Aubrey Hirsch

@aubreyhirsch
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Writer and illustrator of stories, essays and feminist comics. 2022 NEA fellow. Work in TIME, Vox, The New York Times, The Nib, etc. Very charming IRL. More at www.aubreyhirsch.com. she/her
For @Vox’s humor issue, I wrote about why we’re STILL debating whether or not women are funny. https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/23501434/women-funny-comedy 🙄🙄🙄
Why do people still think women aren’t funny?

The world doesn’t make it easy for us to crack a joke.

Vox
Well twitter has officially entered its “act 2 of Animal Farm” phase, huh?
Internet trends like that AI art generator are the reason that every time I post a price of art that took me a dozen hours to make someone inevitably responds with “Wow. What app is that?” No thank you.
I have a new comic live today about some fun blasts-from-the-past that I'm feeling nostalgic for! https://audacity.substack.com/p/what-im-nostalgic-for
What I'm Nostalgic For

The bygone things I'm yearning for

The Audacity.
I have learned, against my will, that people are DNA testing their cats now.
If you've been wanting to sign up for the 8-week version of my Comics for People Who Can't Draw class, you can get 20% the next session (which begins in February) by using the code MONDAY20 until Monday!
Come join! I know you'll have a great experience! https://catapult.co/classes/8-week-open-genre-workshop-comics-for-people-who-can-t-draw-2150?tab=about
8-Week Open-Genre Workshop: Comics for People Who Can't Draw - Aubrey Hirsch

Comics are great! They’re enjoyable to make, quick and easy to read, and people love to share them. But when I talk to writers who are interested...

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My best cooking tip for Thanksgiving is that if you put a long sweater over top no one can tell you’re wearing your 10-year-old maternity jeans.
My boyfriend, looking at dinner menus in NYC: “Do people who pay this much for food know how fun drugs are?”
I don’t want to alarm anyone, but I don’t think our national strategy of “thoughts and prayers” is proving to be effective.
I just heard the term “plastic neutral” for the first time and I have never been more sure that humanity is doomed.