Wonkette

Who or what is a Wonkette? Wonkette was founded by Gawker Media in January 2004, under the original Wonkette Ana Marie Cox, as a DC gossip and politics blog. Then they sold it. AND THEN GAWKER DIED. In 2012, Ken Layne sold Wonkette to Rebecca Schoenkopf, a then-39-year-old then-unemployed then-single mother then in Los Angeles. She has worked in newspapers since 1991 (seriously), have a master’s from USC in specialized journalism focusing on urban policy, and have taught journalism and political science in the University of California system. Since she couldn’t do this alone, and since shwe threw out all the moneychangers in her temple and let God and the universe and our readers provide, she has hired Doktor Zoom, Evan Hurst, Robyn Pennacchia, and now Marcie Jones full-time with excellent health care, as well as terrific regular freelancers like Dominic Gwinn, traveling photojournalist, Sara Benincasa, Gary Legum, Michael Mora, Erik Loomis, Martini Ambassador, Ziggy Wiggy on the movie nights, Cakes We Like in the bake shop, and Hooper, your Friday night bartender. She also hired Shypixel, a commenter, who she married him and did a baby. Wonkette is truly independent news and commentary funded only by you. But it’s also a hell of a community. They post roughly a dozen news stories a day about just about everything you need to know, on politics, policy, the environment, labor, racism and sexism and the lunatic right wing. We’re liberal, terrible, hilarious, usually safe for work pottymouths who know what the hell we’re talking about. Stick around long enough, and you will too.