Jordan Smith is a freelance writer, editor, and author with 10 years of experience reporting on health, wellness and news infused with pop culture trends. She’s interested in how history shapes today’s trends, which she explored in a book she authored for students on the origins, and deception, of reality TV. Her work has also appeared in Biography, Self, Peloton, and Runner’s World, among others.
The anti-consumerism holiday, made popular by “Seinfeld,” is inspired by one of the show writer’s childhood traditions.