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Author • GIRLY DRINKS • THE LADY FROM THE BLACK LAGOON • GIRLS MAKE MOVIES • Co-host of @readinggpodcast • she/her • Repped by @amylizbishop

In the Mountains Near LA, CA
Joined August 2012
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4 years
I need an app that connects you to someone who just finished the same book you did so you can talk about it.
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5 years
Sure, that shirt is cute, but how well does the material clean your glasses?
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4 years
Looking for new glasses and found the greatest review of all time
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5 years
Happy birthday, Mary Shelley, the original spooky bitch 🖤
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2 years
A friendly reminder. Audiobooks, graphic novels—they all count, baby.
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2 years
me, sobbing, a bottle of whiskey in each hand: please buy my books so I don’t have to make a TikTok, please, I’m begging you
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5 years
The term “sexy librarian” is redundant.
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5 years
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was making us think being a lady living alone with her cats was a bad thing.
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4 years
Women are always worthy of your respect, folks. No matter how much clothing they've got on.
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5 years
To the old dude who saw my black lipstick and muttered “wouldn’t want to kiss her!” ... I’m very happy about that.
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3 years
We, as a nation, need to band together and demand bigger bathtubs.
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5 years
I have finally signed the contract for my next book: GIRLY DRINKS! I’m writing the history of women drinking and I’m having a blast. Cheers 💙
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4 years
Sure, sex is great, but have you ever gotten to the part in a fantasy film where they need to go find someone in the magical creature market
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23 days
Logged back into this godforsaken app because I knew there would be a Scott Wampler love fest happening, and seeing how loved he was is a comfort tonight. Here’s my last ever Twitter thread, and it’s about one of the dearest friends I’ve ever had.
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3 years
Excuse me, I’m dead now
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4 years
Can we bring back those old school book bondage belt thingies?
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5 years
I don’t know who needs to hear this but stop reading that book if you don’t like it
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2 years
I have lived in Southern California for almost 7 years and somehow I forget this happens every year
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5 years
I don't know who needs to hear this, but stop doing free work.
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4 years
To the female horror creators, especially the marginalized ones, who are seeing things implode in the industry right now: do not fucking stop. Keeping writing, keep planning. You matter. Your stories matter, so goddamn much. We're going to keep fighting and eventually, we'll win.
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Sorry I was late, my cat did something cute and I had to wait for 15 minutes with my camera open to see if she’d do it again.
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2 years
I love getting my monthly newsletter from the Satanic Temple. It's always like "Hail Satan! Here's an update on our campaign to raise money to buy tampons for unhoused people. And a recipe for vegan lasagna. Have a blasphemous day!"
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3 years
I was in line for the bar at a wedding and heard a voice behind me ask, “Is that a Stardust tattoo on your back?” It was @neilhimself .
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5 years
I don’t know who needs to hear this but clean your glasses
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2 years
GIRLY DRINKS WON THE JAMES BEARD AWARD
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James Beard Foundation
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For Beverage without Recipes: Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol by @malloryomeara #jbfa
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5 years
Gentle reminder that you can tell an author you loved their book without telling them that other people you know hated it 😘
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4 years
The most romantic part of Valentine’s weekend was @Jeremy_Lambert finding me in stress tears because my biceps ripped open the dress I was going to wear to my event and saying “Babe, I know you’re stressed out.. but that was pretty cool.”
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4 years
We’ve got (almost) all the book storage up in the new apartment 🥰
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5 years
“Her clothes left nothing to the imagination!” Why would they need to? What are you imagining is under there? Horse legs? Tentacles?
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5 years
Lord, give me the confidence of a white dude asking you to be on his two-hour+ long podcast that has 10 listeners.
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5 years
Alright, here goes. 2009: Tattooed high school drop out, anxious young lady trying to figure things out 2019: Still all those things, only I'm a bestselling author now. (And I figured out my eyebrows.)
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5 years
Along with patches from metal bands, I wish people wore denim vests covered with patches of their favorite book covers.
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5 years
So, LADY FROM THE BLACK LAGOON has been a #1 Amazon bestseller for over a MONTH and I can’t thank you all enough 💙😭
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2 years
Well, it’s official 💫
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5 years
Sure, learning a dead language like Latin on Duolingo is useless.. until you all need me to chant from an ancient, cursed tome to banish a demon.
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4 years
My paperbacks are here and they are SO BEAUTIFUL 😭💙
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5 years
the only good gender reveal party
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3 years
Five spits for an enemy, Lilith 🧛🏻‍♀️ Happy Halloween from me and my little dolly. This will be the first time I’ve done a book event as a vampire. Join us soon (link below) for the GIRLY DRINKS virtual launch!
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3 years
Here is a bitch who is done with the last draft of her book
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5 years
People ask me why I’m not having kids, but why become a parent when I can build a candy empire and invite six unsuspecting children to compete for the right to uphold my legacy?
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5 years
Sure, sex is great, but have you ever been wrapping Christmas presents and had the scissors catch the wrapping paper so that it glides along in one perfect cut?
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✨Okay, folks. I am thrilled/terrified to announce that after Halloween, I’m going full time as a writer.✨
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9 months
Still not seeing enough hype about this LESBIAN POWERLIFTING HOCKEY-PLAYING WEREWOLF MOVIE. It’s on Prime, folks, and it’s currently my favorite 2023 film
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5 years
Reminder during this holiday season that it is not the fault of retail workers if you waited too long to shop for gifts. Please be nice.
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My kink is canceled meetings.
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3 years
So, one of the things we noticed immediately about our new house is the alarming amount of ravens. Like, 20 at a time - horror movie raven numbers. We found out yesterday it’s because our neighbor bakes them cookies.
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5 years
Is this what a teacher looks like? I have no idea! About to teach some MFA students about research!
