Nora Biette-Timmons

Berlin, Germany

Writer and Editor at Freelance

contributing editor @jezebel. editing + writing other other places too. tweet deleter. New Yorker in Berlin.

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Articles

Jezebel's May Book Club Pick: 'Goddess Complex' by Sanjena Sathian

2 weeks ago | jezebel.com | Nora Biette-Timmons

Our monthly book club focuses on new literary fiction releases. (And if you’re a Jezebel subscriber, keep an eye out for related giveaway opportunities.) Below, our books editor reviews this month’s pick, Goddess Complex by Sanjena Sathian. Ambivalence about motherhood feels almost overdone in popular literary fiction at the moment—whether it’s ambivalence on the part of a could-be mother, or on the part of an already-is mother.
'With Love, Meghan' Is Beautiful and Boring, a Millennial’s Nancy Meyers Pinterest Board Come to Life

2 months ago | jezebel.com | Nora Biette-Timmons

Meghan Markle’s* new lifestyle reality show is not meant to be a comedy, but that doesn’t mean it didn’t make me laugh out loud multiple times while watching it.
Our February/March Book Club Pick: ‘Blob’ by Maggie Su

Feb 6, 2025 | jezebel.com | Nora Biette-Timmons

Who among us has not brought home something a little questionable from the bar? A one-night stand, someone else’s jacket, the Tiki glasses you just had to have after five rum punches. Usually not a small living being though … And almost certainly not a small living being that listens to you and is able to become, after watching enough American television, a hunky white guy.
What the Fuck Are Democrats Doing?

Feb 3, 2025 | jezebel.com | Nora Biette-Timmons

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Book Club Discussion: 'Hum' Made Us Skeptical of Parenthood-Not Just Because It's in a Near-Future Dystopia

Jan 31, 2025 | jezebel.com | Nora Biette-Timmons

For our November/December book club, Jezebel read Hum by Helen Phillips. Jezebel Editor-in-Chief Lauren Tousignant and I convened earlier this month to talk about the book after reading it—so beware of spoilers.
Jezebel's 2025 Celebrity Predictions

Dec 27, 2024 | jezebel.com | Nora Biette-Timmons

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12 Days of Fuck This: 5 Ways Christmas Is Turning Your Kid Into a Willing Subject of the Surveillance State

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.
The Best (New) Books I Read in 2024

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.
Buying a Gun Won't Save You

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.
10 True Scary Stories That Will Send Shivers Down Your Spine

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.