Kara Kinney Cartwright
@karakc.bsky.social
Author, Just Don't Be An Asshole: A Surprisingly Necessary Guide To Being A Good Guy. Trying to do good and be good.
Spotted at Barnes and Noble. Moms, aunties, and other teenager-adjacent hero-type people, ACTIVATE!
November 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Spotted at Barnes and Noble. Moms, aunties, and other teenager-adjacent hero-type people, ACTIVATE!
GOOD JOB, PEOPLE
October 19, 2025 at 2:20 AM
GOOD JOB, PEOPLE
I have a solution.
August 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I have a solution.
You may think putting up signs isn’t doing anything, but it is! It lets people know that they have company. Having company makes us brave. Being brave is how we keep going.
August 19, 2025 at 2:58 AM
You may think putting up signs isn’t doing anything, but it is! It lets people know that they have company. Having company makes us brave. Being brave is how we keep going.
If you miss bossing around your kids who are headed back to school or rudely all grown up, I have great news for you. You can put up signs and boss around EVERYONE who goes by!
August 19, 2025 at 2:58 AM
If you miss bossing around your kids who are headed back to school or rudely all grown up, I have great news for you. You can put up signs and boss around EVERYONE who goes by!
Dear parents against the manosphere,
I’m not saying this book will save your sons, but it will reinforce your guidance with a little light swearing, which seems to help. GOOD LUCK!
I’m not saying this book will save your sons, but it will reinforce your guidance with a little light swearing, which seems to help. GOOD LUCK!
August 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Dear parents against the manosphere,
I’m not saying this book will save your sons, but it will reinforce your guidance with a little light swearing, which seems to help. GOOD LUCK!
I’m not saying this book will save your sons, but it will reinforce your guidance with a little light swearing, which seems to help. GOOD LUCK!
DID YOU KNOW that you can find and buy a sign like this online in about five minutes? And that if you have a national park, post office, or local Social Security office nearby, there are federal workers there who need encouragement?
July 31, 2025 at 3:57 PM
DID YOU KNOW that you can find and buy a sign like this online in about five minutes? And that if you have a national park, post office, or local Social Security office nearby, there are federal workers there who need encouragement?
Is it virtue signaling? Sure. But …
Instead of deciding that everything is pointless and nothing matters, maybe we should try one million probably pointless things, on the chance that ripples will begin to form and eventually there will be enough of them to rock the boat. 1/3
Instead of deciding that everything is pointless and nothing matters, maybe we should try one million probably pointless things, on the chance that ripples will begin to form and eventually there will be enough of them to rock the boat. 1/3
July 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Is it virtue signaling? Sure. But …
Instead of deciding that everything is pointless and nothing matters, maybe we should try one million probably pointless things, on the chance that ripples will begin to form and eventually there will be enough of them to rock the boat. 1/3
Instead of deciding that everything is pointless and nothing matters, maybe we should try one million probably pointless things, on the chance that ripples will begin to form and eventually there will be enough of them to rock the boat. 1/3
Normalize calling bullshit. Looking at you, Gen X. This is, like, your whole thing.
May 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Normalize calling bullshit. Looking at you, Gen X. This is, like, your whole thing.
So I don’t really get cubic feet or whatever and it turned out these ten giant bags of mulch weighed over 700 pounds BUT LET ME TELL YOU that my sons completed their Mother’s Day mulch mission with ZERO complaints. ⭐️⭐️
May 11, 2025 at 11:06 PM
So I don’t really get cubic feet or whatever and it turned out these ten giant bags of mulch weighed over 700 pounds BUT LET ME TELL YOU that my sons completed their Mother’s Day mulch mission with ZERO complaints. ⭐️⭐️
heyyyy....so teens you love are coming up on dances and parties and all kinds of peer-pressurey situations. I'm not saying this little book will fascist-proof your young people but the entire point of it is that people are ACTUALLY HUMAN BEINGS so maybe it's worth a try, right?
April 24, 2025 at 12:26 AM
heyyyy....so teens you love are coming up on dances and parties and all kinds of peer-pressurey situations. I'm not saying this little book will fascist-proof your young people but the entire point of it is that people are ACTUALLY HUMAN BEINGS so maybe it's worth a try, right?
Upping my weekly postcards-to-Congress game with some new stamps. Did you know you can go to usps.com and have them delivered straight to you? Well, you can!
