Building a Satire Community

Comedy writer and satirist (and self-proclaimed, highly acclaimed pizza scientist) Caitlin Kunkel is ON FIRE! Since publishing the book New Erotica for Feminists in 2018 things have exploded. She’s the co-founder of the comedy and satire site The Belladonna Comedy. She created the online satire writing program for The Second City and teaches workshops and speaks across the…

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“Who You Are” vs. “How You Help”

How many times do you ask someone what they do, and they recite a list of tasks? Like the UPS Store speed dating commercial: “We do printing, packing, faxing, notarizing, shredding…” Note that she does not end up with a date. And yet, when you provide different services within a business it can be hard…

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Thanksgiving through a Brazilian Lens

Greetings, from guest blogger Geno Bonaventura, aka my darling husband. Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I did not grow up celebrating Thanksgiving in Brazil, but, nowadays I enjoy it with my American family members and friends. Here are some of the facts about Thanksgiving facts that I have learned, to get you into the mood: The first…

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How to Make a Vegan Inclusive Thanksgiving

How to Make a Seamlessly Inclusive Meal for All.   Your high schooler just announced one week before Thanksgiving that they’re now Vegan. Your niece is bringing a new significant other who is vegetarian. My family is majority vegetarian or vegan. In fact it’s only me, my husband and son who are not vegetarian. And…

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