McSWEENEY'S INTERNET TENDENCY'S PATREON
Join our Patreon at $10/month (or more) and receive a coupon for a discount on the Decorative Gourd Beanie, Gourd mugs, and our glorious new Advent Calendar. Help support our writers and keep our site ad-free.
No Fear of Flying: Kamikaze Missions in Death, Sex, and Comedy
2011 COLUMN CONTEST
GRAND-PRIZE WINNER
Michelle Mirsky is strong but not tough. She hates being told no. She loves to say yes. She’s always in love. She likes whiskey, listens to fortune cookies, and collects knee-high boots and classic modernist chairs. She’s probably a good mother. She lives in Austin, TX where she works an earnest 9-5 job and sometimes tells jokes on stage—kind of like a superhero with a secret identity. Only not super. Or secret. This column chronicles the year following the not-unexpected death of the author’s son. It’s mostly deadpan. It’s sometimes funny. It’s rarely hyperbolic.
-
October 28, 2020Addendum: Here After
-
November 8, 2012No Fear of Flying: Kamikaze Missions in Death, Sex, and Comedy: Epilogue: Deadkidistan
-
August 22, 2012No Fear of Flying: Kamikaze Missions in Death, Sex, and Comedy: The Vessel
-
August 3, 2012No Fear of Flying: Kamikaze Missions in Death, Sex, and Comedy: The Scarlet D
-
July 16, 2012No Fear of Flying: Kamikaze Missions in Death, Sex, and Comedy: The Things I’ve Kept
-
June 20, 2012No Fear of Flying: Kamikaze Missions in Death, Sex, and Comedy: Hail Mary
-
May 30, 2012No Fear of Flying: Kamikaze Missions in Death, Sex, and Comedy: Museum of Sorrows
-
May 10, 2012No Fear of Flying: Kamikaze Missions in Death, Sex, and Comedy: No Mas
-
April 20, 2012No Fear of Flying: Kamikaze Missions in Death, Sex, and Comedy: Statistically Significant
-
March 30, 2012No Fear of Flying: Kamikaze Missions in Death, Sex, and Comedy: Poor Relations
-
March 14, 2012No Fear of Flying: Kamikaze Missions in Death, Sex, and Comedy: All Exits Look the Same
-
February 23, 2012No Fear of Flying: Kamikaze Missions in Death, Sex, and Comedy: Remains and Restraints
Trending 🔥
-
November 8, 2024Updates on the Arc of the Moral Universe
-
November 8, 2024Finally, the Elites Have Been Defeated by the Billionaires
-
November 13, 2024Sure, I Voted for Someone Whose Policies Might Kill You, but Now’s the Time to Put Aside Our Differences
-
November 6, 2024Here’s Why a Second Death Star Won’t Be That Bad
Recently
-
November 22, 2024Reasons That I, a Trans Woman, Have Had to Use the Bathroom at My Workplace
-
November 22, 2024Excerpts from The Believer: An Interview with Filmmaker and Musician Boots Riley
-
November 22, 2024Something about President-Elect Nyarlathotep’s Unholy Rebirth Feels Weird, Right?
-
November 21, 2024I’m a Good, Normal Family Man Who Just Wants to Inspect Your Genitals Before You Pee