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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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Leah McLaren, Juvenescence with Leah McLaren

“Alisa is one smart, witty, electrifying cookie. I started reading her two columns The Empress and Gotham Girl two years ago and learned very quickly to not have liquids nearby while reading. She is a one woman, laugh-out-loud, tragicomedy act and infuses her work with infectious, tinkering curiosity, humility, advocacy and compassion that might just be the #1 super-smoothie to getting through life with sanity intact.”... ”

Kimberly Warner, Unfixed

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

May 24 • Alisa Kennedy Jones

On Trying To Be Funny During a Polycrisis 😂

Jan 18 • Alisa Kennedy Jones

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

Mar 29 • Alisa Kennedy Jones

What Would Mary Tyler Moore Do?

Jan 25 • Alisa Kennedy Jones

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

Apr 15 • Alisa Kennedy Jones

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