humor – Summer Koester

We Must Put an End to Government Overreach, Which is Why I’m Burning Down These Stop Signs

August 20, 2021 summer.koester

Cheering parents watched as children tossed surgical masks into a fire outside the Idaho Capitol in Boise on Saturday as more than 100 people gathered to protest mask mandates as an affront to their civil liberties. — Washington Post, March 7, 2021 Citizens, we stand here today to demand that the government cease restricting our […]

Posted in humorTagged masking, masks, pandmeic, satire

Satire: An Open Letter To Lysistrata Regarding Her “No Copulation Without Vaccination” Campaign

August 5, 2021 summer.koester

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Posted in Blog, humorTagged COVID-19, republicans, satire, sex, sexism, vaccines1 Comment

New Satire about Standardized Testing Now On Widget Mag!

May 3, 2021 summer.koester

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Posted in Activism, children, humorTagged classism, education, racism, school, standardized testing, tests

I, Baba Yaga, Don’t Know How Much Longer I Can Stay In This Chicken-Legged Hut with These Children

April 16, 2021 summer.koester

Are you a parent at home with children trying to Do It All? Are you at the brink of eating your children just for some peace and quiet? If so, then Baba Yaga sees you. Please enjoy my latest now up on Jane Austen’s Wastebasket!

Posted in children, essays, humorTagged baba yaga, folklore, homeschooling, pandemic, parenting, quarantine

Is Your Your Child Practicing the Recorder, Or Are Winged Harpies From the Seventh Circle of Hell Tormenting You From Within Your Own Home?

April 9, 2021 summer.koester

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Posted in Blog, humorTagged flutaphone, harpies, parenting, recorder, satire2 Comments

I Am So Happy You Are Living Your Best Covid Life! Now on Greener Pastures Comedy

March 24, 2021 summer.koester

Please, tell me how you are winning at pandemic parenting! I am so happy you are living your best COVID life! Meanwhile I’m just up here, hanging out in a cold rainforest, trying to flatten the curve! Read NOW on Greener Pastures!

Posted in Blog, humorTagged COVID-19, pandemic, parenting, quarantine

Now on Belladonna Comedy: We Must Put An End to Government Overreach, Which Is Why I’m Burning Down These Stop Signs

March 10, 2021 summer.koester

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Posted in humorTagged COVID-19, masks, politics

Up Today on Belladonna Comedy: Female Empowerment Anthems Rewritten for Accuracy

March 8, 2021 summer.koester

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Posted in Activism, humorTagged feminism, gender gap, international women's day, pay equality

Now on McSweeneys: As A Superhero Teacher, I Can’t Wait to Sacrifice My Unvaccinated Life for Your Child

February 16, 2021 summer.koester

Achievement unlocked! I can’t begin to explain how STOKED I was when I got the email from McSweeneys Internet Tendency that they were going to run my latest satire piece about teachers and vaccines. Getting published on McSweeneys has been a dream of mine. Some writers spend YEARS trying to get published there. Book deals […]