Wendi Aarons

Take a Break From Doom-Scrolling. Listen to Our Funny New Podcast.

The news in Israel and Gaza is devastating. Maybe you’re grieving like I am. I hope you drink water, go gently, and take time to enjoy your life despite it all. My old (but SO YOUNG) humor blogging besties Mariana Olenko, author Wendi Aarons, and I launched a new podcast that might help take your mind off things for 30 or 40 minutes. Titled “It’s Pronouned Mem-WAH,” Mariana, Wendi, and I read and discuss celebrity memoirs. It’s fun, lighthearted, occasionally thoughtful, and we laugh a lot. I hope you will, too. A PODCAST BY NON-FAMOUS… Read More »Take a Break From Doom-Scrolling. Listen to Our Funny New Podcast.

10 Stars of my 2014 Internet (now with even more bonus stars)

What a year. Samantha Irby made me lose my mind , so I promptly bought her devastating/hilarious Meaty book. Michael Twitty moved me profoundly with his thoughts on Ferguson, and he keeps me awake with his work in culinary injustice , appropriation, oppression, and racism. I wish Mallory Ortberg had been my art history professor in college. Leo Babuta breathed new meaning into my daily to-dos. I love the way Wendi Aarons delivered humor and good writing advice with humor and good writing. My very own sister, Rachel Krinsky (CEO of YWCA Madison) in her TedX… Read More »10 Stars of my 2014 Internet (now with even more bonus stars)