FUNNY WOMEN #112: Reasons I Might Be Dead
What does a girl have to do to get a hot guy's attention when he's with another girl shopping for linens at Bed Bath & Beyond around here? Not be dead for 30 years?
Funny Women
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Funny Women is a column for literary, feminist humor writing by non-men. Previous pieces have been anthologized out of wedlock in The Best American Nonrequired Reading, Oxford University Press’s Humor: A Reader for Writers, and Reader’s Digest. Edited by Elissa Bassist author of Hysterical. Submit your funny writing here.
FUNNY WOMEN #111: About Our Impending Nuptials
We would like something tasteful, elegant, modern, luxurious, artsy, classy, chic, and original, but also with a bit of simple lightness and a homey, retro feel. And also some danger.
FUNNY WOMEN #110: Ten Billion Tips to Becoming a Better Writer
There are a lot of writing tips out there, but here’s a comprehensive list from someone who’s been “there.”
FUNNY WOMEN #108: Terms and Conditions for Watching Your Stuff
The affidavit below governs my watching of your stuff and sets forth the conditions for my protection from persecution, retaliation, etcetera
FUNNY WOMEN #107: Lifetime Does the Classics
To celebrate our growing female fan base (99.98%!) we’re remaking some of the great classics--only this time the women are stronger, deadlier, and more passionate than ever.
FUNNY WOMEN #105: Reflections of the Boyfriend of a Manic Pixie Dream Girl
I don’t even know her. But I do. I want to marry her and sleep by her side forever.
FUNNY WOMEN #104: Providing Birth Control to American Girl Dolls
At American Girl®, our celebration of girls doesn’t end at puberty--and now neither does our product line!
FUNNY WOMEN #103: Gertrude Stein Reviews Beer
If I drank it, would Napoleon, would he drink it if I liked him. Would Napoleon, would the top notes, would the caramel if I told him.
FUNNY WOMEN #102: How to Read a Poem
One misconception people have about poetry is that it is written in “code,” one they aren’t smart enough to understand. In fact, if you do not comprehend a poem, you may return it.
FUNNY WOMEN #101: Threat Assessment and Risk Analysis for N. Drew
The client, C. Drew, an attorney, requested an investigation into the extraordinarily high number of violent incidents involving his teenage daughter, N.
FUNNY WOMEN #100: Writing the Next Great American Woman’s Novel
A lot of women people (as opposed to men people, or just “people”) are upset that Wikipedia editors have created a subcategory for "American Women Novelists.” But I’m not.