# gotham girl 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 Page: Feed: --- ## [Hoo Boy... Livin' The Big Lebowski! 😂](https://alisajones.substack.com/p/hoo-boy-livin-the-big-lebowski) _2026-08-03 · Alisa Kennedy Jones_ Plus, reports of the Garden Witch are true! ## [On the Divinely Absurd Comedy of "No." 😂](https://alisajones.substack.com/p/on-the-divinely-absurd-comedy-of) _2026-07-26 · Alisa Kennedy Jones_ Whether you are the giver, the receiver, or the secret "no" no one saw coming! ## [The Button](https://alisajones.substack.com/p/the-button) _2026-05-24 · Alisa Kennedy Jones_ 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](https://alisajones.substack.com/p/the-secret-gardener-the-high-priest) _2026-04-15 · Alisa Kennedy Jones_ Notes on the Eternal Sunshine of a Spotty Mind ☀️ 🧠✨ ## [Shy Girls, Cyborgs, and Midlife Women 🐕🤖🏋️‍♀️](https://alisajones.substack.com/p/shy-girls-cyborgs-and-midlife-women) _2026-03-29 · Alisa Kennedy Jones_ Notes From the Border War Between Tech and Human ## [How to Be Electric ⚡️](https://alisajones.substack.com/p/how-to-be-electric) _2026-03-23 · Alisa Kennedy Jones_ Welp. It happened again. I had a seizure. 🧠✨ ## [I Swear... 🧠⚡️](https://alisajones.substack.com/p/i-swear) _2026-02-24 · Alisa Kennedy Jones_ Plus, the Old "Tragedy + Time = Comedy" Formula Meets Shirley Jackson ## [My Life as a Bad Bunny Trust Fall? 😂](https://alisajones.substack.com/p/my-life-as-a-bad-bunny-trust-fall) _2026-02-16 · Alisa Kennedy Jones_ 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 😂](https://alisajones.substack.com/p/what-the-world-needs-now-is-margie) _2026-02-10 · Alisa Kennedy Jones_ Cold Bunnies, Burning Horses, the Latest on Chad, and the Comedy of Character ## [What Would Mary Tyler Moore Do?](https://alisajones.substack.com/p/what-would-mary-tyler-moore-do) _2026-01-25 · Alisa Kennedy Jones_ On Comedy as Agency and Resisting State Terror ## [Chovy's Blog: Agentic Coding (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/UMJtJEMNBdwD) _2026-01-25 · **Sponsored**_ Personal posts on agentic coding, moshcode CLI, and security findings. ## [On Trying To Be Funny During a Polycrisis 😂](https://alisajones.substack.com/p/on-trying-to-be-funny-during-a-polycrisis) _2026-01-18 · Alisa Kennedy Jones_ Or: How to Keep Sane During a "Grandiose Geopolitical Orgy of Chaos" ## [What Women Notice (That Men Don’t)😂](https://alisajones.substack.com/p/what-women-notice-that-men-dont) _2026-01-11 · Alisa Kennedy Jones_ And Why It's Hilarious. And So Dangerous. ## [Sorry, I'm late. I tried to take an analog break 😂](https://alisajones.substack.com/p/sorry-im-late-i-tried-to-take-an) _2026-01-07 · Alisa Kennedy Jones_ A Betwixtmas Tragedy... Author Anxiety, Comedy, and Pube Exemptions ## [OK, So This Week's Been a Little/Lot...](https://alisajones.substack.com/p/ok-so-this-weeks-been-a-littlelot) _2025-12-20 · Alisa Kennedy Jones_ A Remembrance, an Abundance of Good news, and Some Christmas Presence ## [Inconceivable 💔](https://alisajones.substack.com/p/inconceivable) _2025-12-15 · Alisa Kennedy Jones_ 💔 - gotham girl ## [Ah, the Holidays... Fa-La-La-La F\*CK 😂](https://alisajones.substack.com/p/ah-the-holidays-fa-la-la-la-fck) _2025-12-07 · Alisa Kennedy Jones_ In which I screw up my first Yankee Swap. The Semiotics of Presents! ## [A Very Unfixed... Margaret-y... Thanksgiving 😂](https://alisajones.substack.com/p/a-very-unfixed-thanksgiving) _2025-11-27 · Alisa Kennedy Jones_ Featuring book trailers, gratitude economics & an accidental Hamburglar cosplay. ## [Thursday Thread: The Chocolate That Should Come With a Copay! 😂](https://alisajones.substack.com/p/thursday-thread-the-chocolate-that) _2025-11-21 · Alisa Kennedy Jones_ “Dark” doesn’t even begin to cover it. ## [Death, Could You Not? 😂](https://alisajones.substack.com/p/death-could-you-not) _2025-11-18 · Alisa Kennedy Jones_ An open letter to the drunk cosmic intern who keeps scheduling exits we did not approve. ## [8.1% APY Plus Free Stock (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/DOxUX6bZea2y) _2025-11-18 · **Sponsored**_ Claim 8.1% APY and up to $1,030 in SK hynix and Nvidia stock. ## [Thursday Thread: 🍽️ “When Life Gives You Mystery Rashes, Make CHEX Nachos.”😂](https://alisajones.substack.com/p/thursday-thread-when-life-gives-you) _2025-11-14 · Alisa Kennedy Jones_ A Julia-Child-Inspired Meditation on Family, Food Fixations, and the Strange Things We Eat to Survive Both Love and Catastrophe