title: Shut Up, Diary: Drawings, Jokes, and Feelings
author: Barbara Holm
description: Barbara Holm is a stand up comedian and writer living in Portland, Oregon. For more of her work check out Barbaraholm.com.
zlib_text: **DIRTY**  
   **Sexy**  
   **POLITICS**
  
  MEGHAN MCCAIN
  
  ![](Images/image00101.jpeg)
  
  > > FOR MY PARENTS,  
  > WHO TAUGHT ME TO LOVE LIFE.
  
  > > > > > >  _Sex and politics are a lot alike._
  
  > > > > > >  _You don’t have to be good at them to enjoy them._
  
  > > > > BARRY GOLDWATER
  
   **Contents**
  
   _Epigraph_
  
   _Introduction_
  
   _Chapter 1 - How Things Went Badly_
  
   _Chapter 2 - The Suspense Wasn’t Killing Me_
  
   _Chapter 3 - Meeting Sarah_
  
   _Chapter 4 - The Birth of Blogette_
  
   _Chapter 5 - Elephants in the Bathroom_
  
   _Chapter 6 - Shannon and Heather_
  
   _Chapter 7 - Heartland Headaches_
  
   _Chapter 8 - Live Free or Die_
  
   _Chapter 9 - Royal White House Mess_
  
   _Chapter 10 - Gentle Folk of the Media_
  
   _Chapter 11 - How They Tried to Fix Me_
  
   _Chapter 12 - Un-Conventional_
  
   _Chapter 13 - I Love My Mom and Here She Is_
  
   _Chapter 14 - The Diva Who Fell to Earth_
  
   _Chapter 15 - A Bus of My Own_
  
   _Chapter 16 - How I Started Faking It_
  
   _Chapter 17 - What’s Up, Nashville?!_
  
   _Chapter 18 - The