2021 has been an incredible year for The Belladonna. We reached 59k followers on Medium, launched The Belladonna Comedy Newsletter: A Newsletter By The Belladonna Comedy (show me a single newsletter with a better name — oh wait, you can’t), and built out our already incredible community of contributors. We…

This holiday season, surprise someone with a book by a Belladonna author! — Babies Don’t Make Small Talk (So Why Should I?): The Introvert’s Guide to Surviving Parenthood by Julie Vick “A baby can be a good excuse to skip a party, but . . . goodbye alone time, hello awkward new social obligations.” But You Seemed So Happy: A Marriage, in Pieces and Bits by Kimberly Harrington “In this tender, funny, and sharp companion to her acclaimed memoir-in-essays Amateur Hour, Kimberly Harrington explores and confronts marriage, divorce, and the ways love, loss, and longing…

She did it, Joe. — Immediately located Taylor Swift’s scarf. -Julie Vick Made colonoscopies mandatory once a week. Executive order. -Maddy Schmidt Drafted an invitation (official letterhead) that leads to a meet cute of Adele and Pete Davidson at the White House. -Sara Shukla Renamed the Oval Office the Ovary Office. -Robin Zlotnick Executive order…

Workshop #2: Trans and GNC Emerging Writers — Workshop FAQs What is the Pipeline? The Pipeline is a series of one-night workshops and events created by the editors of The Belladonna, designed to widen the pipeline of underrepresented writers of short-form humor and satire. …

I’m going to print a picture of my breakfast and mail it to my Close Friends. — Written by The Belladonna Writers’ Room: “I’m going to spend all this free time tweeting hate at the other social media sites.” — Sara Zadrima “Finally find the time to work on my Jon Stewart packet.” — Brooke Preston “Since I usually communicate with everyone I know via Facebook Messenger, I guess I need to make…

Keep your creative energy rolling with our fun writing prompts. Hi friends! The Belladonna editors here. We’re taking our annual digital leg-stretch for the next few weeks, so we can rest, recharge, and ready the next intrepid cohort of our awesome volunteer Managing Editors. That means we won’t be publishing…

Rub swollen tummy and curse self for wishing for lifetime supply of butterscotch pudding. — 8:00 AM: We wake up and check our hate mail. “Why are you so obsessed with Ben Affleck?” We sharpen our pencils. “Dear Matt Damon,” we reply, “fuck off.” 8:15 AM: Hate mail checked and responded to, we read submissions. 8:45 AM: We go to the Canva tab that’s ALWAYS…

I just hope you love “Lovefool” as much as I do. — This piece is being featured as part of our #BelladonnaBallyhoo, an effort to raise money for the Sylvia Rivera Law Project. Donate to the SRLP here and let us know on Twitter — we’ll hit you back with a hair compliment! To achieve a full, restful night of sleep, I…

Hollywood’s hottest recouple has a busy summer ahead! — For the latest installment of “How Is Ben Affleck Doing?” we consulted The Belladonna Writer’s Room to find out what our writers have heard about Ben and JLo’s plans for the summer. The relationship is official! The paparazzi sees a life-size cutout of Jen being moved into Ben’s house from…