Black Lipstick
Mila Jaroniec, Parul Desai Shahoff-center beauty, literature, and culture. corrosive nonfiction. since 2023.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 78 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 5 months ago |
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ins and outs for 2026!
Zola (2021)
in for 2026!
not being afraid to be ugly: “Beauty is looks you can never forget. A face should jolt, not soothe.” — John Waters
clean girl, as we know, is out. messy girl is in, but it’s performative, and tired girl is als...
Motherhood, Incarcerated
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The hardest part of being an incarcerated mother is being a mother while incarcerated.
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The life-changing realization that I am still a mother no matter where I am, unfortunately, wasn’t all-inclusive with the devastating separation...
Maybe This Is Winning?
Framing my bubblegum-flavored, lip-glossed mouth was a faint black mustache, which would’ve been problematic had I been white.
There was a high bar in the 1980s for white girls my age: if you used Noxzema skin cream, it should have result...
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Female Loneliness Epidemic (Far West Press, 2025)
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Anecdotes about Dead Animals which Will Someday Appear in Short Stories
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The Alligator
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Mila Jaroniec is the author of Plastic Vodka Bottle Sleepover and the creator and editor of Black Lipstick.
Writer, Blackburn Fellow, Randolph MFA, traveler, yogi, business owner, my dog's emotional support animal.
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