Ali Kelley grew up a nervous child in Connecticut, spent her twenties in Chicago, and is now a thirty-something braving Brooklyn. She writes essays and satire about office life, trash pop culture, and the absurdity of being a woman.

Humor

The Hairpin

• How to Rank Women

McSweeney's

• MTV Casting Call or Catcall?

• Rainforest Cafe Menu Item or Nickname Given to Justin by His Really Cool Step-Dad, Rick, and Not My Emotionally Withholding, biological father, Doug?

• Men at Work Song or Men at Your Work Responding to #MeToo Allegations?

• Our Wedding is All About You

The Cooper Review

• 7 Out-of-Office Emails and the People Who Send Them

• 10 Tricks to Appear Smart in Job Interview

points in case

• The Truth About Landing a Podcast in Prison

• The Secret to Marriage

The Belladonna

• Buckle Up Men: Wednesday the Ladies Are Out of the Office

• A Word About Last Night's Corporate Karaoke

• 6 Other Items to Clog the Toilet That Are Not Sanitary Napkins

• Why Won't You Buy Our Bestselling, High-Rise, Skinny Jeans?

Slackjaw

• Annotations to Sam Cooke's "Having a Party" That I'm Using to Announce My Totally Chill, No Fuss Weddding

• The White Elephant Gift in the Room

Lady Pieces

• Today I'm Marrying My Best Friend

Robot Butt

• No-Fail, Zero-Pressure, Sales Pitches to Reengage Your Childhood Friend for Monetary Gain

The Reject Pile

• People You May Know (That Are No Longer People)

Essays

The washington post

• After Their Divorce, I Got to Know My Parents All Over Again

The billfold

• The Cost of Moving a Cat

• What Loving Candy My Whole Life Cost Me

• The Cost of Doing What Made Me Happy

Hellogiggles

• I'm Almost 30, but I Still Use a Security Blanket

• What I Wish I Knew When I Started Wearing Glasses

neutrons/protons

• Counselor Stories

Story Club magazine

• A History of Boys and the Myth of the Makeout Closet

You're Being ridiculous

• Picking at My Face

Chicago literati

• The Comfort of Boy Meets World

Pop Culture

Apartment therapy

• Which Lindsay Lohan Had the Better House in Parent Trap?

• The Early Aughts Dorm Rooms You Wanted to Hang Out In

• The Coziest Homes from '90s Movies

HelloGiggles

• The Enduring Wisdom of the Olsen Twins' Movies

• How Your 20s IRL Are Different Than on TV

• The Best Things Money Can Buy According to the Movie 'Blank Check'

Reviews

Chicagoist

• All live lit/comedy reviews

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