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FUNNY WOMEN #123: Cover Letter Template

  • Kristy Eldredge
  • November 11, 2014
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.
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The Worst Person in the World

  • Lyz Lenz
  • October 15, 2014
Simon Rich talks about humor, writing, and writing humor: I always find something to write about. I mean, you always have some emotion inside of yourself. Sometimes the only emotion…
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The Anatomy of Funny

  • Lyz Lenz
  • September 4, 2014
McGraw’s studies have led him to endorse something called the benign-violation theory, which holds that “humor only occurs when something seems wrong, unsettling, or threatening (i.e., a violation), but simultaneously…
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The Last Laugh

  • Sarah Edwards
  • August 26, 2014
Memoirist (and former editor-at-large of McSweeney’s) Sean Wilsey talks to The Atlantic about his essay collection, More Curious, and why humor writing resonates: I think there’s something dishonest about writing that isn’t funny. I can’t engage…
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Fire All the Jugglers

  • Casey Dayan
  • August 13, 2014
This is the biggest thing, we gotta appeal to sesquicentennials. You know who I’m talkin’ about, these youngsters that have been coming of age in the 1910s and 1920s. They’re…
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The Little [Terrifying] Prince

  • Liv Lansdale
  • August 11, 2014
The latest installment of The Toast’s delicious “Children’s Stories Made Horrific” series, we are gleeful to report, takes on Le Petit Prince. Featuring quotes like “I drew him my hunger…
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Summer Days Are Here

  • Diksha Basu
  • August 1, 2014
It’s Friday! And it’s the summer! Are you sitting in your cubicle feeling the same joy Kassia Miller writes about at McSweeney’s? And when it’s summer in the office, I…
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And the Winner of Best Premise Award Goes to…

  • Liv Lansdale
  • July 28, 2014
Debuting what is surely one of the longer titles in literary history, Bethany Billman has published a piece called, “Lost Scenes from Generic Hipster Indie Romance Films Found in 2076…
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A Hard Job to Imagine

  • Casey Dayan
  • July 9, 2014
It’s sometimes hard to imagine the life of the road-tarer or the elephant waste remover. Here’s to an unsung hero the world wouldn’t be the same without. Point is, no…
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Ancient Laughter

  • P.E. Garcia
  • July 1, 2014
What does a satire by Veronica Geng have in common with Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment? What do either have in common with Gilbert Godfried’s famous performance of “The…
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Funny Women

  • Mary Allen
  • June 30, 2014
Love our “Funny Women“ column as much as we do? Find out who “Funny Women” editor Elissa Bassist thinks is hilarious, courtesy of Vela Magazine.
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Free Piano, Williamsburg

  • Casey Dayan
  • May 23, 2014
If anybody is in need of a free piano, please see this ad. Although be wary. Keep an eye on your genitalia. On JULY 4TH 2012, at approximately 4 pm…
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