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Jessica Harper Is Not Woke

Jessica Harper Is Not Woke

The new year’s eve party was indeed ‘the event of the year’ but in the same way that 9/11 was

The invitation promised it would be “the event of the year”, which was chillingly ambiguous. After all, a lot of horrible news events end…

Jan 3

The new year’s eve party was indeed ‘the event of the year’ but in the same way that 9/11 was

Jan 3

Jessica Harper Is Not Woke

The joy of cracking a creative problem with Oblique Strategies

Oblique Strategies were invented by the musician Brian Eno and multi-media artist Peter Schmidt in 1975 and they take the form of a deck of…

Jan 2

The joy of cracking a creative problem with Oblique Strategies

Jan 2

Jessica Harper Is Not Woke

My sister, my enemy: How I avoided the worst drunken argument in family history (for now)

“Jess, do not take a bite,” said my mom, “you must try it with the horseradish.”

Nov 19, 2023

My sister, my enemy: How I avoided the worst drunken argument in family history (for now)

Nov 19, 2023

Jessica Harper Is Not Woke

Dodging Roger, or: Our battle to avoid conversation with the world’s most boring neighbor

“He can’t still be there,” I said. “My knees are killing me.”

Nov 10, 2023

Dodging Roger, or: Our battle to avoid conversation with the world’s most boring neighbor

Nov 10, 2023

Jessica Harper Is Not Woke

In which I resist all attempts to turn us into one of those idiotic YouTube families

“YouTube families make a bunch of cash!” enthused my 14-year-old son Jackson. “Millions!”

Nov 7, 2023

In which I resist all attempts to turn us into one of those idiotic YouTube families

Nov 7, 2023

Jessica Harper Is Not Woke

30 tips to prevent open-mic comedians dying as badly and often as I did

I wasn’t successful at stand-up: I did about 70 gigs and then gave up. They say 100 gigs is the minimum for you to even know how the mic…

Nov 3, 2023

30 tips to prevent open-mic comedians dying as badly and often as I did

Nov 3, 2023

Jessica Harper Is Not Woke

Yuppies in peril: the movie genre that never gets old

“I’m sorry, ma’am, your card has been refused.”

Oct 7, 2023

Yuppies in peril: the movie genre that never gets old

Oct 7, 2023

Jessica Harper Is Not Woke

I’ve lost patience with the wounded and dead of extreme sports

“Shall we go on a skiing vacation?” my husband said this week. “Come on, it’ll be fun!”

Sep 29, 2023

I’ve lost patience with the wounded and dead of extreme sports

Sep 29, 2023

Jessica Harper Is Not Woke

How I learned to stop apologising and embrace my extreme introvert

“What are you doing you out here?” said my friend Deanna.

Sep 22, 2023

How I learned to stop apologising and embrace my extreme introvert

Sep 22, 2023

Jessica Harper Is Not Woke

Safe spaces, voices and lenses: Meet the world’s wokest bookshop

Today I had just one thing to buy: a birthday gift for Taylor, our babysitter. She’d said her parents were buying her a record player (!)…

Sep 15, 2023

Safe spaces, voices and lenses: Meet the world’s wokest bookshop

Sep 15, 2023

Jessica Harper Is Not Woke

Jessica Harper Is Not Woke

A conservative mom's take on news, culture and life. You can be a good person without being an idiot.

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