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gotham girl is a reader-supported newsletter for inquisitive readers from bestselling author Alisa Kennedy Jones. "One of America’s funniest, most singular voices on Substack" — The New York Times

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Hoo Boy... Livin' The Big Lebowski! 😂

Plus, reports of the Garden Witch are true!

On the Divinely Absurd Comedy of "No." 😂

Whether you are the giver, the receiver, or the secret "no" no one saw coming!

The Button

How to get canceled as a comedy writer (and as a human) by an Icon 😂

The Secret Gardener, the High Priest, and a Publisher’s Stream of Consciousness

Notes on the Eternal Sunshine of a Spotty Mind ☀️ 🧠✨

Shy Girls, Cyborgs, and Midlife Women 🐕🤖🏋️‍♀️

Notes From the Border War Between Tech and Human

How to Be Electric ⚡️

Welp. It happened again. I had a seizure. 🧠✨

I Swear... 🧠⚡️

Plus, the Old "Tragedy + Time = Comedy" Formula Meets Shirley Jackson

My Life as a Bad Bunny Trust Fall? 😂

Finishing a book, over-explaining your life to a toaster, and why the funniest characters are the ones who THINK they’re helping!

Snake Year, You’ve Had Your Moment 😂

Cold Bunnies, Burning Horses, the Latest on Chad, and the Comedy of Character

What Would Mary Tyler Moore Do?

On Comedy as Agency and Resisting State Terror

On Trying To Be Funny During a Polycrisis 😂

Or: How to Keep Sane During a "Grandiose Geopolitical Orgy of Chaos"

What Women Notice (That Men Don’t)😂

And Why It's Hilarious. And So Dangerous.

Sorry, I'm late. I tried to take an analog break 😂

A Betwixtmas Tragedy... Author Anxiety, Comedy, and Pube Exemptions

OK, So This Week's Been a Little/Lot...

A Remembrance, an Abundance of Good news, and Some Christmas Presence

Inconceivable 💔

💔 - gotham girl

Ah, the Holidays... Fa-La-La-La F*CK 😂

In which I screw up my first Yankee Swap. The Semiotics of Presents!

A Very Unfixed... Margaret-y... Thanksgiving 😂

Featuring book trailers, gratitude economics & an accidental Hamburglar cosplay.

Thursday Thread: The Chocolate That Should Come With a Copay! 😂

“Dark” doesn’t even begin to cover it.

Death, Could You Not? 😂

An open letter to the drunk cosmic intern who keeps scheduling exits we did not approve.

Thursday Thread: 🍽️ “When Life Gives You Mystery Rashes, Make CHEX Nachos.”😂

A Julia-Child-Inspired Meditation on Family, Food Fixations, and the Strange Things We Eat to Survive Both Love and Catastrophe