How to Create Your Own Big Break

Solid advice from a full-time creative. Meet Shaina Feinberg, a New York Times columnist, film director, and co-author of “Every Body, An Honest and Open Look at Sex from Every Angle”

If you’re a New York Times reader, you might know “ Scratch,” the column about money and the people who deal with it, by Shaina Feinberg and illustrator Julia Rothman. The column is equal parts fanzine, “investigative” journalism, and raw, real, and often hilarious glimpses of topics that you probably can’t find anywhere else.

“Scratch” topics range from speed-dating during the pandemic to the tricky business of moving giraffes to “the price of 46 random liquids by the gallon — just because.” In Feinberg’s New York, everything and everyone has a story that should probably be told.

As individuals and as a creative dream team, Feinberg and Rothman don’t show signs of slowing down anytime soon. In addition to “Scratch,” they recently created a book with a similar vibe: Every Body: An Honest and Open Look at Sex from Every Angle. Every Body is a curiously curated collection of awkward, heartfelt, and humorous stories, artwork, and expert tell-alls about bodies and sex — because, why not? The book is the result of the fearless Feinberg…