Jackie Mantey lives in Chicago. She is an award-winning copywriter and journalist by day job(s), who makes embroidery artwork to complement her creative writing by night/ weekends/ lunch breaks/ etc. Jackie and her husband, standup comedian Justin Golak, co-host the entertainment podcast A Feminist & A Comedian Walk Into a Bar, and she writes about travel, pop culture, reading, writing, the gig life, sobriety, modern womanhood, #auntingsohard, social media, the human freaking condition, the kitchen sink, and more on her website, JackieMantey.com.