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Christine Wenc
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Funny Because It's True: How The Onion Created Modern American News Satire. Say Wenc like sense. Agent: Daniel Greenberg@lgrliterary. The House On The Rock shaped my brain. Offspring's cool electronic project The Jaws of Life: https://tinyurl.com/da4xuwwv
On the power of comedy to disarm what feels scary (From my recent book, Funny Because It's True tinyurl.com/3hxbxkct about America's finest news source, The Onion @theonion.com )
October 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Can you plug my book Jerry? I think people whose feeds you show up in would like it. It's a history of America's Finest News Source, The Onion!!! WOOOOOOO!
March 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The need for decent child care goes back at least a century. From a 1929 baby care column: "If we so much as mention nursery schools, we are confronted in a few days with piles of letters demanding "What are nursery schools? Where can I find one? What are their fees? What age child do they take?"
February 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The Onion, 1999. (From @theonion.com 's first book, Our Dumb Century)
February 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Hoping this will help people feel better. Preorder now, release date March 18! " “Christine Wenc has managed to write a book worthy of #TheOnion's greatness.” --Simon Rich
February 4, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Example: Columbus, WI, which has an Amtrak stop between Chicago, MKE and Minneapolis
January 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Here's a "Faculty Fellow in Museum Studies" job at NYU (the new name for "adjunct?") to teach 3 courses & run the internship program. PhD preferred + specialization in "decolonial theory." Salary: $60K, which as the AASLH shows is basically unlivable in NYC. (NYU tuition is $60k/year)
January 3, 2025 at 1:23 AM
And then there's poor ol' chr123445. He's just getting started so we'll cut him some slack. Good luck, you sad little bot. (BLOCKED)
December 21, 2024 at 2:47 PM
Let's see....this morning also includes my favorite kind of guy, the Crypto Fund Manager, Watch Collector and Real Estate. Can guarantee many hours of fascinating conversation and insight. Nobody listens to a woman better
December 21, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Today's top catfishing follower: Andres Leno, CEO Of Both Companies and Fashion Model FROM SPAIN. Though Andres is indeed pretty hot, it may be time to change my profile photo back to an inanimate object.
December 21, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Luigi gave the Unabomber four stars.
December 9, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice in Chains.
That's a tough one, but I'll start with
@kristinhersh.bsky.social Hips and Makers
November 28, 2024 at 2:46 AM