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  1. books
    The Weirdest Lines From Sean Penn’s Wannabe-Gonzo Novel“Tweet me, bitch. I dare you.”
    By Hunter Harris
  2. select all
    A Message From the CEO [DO NOT PUBLISH]The CEO clears the air on recent reports.
    By Mark Zuckerberg's PR Team
  3. Catching Up with ‘Reductress’ Founders Beth Newell and Sarah PappalardoIt’s been one hell of a news cycle for Reductress. The site dedicated its entire landing page to rape culture back in 2016, partially in […]
    By Bethy Squires
  4. satire
    The Food Diary of an Anthropologie ShopperAt Anthro, food goes around — not in — cookware.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  5. satire
    I Love My Short-Haired Bachelor ContestantAs a teenager, I was often teased by my friends for my attraction to girls on the short-haired side.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  6. l’amour
    6 Alternatives to Engagement ChickenDomestic Partnership Leftover Grain Salad, anyone?
    By Gabriella Paiella
  7. satire
    It’s Me, Bill O’Neill’s 51st Sexual PartnerAnd to think all this time I had been telling my friends I had been with THE Bill O’Neill, Judge and Sex God.
    By the Cut
  8. satire
    Donald Trump Jr.’s Guide to Physical FitnessLift with the lower back, and don’t shy away from power tools!
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  9. satire
    25 (Other) Things You Didn’t Know About Taylor SwiftShe’s not in the Illuminati but she keeps dropping hints to Beyoncé and being like “I could make time!” and “My Wednesdays are wide open!”
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  10. apocrypha
    Donald Trump Is a World-Historic Genius: An Op-ed by Rex TillersonIt is I who am the moron, Rex Tillerson writes.
    By Eric Levitz
  11. Talking True Crime Satire with ‘American Vandal’ Showrunner Dan LaganaFrom Serial to binge-demanding TV series like The Jinx and Making a Murderer, the true crime doc format has become a national phenomenon that […]
    By Kenneth Arthur
  12. ‘PatriotHole’: How the Fake News Makes Fun of Fake NewsDoug Baxter is close to figuring out what the Clinton Foundation is really up to. He’s still connecting the dots, but so far it seems that the […]
    By John Schneider
  13. satire
    I Love My Extremely Average WifeA tribute to mediocre women everywhere.
    By Jessica Roy
  14. trailer mix
    Netflix’s True-Crime Satire Series American Vandal Asks: Who Drew the Dicks?“He’s, like, a known dick drawer.”
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  15. originals
    Randy Newman on Trump, Putin, and His New AlbumRandy Newman discusses his new album, singing about the president, and messing up at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
    By David Marchese
  16. fake news!
    Exclusive! Sebastian Gorka Leaves Rant for His McDonald’s ServerThat’s Sebastian Gorka, Ph.D.
    By Owen Ellickson
  17. fake news
    Exclusive! Paul Ryan and Reince Priebus’s Secret Chats About Zombie Trumpcare“Ever heard of freedom, Reince?”
    By Owen Ellickson
  18. fake news
    Exclusive! Reince Priebus’s Email About Trump’s 100-Day Ideas“If we have an alien packed away somewhere, now’s the time.”
    By Owen Ellickson
  19. fake news
    Exclusive! Carter Page’s Dating Profile“I like all types, provided you don’t work for any intelligence agencies, but what are the odds that you would?”
    By Owen Ellickson
  20. good one podcast
    The Story Behind Dear White People’s Perfect Scandal ParodyDear White People creator Justin Simien talks about loving Shonda Rhimes, writing satire, and his show’s timeliness.
    By Jesse David Fox
  21. fake news
    Exclusive! Jared Kushner’s Secret Chat Transcripts“jkHARVARD: ARE we bombing Iraq?”
    By Owen Ellickson
  22. movie review
    Jordan Peele’s Get Out Is Terrifying, Socially Conscious HorrorIt’s a mash-up of Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? and The Stepford Wives that’s more fun than either and more illuminating, too.
    By David Edelstein
  23. close reads
    RoboCop Is the Most Misunderstood Satire of the Past 30 YearsThe new series APB is the latest project to misunderstand the message of Paul Verhoeven’s film.
    By Abraham Riesman
  24. The Quiet Death of ‘The Daily Currant’, Patient Zero in the Fake News […] Remember when George Bush accidentally voted for Obama? How about when Rick Santorum was caught using Grindr? If these events don’t sound […]
    By Lauren Thomas
  25. Inside the Rise of ‘Reductress’ “It’s definitely nothing new to say that our site doesn’t punch down, we punch up,” remarked Nicole Silverberg, writer and associate editor […]
    By Arielle Gordon
  26. Presenting ‘Mastergate,’ an October Comedy SurpriseI’ve seen countless posts across the Internet this year saying some variation of “2016 sucks for killing so many of our favorite celebrities.” […]
    By Ramsey Ess
  27. Jimmy Fallon’s Trump Interview Was the Opposite of InoffensiveFallon’s interview was satire in its most irresponsible form.
