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Sara Benincasa

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  • Glamour
  • HuffPost
  • Wonkette
  • The Guardian
  • New York Observer
  • xoJane.com
  • Elite Daily
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  • Eater National
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Past articles by Sara:

Twitter Won’t Miss You: A Digital Detox Reading List (and Roadmap)

Maybe it’s time for an internet break… after you read this. → Read More

Unrequited Love Is a Good Idea, or the Case for One-Sided Crushes

Writer and comedian Sara Benincasa extolls the virtues of unrequited love and the non-reciprocal crush. → Read More

I Had an Affair With a Married Man—and We Never Even Kissed

It's easier than ever to connect, but writer Sara Benincasa says: Be careful. Here, her story of a yearlong emotional affair conducted over technology. → Read More

Sara Benincasa Bio, latest news and articles

Sara Benincasa is an author on Glamour. Read Sara Benincasa's bio and get latest news stories and articles. Connect with users and join the conversation at... → Read More

What To Do About Charlottesville

First I got angry. Then I wanted to help. → Read More

What To Do About Charlottesville

First I got angry. Then I wanted to help. → Read More

A Gross Love Letter To The Mooch, From His Girlfriend Sara Benincasa

EY FANGOUL! BADDABING! GET IN MY PUSSY! YOUR OPEN THREAD! → Read More

Psychologists say single people are more fulfilled. I'm getting to understand why

Single for the first time in 20 years, I’m finally experiencing the simple joys of existence outside the commitment industrial complex → Read More

Pop Advice: Should You Start a War Over ‘Word of Warcraft’?

POP ADVICE is our column where author/comedian Sara Benincasa doles out life lessons gleaned from years of pop cultural immersion. → Read More

Pop Advice: Sadly, Life is Not ‘Sex and the City’

Pop Advice is a column by Sara Benincasa in which she doles out inspirational life lessons gleaned from years of pop cultural immersion. → Read More

Articles by Sara Benincasa

I'm a comedian, a writer, and an editor -- the order in which I list these occupations varies day to day, depending on which occupation brings in the most filthy lucre. My debut memoir, "Agorafabulous!: Dispatches From My Bedroom," is out 2/14/12 and you can order it here. I host a kickass podcast called Sex and Other Human Activities over on Cave Comedy Radio (it's also on your iTunes.) Age:… → Read More

Pop Advice: Don’t Let a Guy Turn Your Swimfun Into ‘Swimfan’

Don’t let your relationship turn into a Swimfan sitch.[/caption] Pop Advice is a new column by author/comedian Sara Benincasa in which she doles out inspirational life lessons gleaned from… → Read More

Sara Benincasa’s ‘Real Artists Have Day Jobs’ Comprises Many Chapters, Words. Buy Her Book!

Hello citizens! It is I, Sara Benincasa, longtime Wonkette contributor and longer-time Wonkette commenter. I am here to tell you about my new book, Real Artists Have Day Jobs, which you can obtain via preorder or REGULAR ORDER, depending on whether it is before 4/26/2016 or after! You, garbage leftist bed-wetter, really need this book. → Read More

Why I Decided to Pose Topless (With My Dog) As An Extra On ‘Girls’

I could show boobs or butt or bush or my face or all of it. → Read More

Is Kim Kardashian turning you into an egomaniac?

A study posits that people who watch reality TV are more likely to be narcissistic. But the authors may have gotten that result just by using university students → Read More

An Ode to David Bowie That Will Remind You Why It's Good to Be Weird

​​It took me a long time to appreciate Bowie. But I'm so glad I learned how.​ → Read More

Sara Benincasa’s ‘D.C. Trip,’ By Sara Benincasa, Reviewed. (By Sara Benincasa)

Oh, hello. My name is Sara Benincasa, and I have long been a contributor to yr Wonkette. Anyway, I am here on yr Wonkette to review my own lertest berk or “latest book,” a rollicking novel titled “DC Trip.” This hilarious, raucous and wild tale of a couple of lovelorn public school teachers named Alicia → Read More

I'm FINALLY Getting a Passport; Where Should I Go First?

Now that I've met someone I would love to travel with, a fire has been lit under my ass to make that possible. → Read More

Jon Stewart's replacement should be a woman. It's time.

There are plenty of perfectly nice male comedians waiting in the wings for their shot at The Daily Show – but it’s time to put one of comedy’s reigning queens in the anchor’s chair → Read More

Jon Stewart's replacement should be a woman. It's time.

There are plenty of perfectly nice male comedians waiting in the wings for their shot at The Daily Show – but it’s time to put one of comedy’s reigning queens in the anchor’s chair → Read More