McSweeney’s
Internet Tendency

Celebrating our 21st Year!Celebrating our 21st year of publishing daily humor almost every day.
Daily humor
almost every day
since 1998.
McSWEENEY'S INTERNET TENDENCY'S PATREON

As little as $1 month (only $12 a year!) is all it takes to support our writers and to keep our site ad-free. Become a patron today.

Meg Elison

Articles by

Meg Elison

Meg Elison is the author of THE BOOK OF THE UNNAMED MIDWIFE, Publisher’s Weekly book of the year, Tiptree recommendation, and winner of the Philip K. Dick Award. Her sequel, THE BOOK OF ETTA, will be published in 2017 by 47North. Elison is a high school dropout and a graduate of UC Berkeley. She lives in Oakland and writes like she’s running out of time.

Trending 🔥
  1. July 11, 2018
    Abortion is Immoral, Except When It Comes to My Mistresses
    by Devorah Blachor
  2. May 8, 2019
    Hello, I’ll Be Your Toddler Tour Guide for This Trip Out the Front Door
    by Elizabeth Preston
  3. May 20, 2019
    I Don’t Think a Woman is Electable In 2020 Because Last Time Around the Female Nominee Only Got Three Million More Votes Than Her Opponent
    by Tom Smyth
  4. May 13, 2019
    Yeah Sex Is Cool, But Have You Tried Being a Woman In Your 30s?
    by Caitlin Kunkel
Recently