alanisnking
Alanis King
alanisnking
The cat lady who writes about cars and motorsport. Former writer and editor at Jalopnik.

I won’t ignore your funeral, Stef Read more

I think the veteran Jalop ladies rock. Read more

Wow. I’m shocked (well, sort of, given internet’s magical power to bring out the worst in us) at the vitriol you receive. Read more

This was really depressing. People are the worst Read more

Toxic masculinity is a hell of a drug.
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I wasn’t prepared for this much secondhand embarrassment.
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I’m waiting for the day when Torch gets an e-mail marriage proposal. Read more

Sorry Jalop Women — that sounds like a drag. Thanks for toughing it out. Read more

Not surprising at all, I imagine every female inbox on the internet be like...

I’m sorry that those that claim to be the same sex as me are such shirty(I couldn’t resist) people. I’m glad that you ladies do not let them drag you down. Those people had some honestly bad takes though.  Read more

Sorry y’all have to put up with this crap. Not that any of these emails ever dignified a response, but Sef handing it back to that one guy about sequential transmissions was great. The guy who couldn’t seem to grasp he was actually talking directly to you (Alanis) was something else too. Read more

This kind of attitude is what embarrasses me to be male. The things that my wife puts up with in the “professional” workplace enrages me. Then you read the above arrogant misogyny and it’s just flat out depressing.

Seriously, reading some of those remarks made me sick. I agree with you 100%. Read more

I hope you die and all the people in your life ignore your funeral.” is a pretty intense conclusion to an argument about a manual gearbox. Read more