Nora Biette-Timmons

Dec 21, 2024 | jezebel.com | Nora Biette-Timmons

Let me start out by saying that I am actually a Christmas lover. Eating, drinking, singing maudlin songs, seeing my loved ones, being cozy…all my top favorite activities. But when my dear friends here at Jezebel asked if there was anything I’d want to contribute to 12 Days of Fuck This, a hater’s Christmas roundup, I knew I had to list out all the ways Christmas is indoctrinating your kids into being willing citizens of the modern surveillance state.

Dec 17, 2024 | jezebel.com | Nora Biette-Timmons

It was recently announced that Sarah Jessica Parker will be joining the jury for the 2025 Booker Prize, a preeminent award for literary fiction published in the U.K. and Ireland. Huh, you might say, she’s neither a literary fiction writer nor is she British—and you’d be right! But that’s not what’s stuck in my craw. In reading about the announcement, I learned that jury members have to read roughly 150 novels over seven months.

Nov 15, 2024 | jezebel.com | Nora Biette-Timmons

Within 48 hours of the collective realization that Donald Trump will, in fact, be president again, a talking point began to emerge that gave me a pit in my stomach. It goes something like this: Are you a woman or a queer person or a person of color, or anything other than a straight white man worried about your safety under Trump 2.0? Buy a gun. One meme I saw said, “Men, get a vasectomy.

Oct 29, 2024 | jezebel.com | Nora Biette-Timmons

The end of October is nearly upon us, which means only one thing here at Jezebel: Our scary story contest is coming to a close, and we’re publishing the winning tales below. We were delighted—and terrified, frankly—to read everyone’s entries; this was a good year, and no I’m not just saying that to flatter you. Our winning stories are a mix of the supernatural, the unexplainable, and perhaps the scariest of all: the very human.

Jun 18, 2024 | cntraveler.com | Nora Biette-Timmons

The sun was finally peaking through the storm clouds when I cracked open The New Tourist on a train headed out of Amsterdam. I’d absolutely loved the city, even in pouring rain—canals around every corner, beautiful public parks, some of the most charming architecture I’d ever encountered. But I’d also spent the vast majority of my time outside the inner ring, venturing into the historic, heavily touristed city center just once, to hop on a boat tour.