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Daniel Schmergel (he/him) is a writer, investor, dad, and husband. He&#8217;s written fiction, TV pilots and non-fiction about music, real estate, fashion, politics, and comic books, among other subjects. It&#8217;s a chaotic resume, but it works for him. He loves sweaters, music, art, literature, action figures, and his family, but not in that order. He grew up on Long Island and his lived in Manhattan, Los Angeles, Brooklyn, and Bloomington, Indiana (briefly); he currently resides in the DC suburbs. He earned his BA from Colgate University and his MFA in Creative Writing from Sarah Lawrence College, where he was not part of a sex cult.

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Ansley Pentz (she/her) is a Brooklyn-based woman. She bakes desserts, writes silly articles and cuts her own bangs.

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Megan Magray (she/her) is a designer, aspiring mystic, and bike debutante based in Brooklyn. Her pop culture pantheon includes The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Frasier, and The X-Files. Her guilty pleasure, which moonlights as her signature scent, is Patchouli 24.

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Brett White (he/him) is a pop culture journalist and editor-in-chief of Pop Heist. Prior to this, he was a senior reporter/producer for Decider for seven years. Prior to joining Decider, he covered pop culture for Comic Book Resources, Marvel.com, and MTV News. His areas of expertise include Marvel Comics, Star Wars, Drag Race, classic sitcoms, Sam Neill, unexpected thirst traps, and unlikely menswear icons.
In his spare time, he cohosts the podcast Must Have Seen TV and is writing his first book: a biography of <a href="https://www.haydenrorke.com/">Hayden Rorke</a>.
He also lives out his feminine fantasy as <a href="https://www.barbhardly.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Barb Hardly</a>, his drag queen alter ego.
His hobbies include spending way too much money on action figures, swimsuits, and fashion accessories. He currently lives in Queens with his handsome husband and two large, orange cats.

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