Jess Zimmerman
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writing

Books

Basic Witches: How To Summon Success, Banish Drama, And Raise Hell With Your Coven, with Jaya Saxena. Quirk Books, 2017
Women and Other Monsters: Building a New Mythology. Beacon, 2021

Essays in:
Double Features: Big Ideas in Film. Great Books Foundation, 2018

Body Language: Writers on Identity, Physicality, and Making Space for Ourselves. Catapult, 2022

Fiction in:
Terraform: Watch/Worlds/Burn. MCD x FSG Originals, 2022

Essays

"Static Screen," Commercial Type
"I Gave Up Pants—But Femininity Is Just As Binding," Catapult
​"I Wish My Grandma Had Gotten The Chance To Be Childless," BuzzFeed (book excerpt)
"A Fury’s Battle: How Our Culture Demonizes Women’s Anger and Protects Abusers," Lit Hub (book excerpt)
"A Year Without an Ending," Catapult
"It Doesn't Hurt, It Hurts All the Time," Catapult (Best American Essays 2021 notable essay)
"This Is All My Fault," Electric Literature
"The Towering Influence of Leonard Cohen," Electric Literature
"The Torturer's Horse," Electric Literature
​"Entrance Not For Everybody," Hazlitt
"A Life In Google Maps," Catapult (Best American Essays 2017 notable essay)
"The Myth Of The Well-Behaved Women's March," New Republic
"Hunger Makes Me," Hazlitt
"A Midlife Crisis, By Any Other Name," Hazlitt (Best American Essays 2016 notable essay)
"A Warrior Woman's Work," Hazlitt
"I Stole A Pen From Douglas Adams' Grave," Hazlitt
​"Where's My Cut?: On Unpaid Emotional Labor," The Toast
​"The Trouble With Trillian," The Toast
"Misogyny Is Poison, And You're Drinking It," Archipelago

Fiction & Poetry

"Theory of Knowledge," Catapult
"Twisty Little Passages," Catapult
"Never Quiet Again," Catapult
"All The Ways He Won't Die," Catapult
"The Bearded Lady," Paper Darts (2016 Fiction Award winner)
"Love Like Monkeys," Motherboard
​"Trojan Horses," Motherboard
​"Brain Trust," Motherboard
"A Guide To Eating Very Particular Feelings," The Hairpin
  • Part I
  • Part II
  • Part III
"Ways To Be Sad: A Thesaurus," The Hairpin
"Why I Am Not Coming In To Work Today," The Toast

Features

"'This Goes All The Way To The Queen': The Puzzle Book That Drove England To Madness," Hazlitt
​"The Cocktail At The End Of The Universe," Eater
"A Con Man Reinvents Himself...As A Reality TV Magician," Atlas Obscura
"Alternate Reality Games Could Still Take Over The World (And Your Life)," Atlas Obscura
"C.S. Lewis' Greatest Fiction: Convincing American Kids That They Would Like Turkish Delight," Atlas Obscura
"People Have Been Claiming To Own The Moon For Over 250 Years," Atlas Obscura
"Young Blood," Aeon

Reviews & Cultural Criticism

"Who Is Steven Hotdog? Or, Untangling the 'Braided Essay,'” Catapult
"What Do We Mean When We Call a Character a Monster?," Literary Hub
"A Cow with a Hole in It," Catapult
"Cloud Atlas v. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao," The Morning News
"When Bad Men Define Good Art," Electric Literature
​"Zaphod Beeblebrox for President," Electric Literature

"How to Write a 20,000-Square-Foot Book," Electric Literature
"Haruki Murakami's Lonely Men," New Republic
"Real Women Throw Stones," New Republic
"David Mitchell's Haunted Mansion," New Republic
"'Righteous Fury Helps Me Process': An Interview With Kate Harding," Hazlitt
"Why Are All the Female Characters in the Mad Max Comics So Desperately Half-Assed?" Vulture
"The Turner House v. Our Souls At Night," The Morning News
"In Praise Of Good Omens," Archipelago

​Opinion

"Endometriosis Is a Real Pain," Dame
"It's Okay If You Didn't Read This Year," Electric Literature
"Let's Just Lie on the Floor and Scream Together," Slate
​"Why Can't Democrats Get Angry?," Slate
"When Men Treat Assault Stories Like Ghost Stories," The Cut
"Dove's Dumb Body Wash Bottles Are An Answer To A Question Nobody Asked," The Washington Post
"Why Is Male Anger So Threatening?," Dame
"It's Time To Give Up On Facts," Slate
"Compassion for Melania is Misguided—But It Isn't Wrong," The Cut
"Highly Recommended: The Great British Bake-Off," Eater
"Twitter's Real Diversity Problem Isn't In Silicon Valley Offices," The Guardian
"We Can't 'Ban Bossy' If Women In Tech Are Being Told To Know Their Role," The Guardian
"Screw Leaning In. It's Time To Slam The Door In Silicon Valley's Face," The Guardian

Other

"Goth Court," Bully Pulpit Games, with Liz Gorinsky
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  • Women and Other Monsters
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