About Beth
Beth Newell is the co-founder and editor of the satirical women’s magazine, Reductress. She coauthored the books There’s No Manual and How to Win at Feminism. Her work has been featured in The Onion, McSweeney’s, and The New Yorker. She hosts the podcast, We Knows Parenting, along with her husband, Peter McNerney. Beth was named by Rolling Stone as one of the “50 Funniest People Right Now" and as one of Time Magazine’s "23 People Who Are Changing What's Funny Right Now." She gave birth to her daughter in the backseat of a Honda Fit.
So you’re making a person…and no one will stop telling you what to do about it. Your friends, your neighbors, your Uber driver–everyone is giving you unsolicited advice, to which Beth and Jackie say: F*ck advice! There’s no “right” way to be pregnant or a new mom, only stretchy pants to be worn and choices to be made.
This illustrated guide asks and answers all the essential questions that pop up from the first trimester to the fourth, such as: Should I have an unmedicated or drugged-out birth? (Up to you!) Will I have time to pee as a new mom? (Maybe!) How do I avoid hating my partner? (That’s a little more complicated.) Funny, feminist, and, above all, pro-mom, this book is an actually useful baby shower gift.
praise for Beth
"23 People Who Are Changing What's Funny Right Now"
- Time Magazine
"The 50 Funniest People Right Now."
- Rolling Stone
"Beth Newell knows how to deliver a joke."
- NYMag
"20 of the Most Innovative Comedians Working Today"
- Paste Magazine
"Very funny" and "coherent."
- Steve Martin
Praise for Reductress
"The most brutally truthful comedy site out there."
- Wired
"A nightmarishly consistent satire machine."
- Paste Magazine
"That the site registers as sincere to some readers could be seen as a mark of its skill."
- NYTimes
"Deeply, deeply funny."
- NYMag
"Yes, you can tell a feminist rape joke. This website just showed us how."
- The Washington Post
"The internet’s best satire site."
- Newsweek
From HowStuffWorks Podcasts comes the humorous parenting podcast of two real-life comedians who are trying to raise their kids in the supportive “yes and” spirit of improv comedy, while acknowledging the seemingly unavoidable headaches that come along with modern parenting.
Every week, Beth and her husband, Peter McNerney, compare notes on parenting two hilarious yet difficult children.
