Lisa Pertoso is a satire and personal essay writer, improv performer, and middle-ager based in NYC.

She writes at the intersection of rage and laughter about feminism, capitalism, relationships, and raising humans in all the –isms. Subscribe to read her latest words on Substack & Medium.


Satire + Humor:

McSweeney’s

Attending a New Year’s Eve Party or Getting a Mammogram?

Based on Quotes from Last Night’s Dinner, Do My Parents Want me to Give Them a Grandkid or Join a Multilevel Marketing Scheme?

Slackjaw

Escape Room: Pandemic Toddler Mom Edition   

The Belladonna Comedy

The 10 Commandments of Thy Perimenopausal Vagina

I, Youngish White Guy, Respect You, 8 Months Pregnant Woman…Too Much To Offer You My Seat

Hank the Tank, the 500lb Black Bear, Issues a Sort of Apology About His Recent Behavior

Points in Case

Man Delivery Kits for the Single Lady

Canada’s National Observer (co-written with Paul Razzell)

Margaret Atwood’s cease-and-desist letter to the United States for plagiarizing the plot of The Handmaid’s Tale

Elon Musk shares brutal eggnog recipe

Rumours from COP27: Egypt offers Greta Thunberg protest space inside King Tut’s tomb

Quiz: Has sensational weather reporting desensitized you to danger — or made you paranoid?

Frazzled

This Family’s New Hybrid Policy From CEO, Mom

Greener Pastures

I, Your Cool Tech CEO, Give You This Sunday Off for World Mental Health Day

A Tick’s Guide to Hiking for City Dwellers

Chortle

My Kid Has Bubonic Plague, But Is Still Excited for Today’s Playdate!

Functionally Dead Magazine

Don’t Miss this Once-in-a-lifetime Opportunity to Own the Most Exclusive Property on Earth…Santa’s North Pole Estate! (page 21 of PDF)

Sammiches & Psych Meds: MockMom

Things I’ve Said to My 3 YO Son That I’ve Also Said to Men I’ve Dated

Personal Essays:

INSIDER: After a fight, my boyfriend walked out of my apartment. He never came back.

GLAMOUR: I Challenged Myself to Go on 100 First Dates. Here's What Happened...

WOMEN’S HEALTH: I've Gone On 99 First Dates in Four Years and I'm Still Standing