Exciting Beck book news!
Hello, dear ones! I come bearing a rare bit of GOOD news in journalism/publishing: my third book, The Last Temptation of Beck: The Untold Story of a Pop...
A very important piece of fiction
Hello, comrades. I hope this message finds you keeping your heads above water. Times are dark, and the water is murky. But art persists, and so do we. I am...
The first blurbs are in!
Hello, dear subscribers! I am pleased to report that the first advance “blurbs” (written endorsements) for The Last Temptation of Beck have arrived! Here’s...
PRE-ORDER JOSIE'S NEW BOOK!!!
Hello, dear ones! I am writing because — ta-dah! — you can finally pre-order my third book, The Last Temptation of Beck: The Untold Story of a Pop Messiah....
"Some Girls Try Too Hard" is here!!!
Dear ones— I executive-produced a benefit album for Trans Lifeline, alongside Emily Reed and A Few Good Records! It’s the entirety of Blink-182’s legendary...
"This is the face of Jewish vengeance..."
Greetings, comrades. Hope you survived the holiday break. I have a new Flaming Hydra essay for you. It’s about Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds and...
I have a new podcast! Listen!!
Hello, dear friends! Hope you’re keeping your heads above water. I’m writing to let you know that writer/podcaster Becca Petunia and I have launched a brand...
Stan Lee's Gay Ghostwriter(?), Revealed
Hello, all! Just dropping a quick note to say I’ve published a new humdinger, alongside co-writer (and genius) Zach Rabiroff. It’s an investigation into a...
Josie's Dutch TV special!
Hello, all! Just dropping you a line to say that the Dutch TV station VPRO interviewed me about neokayfabe and American fascism, and the full twenty-minute...
My MSNBC debut...
Hello, all! Dropping a quick note to say I have published my first-ever op-ed for MSNBC. It's about being the “wrong” kind of Jewish woman in the Trump Era....
The Jewish skinhead in all of us
A tease of my new essay for Flaming Hydra, on 2001's "The Believer."
Kamala's Trans Record, Revealed!
Hello, all! I write to you from my new newsletter platform, Buttondown! Huzzah! But that’s not important. My wonderful spouse and I co-wrote a column for...