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2 years
Breaking out the good shit before 10am because I just sold book #4 ! ( Details to come, of course.)
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3 years
Happy Monday to the man who sent my speaking agency this incredible email
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4 years
Cramps are so much easier to bear when I think of them as the furious screams of my foiled uterus. That's right bitch, another childless month!
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5 years
Not so gentle reminder: there isn’t a single justification for pirating someone’s art.
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4 years
I want a girl with a short skirt and a long bibliography
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5 years
Good morning folks, I am an author now
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4 years
*deep breath* AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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Elisabeth Moss is Shirley Jackson. Everywhere June 5th.
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Love choosing between having an anxiety attack when I’m working too much and having an anxiety attack when I think I’m not working enough 💫
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Is this…. me in 40 years?
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It’s 2019 and I’m honestly mad no one has made cloaks cool again.
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3 years
Ooooo, who is this stranger in my boudoir? Happy Halloween from your local Vampiric council co-leader and her regular human bartender.
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5 years
If you want to know what hell is, a drunk man at the bar wanted to talk to me about how much he loves Atlas Shrugged and make me listen to his band.
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5 years
I started this book tour in pleather and by god, I’ll end it the same way.
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5 years
TFW YOUR BOOK MADE IT ONTO THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BESTSELLER LIST (pic by @LMarieGi )
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1 year
Sure, sex is great, but have you ever peeled the price sticker off a book in one piece
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3 years
The only body-related change I hope to make in 2021 is to get vaccinated and then get a fucking bunch more tattoos.
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5 years
If you’re ever worried there isn’t an audience for your work, I saw a lady wearing a shirt that just said “SAND.”
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5 years
And the big announcement is... here comes book number 2! That’s right folks! I’m writing the history of women drinking!
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5 years
Extremely unfair that I have to take care of myself every single day.
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2 years
GIRLY DRINKS HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A JAMES BEARD AWARD
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James Beard Foundation
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Congratulations to the 2022 #jbfa Media nominees! Check out the full list here:
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1 year
Alright motherfuckers, I’m back, what’s new
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5 years
When one woman ( @atrask on IG) read THE LADY FROM THE BLACK LAGOON and told her daughter that the Creature was designed by a woman, she immediately wanted to dress up like her.
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5 years
Happy birthday to Shirley Jackson, the queen of horror, cats, cocktails and absolutely not giving a fuck. Cheers to you, you bad bitch 🖤 “I delight in what I fear.”
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Everyone tells you how great your 30s are, but not how frustrating it is that you can’t go back in time and tell your 20s self how hot she is and that she needs to stop putting up with so much bullshit.
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4 years
I like a girl with a short skirt and a long TBR list
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4 years
As we near the end of this hell-year, you don’t have to call something a “guilty pleasure” anymore. No matter what you read/listen to/watch, that shit got you through 2020. Embrace it.
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4 years
Hey @Shudder - you’re really missing out on hiring Zena to be a horror host.
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Real Queen of Horror
4 years
This week, I'm sharing my TOP Made-for-TV Horror Movies. I'm a huge fan of made-for-tv movies. 📺 Check out the full video:
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5 years
Finally got to see the LA Times piece on THE LADY FROM THE BLACK LAGOON and I’m so happy I might explode
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3 years
If you are thrilled about the resurgence of Brendan Fraser’s career, it’s a good idea to watch both seasons of Doom Patrol and see how fucking incredible he is as Cliff Steele
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3 years
Let The Right One In (2008)
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an angry opossum 🐀
3 years
the baby must feed
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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but when you get back to your hometown for the holidays, don’t fuck your ex.
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3 years
what is publishing if not tote-bags persevering
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5 years
Black Lodge bedroom is done!
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5 years
Am I the only one who sees KFC and thinks “Kentucky Fucking Christ”?
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5 years
My book is finally out today! World, get ready to know who Milicent motherfuckin’ Patrick is.
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4 years
Reminder: if you want to see more films by marginalized filmmakers or read more books by marginalized authors, you can just ... use Google and find them. They're making stuff. It might not be getting marketed to you.
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4 years
Is this book I’m trying to read just not engaging or am I just consumed by dread over the dystopian nightmare I’m living through?
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2 years
Hello, new author photo 🖤
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3 years
So, @TheRealElvira ’s book is out today and lemme tell you, I’ve never ordered an audiobook so fast. SHE NARRATES IT
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3 years
Getting ready to slowly re-emerge. Now that I’m fully vaxxed, about to go to (the outdoor seating area of) a restaurant for the first time since 3/20. I am so excited to order a cocktail, I could cry (I might cry)
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4 years
A package finally arrived containing the most goth whiskey of all time
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Mallory O'Meara
4 years
Happy #InternationalWomensDay to #MilicentPatrick , the trailblazing artist who showed me that I could do it, too. That it was possible. And that I belonged.
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5 years
Apartment hunting and one place asked me to pay extra “cat rent” every month, so if you know anywhere my cats can apply for jobs, hit me up
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4 years
Fancied up for tonight’s Locke and Key premier! Who’s excited for the show?
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3 years
I’m 30 years old and still hesitant to buy a shirt from a band whose albums I haven’t *totally* memorized, just in case some fuckhead metal bro decides to quiz me about it
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My new favorite found footage horror film
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It’s time we face the facts: Godzilla must have a cloaca and therefore poops like a bird.
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5 years
These are just purse dump photos but for dudes that don't know how to unhook a bra
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RobinsonOUZO
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Every day carry is my favourite subreddit because it's all schlubby IT guys who pack a glock and a flip knife to go work in a server room for 9 hours.
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3 years
Accidentally startled my therapist today during our FaceTime session because he thought that a man was joining us during our session
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4 years
Just look at this fucking cat
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