[8] Wortham's work has also appeared in Matter, The Awl, Bust, The Hairpin, Vogue, The Morning News, and The Fader among other publications.

At The Village Voice, Mallika Rao described Wortham as "skirt[ing] the edges of tech, culture, and identity in (their) writing — carving out (their) own corner of the internet wherein (they are) a rightful star.

"[15] Wortham's work appears in the anthologies Never Can Say Goodbye: Writers on Their Unshakable Love for New York (2014) and An Experience Definitely Worth Allegedly Having: Travel Stories from The Hairpin (2013).

[16] With Kimberly Drew, Wortham edited a collection entitled Black Futures,[17] published in December 2020[18] by Random House's One World imprint.

[25] The show debuted to favorable reviews ("an incredible mix" and "refreshing")[26][27] and made year-end "best of" lists at The Atlantic,[28] The Huffington Post,[29] and IndieWire.

[35] Vice Media's technology vertical Motherboard said Wortham's treatment of sexting was "one of the first to transcend hand-wringing or how-to guides, and present the sexual behavior as something worthy of inspiring art.