March 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Upping my weekly postcards-to-Congress game with some new stamps. Did you know you can go to usps.com and have them delivered straight to you? Well, you can!
Thank you Penzeys Spices for sending a gift box of Resist spice packets! This weekend I'll be spicing up mailboxes to encourage federal workers in my neighborhood. ❤️❤️❤️ What a touching gesture of support, thank you.
March 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Thank you Penzeys Spices for sending a gift box of Resist spice packets! This weekend I'll be spicing up mailboxes to encourage federal workers in my neighborhood. ❤️❤️❤️ What a touching gesture of support, thank you.
Sending ten more postcards to DC, while we still have a postal service to deliver them. Did you know you can look up which GOP legislators voted to impeach and encourage them to be brave again? Well you can!
March 9, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Sending ten more postcards to DC, while we still have a postal service to deliver them. Did you know you can look up which GOP legislators voted to impeach and encourage them to be brave again? Well you can!
Democracy begins at home, folks. Are you absolutely sure that the adolescent boys in your orbit know that other people are humans? Maybe a little reminder is in order?
February 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Democracy begins at home, folks. Are you absolutely sure that the adolescent boys in your orbit know that other people are humans? Maybe a little reminder is in order?
I’m writing postcards this weekend. What can you do?
February 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I’m writing postcards this weekend. What can you do?
Don’t recycle your fancy law school magazine without looking through it, because there might be a photo of you in a bathrobe in there and you might get a surprising work email from a surprised board member who went to the same fancy school. Surprise! Erma Bombeck Humor Writer in Residence Outed! 😆
December 19, 2024 at 6:02 PM
Don’t recycle your fancy law school magazine without looking through it, because there might be a photo of you in a bathrobe in there and you might get a surprising work email from a surprised board member who went to the same fancy school. Surprise! Erma Bombeck Humor Writer in Residence Outed! 😆
I’m not saying I’m some kind of expert on raising boys, but one of mine is cheffing up our Thanksgiving dinner and the other will go all in on the outdoor lights.
Oh, and both recognize women as fully human people and vote accordingly.
Ok, yeah. Maybe this little gifty book is worth a try.
Oh, and both recognize women as fully human people and vote accordingly.
Ok, yeah. Maybe this little gifty book is worth a try.
November 28, 2024 at 1:06 AM
I’m not saying I’m some kind of expert on raising boys, but one of mine is cheffing up our Thanksgiving dinner and the other will go all in on the outdoor lights.
Oh, and both recognize women as fully human people and vote accordingly.
Ok, yeah. Maybe this little gifty book is worth a try.
Oh, and both recognize women as fully human people and vote accordingly.
Ok, yeah. Maybe this little gifty book is worth a try.
Hi parents of teenagery boys. I did my job and raised two good guys who are aware that other people are humans. I wrote this book to help you do the same.
November 13, 2024 at 2:08 AM
Hi parents of teenagery boys. I did my job and raised two good guys who are aware that other people are humans. I wrote this book to help you do the same.
Here we go again, sadly.
November 7, 2024 at 12:25 AM
Here we go again, sadly.
Fun fact: My book is available in Brazil, so don’t be an asshole in Portuguese, either!
August 30, 2024 at 9:52 PM
Fun fact: My book is available in Brazil, so don’t be an asshole in Portuguese, either!
What to wear to a humor writing residency:
March 30, 2024 at 5:42 PM
What to wear to a humor writing residency:
Best thing I overheard at @barnesandnoble.bsky.social today:
I'm sorry but I can't magically poop a diaper out of my ass!
Second best: FOUNTAIN PENS!!!!
Also please note my little book is still out there trying to do God's work. #JustDontBeAnAsshole
I'm sorry but I can't magically poop a diaper out of my ass!
Second best: FOUNTAIN PENS!!!!
Also please note my little book is still out there trying to do God's work. #JustDontBeAnAsshole
March 10, 2024 at 9:57 PM
Best thing I overheard at @barnesandnoble.bsky.social today:
I'm sorry but I can't magically poop a diaper out of my ass!
Second best: FOUNTAIN PENS!!!!
Also please note my little book is still out there trying to do God's work. #JustDontBeAnAsshole
I'm sorry but I can't magically poop a diaper out of my ass!
Second best: FOUNTAIN PENS!!!!
Also please note my little book is still out there trying to do God's work. #JustDontBeAnAsshole