The bloggess (Jenny Lawson)

Here’s too much stuff…sorry Okay, several things… First off, this was my drawing I posted on my art substack this week where I wrote about how we all need to start using the word “unfuckwithable” more so it …

thebloggess.com/2026/03/02/h... unfuckwithable.

HOW TO BE OKAY WHEN NOTHING IS OKAY ON BOOK TOUR Deep breath. My upcoming book (How to Be Okay When Nothing is Okay) is coming out next month and I am going on book tour! I am both terrified and excited in equal measures because my last book came…

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Going on book tour for the first time in a decade. Terrified and excited.

Just tell me I don’t have Frankenstein. Today Victor and I were driving home and I said, “The other day I saw an iguana sunning himself on our neighbors fence” and Victor looked at me like I was crazy but I know what I saw. A…

This morning I mortified myself *twice* with iguanas and Frankenstein and I need to know I’m not alone. thebloggess.com/2026/02/24/j...

February catch-up. Sorry I’ve been MIA. I sort of fell off the world but I’m back today with actual energy and slightly less depression. YAY FOR LESS DEPRESSION! Just dropping a few notes here to catch up…

Catching up and screwing up…all at the same time. thebloggess.com/2026/02/17/f...

Some happy book news and library love. How To Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay got a starred review from Library Journal! (Starred reviews are rare as hen’s teeth and denote a “book of distinction” and I’ve only gott…

Happy news, plus a photo of me levitating. thebloggess.com/2026/02/05/s...

Sometimes it’s hard, but it’s worth it. I wasn’t going to write anything today because I’m in a depression and that makes my head into mush, but then I looked at a comment on my last post that was utterly infuriating and I st…

Got a particularly hateful comment and instead of screaming at them I wrote this : thebloggess.com/2026/01/27/s...

NO NEW CANCER Y’ALL. I just heard from my doctor and the stomach biopsies they did last week came back showing no additional cancer! WHOOP! He’s so optimistic about my prognosis that instead of doing…

Y’ALL. NO NEW CANCER. thebloggess.com/2026/01/13/n...

Happy book things are nice. UPDATED: OMG, y’all. This whole post is supposed to be numbered as a list but the numbers didn’t work properly so I made sure to note that in the numbered sections but then when I publi…

If you ever doubted your ability to professionally market your books, please read this and feel better by comparison: thebloggess.com/2026/01/11/h...

The Peach Cobbler that went missing for 40 years. Look, this isn’t a real post. It’s just me sharing a story that might help you if you’ve been in my same predicament. When I was little my great grandmother (on my mom’s sid…

The case of the 40-year-old missing peach cobbler: thebloggess.com/2026/01/02/t...

Is this real life? I have been in knots about my upcoming book because it’s different from anything I’ve done before and I have been terrified that people will be like, “YOU ARE NOT QUALIFIED TO GIV…

Do you want a free copy of my very imperfect arc of my next book? thebloggess.com/2025/12/26/i....

The state of the bookstore Recently at Nowhere Bookshop we realized that we’re more than 5 years in and whenever someone asks us for professional photographs we just shrug and send them what we took on our phones that …

The state of Nowhere: thebloggess.com/2025/12/23/t...

It’s okay if the holidays look weird for you. Mine looks like a 10-foot monster on the lawn. I know many of us, including me, mourned the passing of Bone Crawford, but just in case you missed it: The instructions to put together the Bumble said that it would take 2 people less than 30 minu…

Xmas is for 10-foot monsters on the lawn: thebloggess.com/2025/12/22/i...

Where am I? I was going to write a real post today but I ran out of time and it’s late so instead I’m going to just share the substack letter I just mailed out in case you don’t subscribe but…

Dear Canada, I’m on the way! thebloggess.com/2025/12/12/w...

THE 16TH ANNUAL JAMES GARFIELD CHRISTMAS MIRACLE! Hello and welcome to the SIXTEENTH ANNUAL James Garfield Miracle! (HOW??) “What is the James Garfield Miracle?” you may be asking. You must be new here. HELLO AND WELCOME. 16 years ago I walke…

THE 16THE ANNUAL JAMES GARFIELD MIRACLE IS NOW LIVE! If you need help getting your kiddo a stuffed animal this holiday im giving out 150 of them so come check it out thebloggess.com/2025/12/08/t...

