famous by the likes of Kim Kardashian, her sister Khloe, and a spa...

Betting on Hollywood's biggest night is technically illegal, but that doesn't stop gamblers.

From Pinup to Muse: Pamela Anderson's Next Chapter ...

At New York Loan Company, an upscale pawnshop, clients use designer handbags as collateral for quick cash

Los Angeles is a city of seekers, a magnet for those who want the perfect body, the perfect soul. Seeker Lunch is the first entry in our series about the diverse and offbeat faiths in our city — and the food on their tables. Consider it a snack for the spiritually curious.

Meet Game of Thrones mother of dragon sounds.

As if women didn't have enough holding them back in the workplace

You're so money and you don't even know it. A weekend at Best Western Hollywood Hills.

Imagine having to wait months upon months for medical care, or having to travel hundreds of miles to simply see a doctor. This isn’t season three of The Handmaid’s Tale, or a post-apocalyptic America—it’s the possible future of our health care...

The problem with people not believing women’s reports of illness and pain is that we start to doubt ourselves, and when women start to doubt ourselves our lives are literally at risk.

I collaborated with Warner Bros., and the creative agency Hello Monday, to write copy for Warner Bros. community-driven and environmental initiatives. The impact-driven Warner Bros. Good website launched in summer 2018.

Patients coming to the pulmonary and critical care unit at Cedars-Sinai often present the most harrowing symptoms.

Peanut is intended to help parents connect. What could go wrong?

I worked with the agency Circa Interactive to write copy for a brochure for American University's Masters in Teaching online program.

An OB-GYN resident and her mentor on what it takes to soar into the unknown in the medical field (and sometimes the sky)