Nico Mara-McKay

Project Management | Strategic Storytelling | Community Engagement

Nico Mara-McKay

Project Management | Strategic Storytelling | Community Engagement

Writing

Review of Hyperbole and a Half in She Does the City

Hyperbole and a Half, by Allie BroshI reviewed Allie Brosh’s Hyperbole and a Half for She Does the City:

Three years ago someone sent me a link to a crudely-drawn comic series entitled “This is Why I’ll Never Be an Adult.” It featured a chart of extremely low standards, like the ability to accomplish “a few very minor tasks like grocery shopping and brushing my hair,” illustrations depicting a fiercely adorable woman “Going to the motherf*cking BANK like an ADULT,” and a handful other responsibilities before escalating to complete SYSTEM FAILURE. That was my first introduction to Hyperbole and a Half, and, needless to say, I identified, and began closely following her work.

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Nico Mara-McKay

Nico Mara-McKay (they/iel) is a historian, writer, editor, and occasional curator whose work focuses on histories of gender and sexuality through lenses of embodiment and identity. They write about queer and trans history, culture, and community ephemeralrecord.com, and share updates on Bluesky @nicomaramckay.com.