Criminally underdressed. So. Last night I went to Windcrest (it’s part of San Antonio) because they have this decades-old tradition where people put up incredible holiday decorations and people can drive through the …

Spent last night in the back of a cop car and that wasn’t even the weirdest part of the night: thebloggess.com/2025/12/03/c...

Have a good one, either way I guess. Today when we were finishing lunch the waiter was like, “How was your day?” and I said, “Good, thanks! A little exhausting, but good. How was yours?” and then he and Victor …

thebloggess.com/2025/11/17/h... what is wrong with me?

Running away for a little bit. This isn’t a real post but I’m leaving the country for a few days but I’m sharing my art substack letter here in case you want details. :) Back soon! Hello, friend! I try to alway…

Running away for a few days. thebloggess.com/2025/11/05/r...

What’s your street name? Victor always makes fun of me because I’ve never been asked to do jury duty and I must be on a list of people to avoid but last month I finally got a card telling me to show up. I filled out …

My first time at jury duty. Is it always like this? thebloggess.com/2025/11/03/w...

Sorry. My OCD won. (If you subscribe to my art substack, this letter is already waiting for you in your mailbox, but I’m sharing it here too in case you don’t do substack but still need to read it.) Dear …

Sorry. My OCD won. But maybe you need this: thebloggess.com/2025/10/27/s...

My favorite October reads Someone recently told me that the reason I have so much anxiety is because I read so many dark, horror books and I explained that studies prove that reading horror can actually be good for your res…

What to read in October: thebloggess.com/2025/10/17/m...

Happy October, Motherfucker. Hailey and their sweetheart came home with a little spooky season surprise for me. A small metal friend at the door. “Knock knock, motherfucker.” She has a little solar panel on her nec…

Knock knock, motherfucker. thebloggess.com/2025/10/03/h...

It’s not the same as hugging Shelley Duvall, but it feels like the next best thing. Look, this is going to be rambling af so totally okay to skip this whole post because it’s me talking about something that gave me so much joy and I want to write it down for myself so I alwa…

I went to Shelley Duvall’s house for her estate sale and it was sad and wonderful. thebloggess.com/2025/09/22/i...

Crowdsourcing recurrent aseptic meningitis treatment Hello and welcome to the most boring blog post title I’ve ever written. Sorry, but I thought I’d reach out and try to crowdsource (after getting permission from my kiddo, Hailey.) You m…

thebloggess.com/2025/09/18/c.... They think Hailey has meningitis agin. Crowdsourcing in case you’ve had experience with recurring meningitis treatment.

Apologies to the people who saw me sobbing as I left the doctor. Emotions are weird af. I’m totally fine. (And itchy.) So about 6 months ago I started having this itching inside one ear that kept getting worse and nothing fixed it so I went to my doctor and he was like, “Huh. There’s a lump there. You n…

Apologies to the people who saw me sobbing as I left the drs office. They were happy tears: thebloggess.com/2025/09/17/a...

Art interpretation for vampires I have this giant painting I bought second-hand years ago. Dorothy Barker for scale It’s a print on canvas called “Before Nightfall” and when I first saw it I was like, “I l…

Art interpretation for vampires: Art interpretation for vampires: thebloggess.com/2025/09/15/a...

Reading > cleaning I decided to clean up the house and a frame I was polishing broke and the glass went through my finger and now I can only type with one hand because it keeps opening up and this feels like a sign t…

Reading is less dangerous than cleaning: thebloggess.com/2025/09/12/r...

Hi, I’m stupid. Next week I’m going to New England to talk about my upcoming new book at a conference just for indie booksellers (yay!) and I was talking to Elizabeth (the lovely person who runs Nowhere Book…

I was today years old when I learned something I guess I should have learned when I was a kid. *sigh*. thebloggess.com/2025/09/04/h...

HOW TO BE OKAY WHEN NOTHING IS OKAY Y’all. This should be a fancy-ass, glossy post where I breezily tell you about something I’m so excited about and I should be wearing a suit while talking to a news anchor as I toss my …

I’m super excited and lightly terrified to announce this: thebloggess.com/2025/08/20/h...

Thank you! First off, a giant thank you to everyone who loves us because Nowhere Bookshop was named the Reader’s Choice Best Independent Bookshop in San Antonio in the San Antonio Current. WHOOP. Second…

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