Ysabel Yates
@why_yates
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Humor writer ✨ She/her ✨ Writing in: @tnyshouts @nytimes @the_belladonnas @mcsweeneys @reductress @weeklyhumorist @littleoldlady__ ✨ rep'd by @agentsaba
Brooklyn, NY
Joined August 2017
I'm not using Twitter as much anymore but I started a Substack 💌 It's called Humor Science and it features interviews with humor writers. Also, if you have a newsletter, please share it, I want to subscribe to more newsletters 💕
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WHEW it is happening. I’m co-writing a satirical joke book with my friends! We spent the past year+ writing this book from inside our respective bedrooms over Zoom. It’s what got me through! ❤️ @daniellekraese @why_yates @KateHerzlin @agentsaba @AndrewsMcMeel @in_a_partydress
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Can’t wait to write a whole book’s worth of feminist jokes with three of my favorite funny folks in an endless loop of asking one another, “Is this anything?” Thanks to @agentsaba & @in_a_partydress @AndrewsMcMeel, looks like it actually is! @_alikelley @daniellekraese @why_yates
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hiii, this happened!! 🎉🥳🔥👏🏽 incredibly excited to collaborate with @KateHerzlin @why_yates @daniellekraese @_alikelley and @in_a_partydress on the feminist joke book of my heart 💗✊🏽🍾
ahh i've been sitting on this for *way* too long but please help me welcome @why_yates @daniellekraese @KateHerzlin and @_alikelley to #TeamTalcott ✨🥳🙌🏽 these four formidably funny women are going to take over the world (evidence here👇🏽) and i'm THRILLED! https://t.co/GLoxIwpgoL
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I'm so excited to work with these three writers who make me laugh and lift me up every day, @daniellekraese, @_alikelley, and @KateHerzlin 💕 A huge thank you to @agentsaba and @in_a_partydress for believing in this project 📚 💫
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Hi everyone, I’m raising money to fund five seats for BIPOC designers in my Principles of Typeface Design: Display Type @CooperType this summer. ❤️ Read the full write up and donate: https://t.co/uihN2WmcMx ❤️Apply by May 21st:
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Please fill out the form below to apply for the Display Type BIPOC Fund for the summer of 2021. The class starts on June 2nd through August 4th and meets for 10 Wednesdays 6:30 PM –9:30 PM EST. The...
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white privilege is fucking astounding man the dude just Killed eight people and they’re listening to his side of the story
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My latest for @mcsweeneys in which some of Meghan's fellow princesses share their own grievances about the monarchy https://t.co/6yhfDYzq7r
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Ariel (The Little Mermaid) OPRAH: So when you struck the deal with Ursula to go to land, were you silent or were you silenced? ARIEL: … the latter...
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All these articles I keep seeing about how quarantine at home deeply affects the health of the brain should be a reminder that prisons existed before and will exist after this time and no one seemed to care about their health at all
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“I don’t find that funny.” vs. “I don’t find you attractive.” https://t.co/WjOPRpDDIC
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“As I said last week, this is very simple, I never touched anyone inappropriately…no one ever told me at the time that I made them feel uncomfortab...
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I wrote this last night in one fell and furious swoop with the incredible @_alikelley
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“As I said last week, this is very simple, I never touched anyone inappropriately…no one ever told me at the time that I made them feel uncomfortab...
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LOVE that women have to carry the burden of telling men how to be decent. My latest for @mcsweeneys with @why_yates!
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“As I said last week, this is very simple, I never touched anyone inappropriately…no one ever told me at the time that I made them feel uncomfortab...
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Happy birthday to @The_Belladonnas! The first comedy outlet that ever published me 🥰💌💕 I was so new to writing when I first submitted and they were so kind and supportive, it blew my mind. Thank you for building such a welcoming community. Here's to many more years! 🥳🥳🥳
OMG, today is The Belladonna's 4th birthday! 🥳 We are so grateful for our wonderful readers & fab contributors! ✨ Matt & Ben are celebratin', so join the fun and drop your fave ever Belladonna pieces in the comments! 😍 Here's to all of you, and another great year ahead 💅
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"How to Get a Good Night’s Sleep" https://t.co/uyTC35vnLH via @why_yates @tnyshouts @NewYorker cc @drcolleencarney "Many thanks to the Toss & Turner Foundation for its generous support of our work." "Are you asleep or only pretending?"
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Once your alpha wave is in synch with your beta wave, you’ll know it is time to lie down.
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.@kerr_elson and I are presenting our sleep research in @tnyshouts today 💤 Many thanks to the Toss & Turner Foundation for their generous support of our work 😴 https://t.co/ToEEuCSJRz
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Once your alpha wave is in synch with your beta wave, you’ll know it is time to lie down.
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"Hi there, thanks for reading this. I’m being censored. That’s why I’m writing a piece in a major publication that you are consuming easily and for free. Because I am being absolutely and completely muzzled." https://t.co/6QZo6sV40z
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“It’s time to stand up against the muzzling of America.” — Senator Josh Hawley in a tweet and, similarly, in an op-ed for the New York Post. - - -H...
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