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Kristy Eldredge

Kristy Eldredge writes for newyorker.com, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, The Rumpus, Brooklyn Magazine, RobotButt, and other websites. She writes the humor blog The Laffs Institute and is the writer-director of the video series Robot Secretary, which is about a robot with a bad attitude.

Funny Women, Humor, Rumpus Original

Kristy Eldredge

Jan 31, 2017

FUNNY WOMEN #149: Pilgrims Without Internet

The use of barn animals in unusual poses could be so amusing if transmitted broadly and with a sharp message! But that is not to be, and I must express my feelings, as usual, in cross-stitch.
Rumpus Original

Kristy Eldredge

Jun 10, 2015

The Incompletist

I was excited to see the New York Times’s announcement that a regular column by the writer Geoff Dyer called “Reading Life” would be appearing in their weekend Book Review. I was even more intrigued and, somehow, encouraged, when eventually…
Funny Women, Humor, Rumpus Original

Kristy Eldredge

Nov 11, 2014

FUNNY WOMEN #123: Cover Letter Template

I have been responsible for spearheading many cover letters to companies like yours, which stand out from the competition because the openings you have seem as if they might pay a livable salary, to me.
Funny Women, Humor, Rumpus Original

Kristy Eldredge

Jan 21, 2014

FUNNY WOMEN #113: BUDDHIST NUN PEMA CHÖDRÖN REWRITES THE CLASSICS

If we get him, we get him. If we don’t, we don’t. There are probably other white whales out there.