    By Eric Levitz
  28. satire
    Gladwell Not a Fan of Fey’s Palin Impression“I can’t help but think her comic genius is actually a problem.”
    By Nate Jones
  29. beta male
    Craigslist ‘Missed Connections’ for Male FriendshipsA new way to meet that special someone.
    By Andy Verderosa
  30. How Donald Trump Has Made Political Satire Weaker When Donald Trump announced he was running for President a year ago (it feels like it’s been a decade at this point), the world of late-night […]
    By John Hugar
  31. Political Satire Is Thriving Without Jon Stewart (and We Should Thank Jon […] Last week, fans of political comedy were given a rare treat: a public appearance by Jon Stewart. Stewart appeared at a live taping of David […]
    By John Hugar
  32. Why Esquire Took Down That Funny @ProfJeffJarvis PostBecause even good satire doesn’t work on the web.
    By Brian Feldman
  33. Germany to Prosecute Comic for Mocking ErdoganA little-known German law takes a very, well, German approach to the question of whether it’s okay to ridicule representatives of other nations.
    By Jesse Singal
  34. Reductress Will Launch Its First Podcast ‘Mouth Time’ on March 16thThere are tons of exciting new podcasts premiering this month – Jemaine Clement’s The Mysterious Secrets of Uncle Bertie’s Botanarium, Chris […]
    By Megh Wright
  35. the industry
    Fusion Orders Trump vs. Bernie Comedy SeriesThe self-tanner budget alone is going to cripple the network.
    By Halle Kiefer
  36. Donald Trump, PFT Commenter, and Political Satire on the InternetI’ve been saying it for years: every generation gets the Father Guido Sarducci it deserves. And when Stephen Colbert stepped down as America’s […]
    By Eddie Brawley
  37. can u not
    How I Attain Perfection Without Even TryingA young, beautiful celebrity lets us in on her secret regimen for attaining perfection. Hint: It’s nothing.
    By Jessica Roy and Allison P. Davis
  38. the industry
    CBS Green-lights Brain-Eating Political Satire From Good Wife CreatorsBrain Dead will be “a mix of genre-pulp and high-brow politics.”
    By Joe Adalian
  39. When Network TV Got ‘Politically Incorrect’The Paley Center for Media, which has locations in both New York and LA, dedicates itself to the preservation of television and radio history. […]
    By Ramsey Ess
  40. The Satire We Need Right Now Is All The Satire That’s On Right NowLast fall, I was watching a new episode of Last Week Tonight With John Oliver with a few friends, the one featuring an exposé on civil […]
    By Chris Kopcow
  41. ‘Charlie Hebdo’ Will Print an Additional Two Million Copies of This Week’s […]The latest issue of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo hit the stands today, and the three million copies sold out within minutes. The […]
    By Megh Wright
  42. This Week’s ‘Charlie Hebdo’ Will Feature Prophet Muhammad CartoonsIn the wake of last week’s tragic terrorist attack, the surviving writers and artists of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo are back at […]
    By Megh Wright
  43. ‘The Onion’ Responds to the ‘Charlie Hebdo’ Terrorist AttackThe Onion has responded to today’s tragic terrorist attack at the offices of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo with a new article titled […]
    By Megh Wright
  44. satire
    South Park Takes on Washington’s Football TeamNaturally.
    By Anna Silman
  45. Facebook Is Testing a ‘Satire’ Tag So Dumb People Will Stop Getting Fooled […]Within the past few weeks, Facebook has been rolling out a new feature that tags links from The Onion with a “[Satire]” warning, effectively […]
    By Megh Wright
  46. Why Facebook’s ‘Satire’ Tag Is NecessaryPeople are pretty great at missing the joke.
    By Melissa Dahl
  47. ‘The New Yorker’ Profiles ‘Mad’ Magazine as an Anti-Smoking Ad PioneerThe New Yorker ran an excellent article last week about Mad magazine’s big anti-smoking push during the ‘60s, which resulted not only in tons […]
    By Megh Wright
  48. John Oliver Calls Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert the ‘High-Water Mark for […]“One of the laziest stereotypes that British people have of Americans is that they don’t get irony. And that has never been true and it’s […]
    By Megh Wright
  49. Inside Jokes from Dubai and Texas: The Rise of Local SatireThe following web headlines received hundreds of thousands of views and shut down local Internet servers: 1) “Emirates to Introduce Shisha […]
    By Oliver Morrison
  50. The Internet Has Created 8 (and Counting) ‘Her’ Parodies Called ‘Him’Ever since Spike Jonze’s Oscar-nominated movie Her, starring Joaquin Phoenix as a man who falls in love with a female artificially intelligent […]
    By Bradford Evans
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