I am a comedian based in New York city. I also sing, play an accordion a ukulele and host burlesque shows. You can see some of my satire videos on the Huffington Post at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/juliet-jeske
I started this blog because I didn’t feel confident as a writer. I thought that I might go back to school after my divorce and I would use this blog for writing practice. Based on a friend’s suggestion I submitted an entry to the Huffington Post’s Divorce section. Before my friend suggested it, I didn’t even know Huffington Post had a divorce section. I submitted my most popular blog post “Dating After Divorce in a City of Sluts”. To my amazement it ran as the lead story in Divorce for the entire Labor day weekend. It was “liked” around 7,000 times on Facebook and I was interviewed on Canadian radio and Australian television because of the buzz from the article. I started working on a book about being a traditional dater in a city full of promiscuous behavior. I have been called the “Carrie Bradshaw for the 99%”. After reading the best seller “Sex in the City” I hardly recognized the city in which I have lived for over a decade. My friends don’t date models, they don’t club hop from one exclusive night club to the next, and they don’t spend $400 on a pair of shoes. I think we also have stories to tell and I intend to tell them! Hopefully someone will want to publish me! 
I also wrote an article about my ex-husband called “My ex-husband the Clown” which was a mild sensation on Huffington Post. From that article I was interviewed on BBC Radio’s program “Outlook” and acquired a literary agent. I am currently working on a yet to be titled memoir about my marriage to a closeted homosexual and clown.
I also tend to write about depression since my major depression following my divorce has since transformed me. I never understood the serious medical illness that is clinical depression until I went through the horrors of it myself.
And as is standard practice for most blogs, I do not allow personal attacks against me, or another person on these posts. If I deem something to be abusive it won’t get approved. I don’t have a problem with a differing opinion but, I will not allow a comment that is a direct personal attack against someone else. If you have another argument then I would love to hear it, but it shouldn’t include abuse.
Oh and if you are one of those types that posts thinly veiled advertisements on this blog. I will delete it. I know that wordpress includes some advertising on the blog already, but I am not going to allow advertisements in the comment section.
And you can always check out my website at www.julietjeske.com
God bless you! When I posted on my Facebook page the link to your article on Huffington Post about dating in NYC, I added a comment that it was pretty much universally true in every city. I, too, have been divorced almost 9 years and being a single mother have pretty much given up on dating because of all the things you mentioned. The first response I got back from one of my “friends” was that it was SPAM, which I quickly clarified to the contrary. Anyway, I’d never heard of you until now, but I can’t wait to go to NY and see you perform. Keep it up! Thanks!
Hi Juliet,
Despite your reservations, I think you are a very good writer. Reading you Huff Post piece this week was dead on! That’s a lot coming from a guy! It takes a lot of courage to take on a heated topic such as dating and relationships, especially when the finger pointing also includes you’re gender. Guy code would never stand for it and judging from the response you got neither would women. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t go there – you should, after all that’s what good journalist do, they ask the hard questions that many of use don’t want to or are affraid to tackle.
I think the responses to your piece where unnecessarily harsh and unfair. As a single male I see the same behaviour from men. They complain about the shallow and materialistic nature of woman but than use those very same stereotypes in dating. Decades ago men where admired for there sporting achievements or individual endeavours by BOTH men and women. Today, men get those same attributes for being investment bankers, hedge fund managers or high profile lawyers. See Donald Trump, Mitt Romney, John Edwards, Mayor Guilianni. The sad reality Juliet is that if you had written your piece about men and dating you would have also been subject to the same vitriol from Huff Post readers!
Keep up the good work!
Hey, Juliet — I came upon your blog as a result of your recent claim to fame — the Huffington Post article. I just wanted to say that you shouldn’t feel self-conscious as a writer; you write beautifully. I’m a 53-year-old male, but I can relate to much of what you say. Don’t get discouraged, and don’t settle; stay who you are. From what little I know about you, you’re beautiful, intelligent, and talented; trust yourself and your values and you’ll be allright. Taken as a whole, American men these days are a pretty degraded group, but there are still worthy individuals out there. Hang in there; keep posting. Take care of yourself.
Dude. I say you have seen the light, the real truth. khudos on this post of yours:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/blackberry/p.html?id=1089358
I am glad some people step out of their skin and think what they are doing.
Three cheers.
Rock on Sister! Sounds like you’ve been able to take something that threw your life in a mixing pot and made it grow! Keep it up, you’ve got great reads indeed