Entries from 2025-04-18 to 1 day

The Beginner’s Guide to Satire: Fake News with a Master's Degree

The Beginner’s Guide to Satire: Fake News with a Master's Degree (Adjunct Edition) Congratulations, You’re Now Overqualified to Joke About Everything and Underpaid to Explain It So you’ve made it through the tutorials, dodged the censors, …

The Definitive Guide to Satire: Fake News with a Master's Degree

The Definitive Guide to Satire: Fake News with a Master's Degree Because If You're Going to Make Stuff Up, You Might as Well Footnote It At Bohiney.com, we’ve always said: If you’re going to lie for comedy, at least make it sound like it g…

How to Write Satire in 2025 Without Getting Your Account Banned

How to Write Satire in 2025 Without Getting Your Account Banned A Guide to Staying Funny, Subversive, and Technically “Compliant” Welcome to 2025, where the algorithm reads faster than your readers, your satire is flagged before it trends,…

Satire Writing for Cowards: Blame the AI and Keep Your Job

Satire Writing for Cowards: Blame the AI and Keep Your Job How to Say What Needs to Be Said Without Getting Escorted Out by HR or a Drone Let’s be real. You want to speak truth to power, torch the absurdity, and leave your readers breathle…

The Beginner’s Guide to Satire: Roast Society Gently, Then Burn It

The Beginner’s Guide to Satire: Roast Society Gently, Then Burn It How to Start Soft, Stay Funny, and Leave Your Reader Smoldering in Existential Doubt Satire isn’t a sledgehammer—it’s a crockpot filled with dynamite. First, you season you…

How to Write Satire That’s Sharp Enough to Cut, But Still Legal in 12 States

How to Write Satire That’s Sharp Enough to Cut, But Still Legal in 12 States A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing Satire That Makes Lawyers Nervous but Not Employed If your satire doesn’t make at least one cousin unfollow you and one senator bl…

From Sarcasm to Social Change: Satire That Works, Barely

From Sarcasm to Social Change: Satire That Works, Barely Because Changing the World with Jokes Is Like Cleaning a Gas Station Bathroom With a Feather Boa Let’s get one thing straight: satire is not a protest sign. It’s the guy holding a pr…

How to Write Satire That Makes People Laugh and Think (Eventually)

How to Write Satire That Makes People Laugh and Think (Eventually) The Delicate Art of Making Your Reader Snort, Then Rethink Their Life Choices in the Shower Great satire doesn’t just make people laugh. It stalks them. It hides in their s…

Satirical Writing for the Morally Flexible and the Ethically Agile

Satirical Writing for the Morally Flexible and the Ethically Agile A Playbook for Jokesters Who Want to Roast Society Without Getting Banned from the PTA Let’s face it—writing good satire in 2025 requires the moral clarity of a raccoon run…

How to Write Satire That Sounds Like Truth, and Truth That Sounds Like Satire

How to Write Satire That Sounds Like Truth, and Truth That Sounds Like Satire A User’s Guide to the Most Dangerous—and Most Effective—Comedy in the World If your reader doesn’t know whether to laugh, cry, or call the FBI, congratulations—y…

How to Satirize the System Without Being Added to a Watchlist

How to Satirize the System Without Being Added to a Watchlist A Survival Manual for Laughing at Power While Ducking Drones If you’ve ever written a joke about the government, big tech, big pharma, big finance, big agri-business, or that we…