Personal Essays and True Stories

I Threw The Worst Networking Event of All Time

I'm bad at jobs, and bad at getting people to attend my parties--what could go wrong?

Dec 12 • Cartoons Hate Her

When I Worked in Big Tech and Everyone Fucking Hated Me

My wake up call to stop being such an unlikable person

Dec 10 • Cartoons Hate Her

Quitting My Job Turned Me Into a Girlboss

One year ago, I ended a 13-year career in tech to be a "slow life" SAHM and writer. I've since become a workaholic.

Oct 20 • Cartoons Hate Her

How I Kept a Job For 3 Years Without Working

I was hired into an obviously frivolous role for which I was underqualified. I had to get creative to survive.

Oct 6 • Cartoons Hate Her

My OCD Was In Recovery. Then ChatGPT Arrived.

Yes it's my fault, yes I'm an idiot, yes you should learn from my mistake.

Jul 9 • Cartoons Hate Her

I'm 35 And Haunted By A Prom Nightmare

Almost 20 years later, I can't shake a recurring nightmare about my prom.

Jun 2 • Cartoons Hate Her

My 20-Year Sexy Clothes Era

For almost twenty years, my aesthetic revolved around one goal: how much skin can I show?

May 23 • Cartoons Hate Her

I Was Extorted by My Neighbors for $2000

May 3 • Cartoons Hate Her

The Sublet Caper

When my husband and I couldn't afford a San Francisco apartment, we went down a weird road of sublets within sublets

Nov 19, 2024 • Cartoons Hate Her

My Strange (Karaoke) Addiction

How my drive for attention led to musical impressions, and how this went exactly how you probably think it went

Oct 22, 2024 • Cartoons Hate Her

The Best it Gets

I was 22 and wanted to get ahead in my tech role. Enter my new mentor: Vince, a 55-year-old man who couldn't use Powerpoint.

Oct 15, 2024 • Cartoons Hate Her

My First And Only Girls' Night

At 22, I finally had my first opportunity to go on a girls' night out with cool older women. Surely I wouldn't screw it up.

Oct 8, 2024 • Cartoons Hate Her

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