Welcome to Black Lipstick.

The internet boudoir of off-center beauty, literature and culture.

Here you’ll find:

+ Essays, reviews, and reportage by incarcerated writers

+ Creative nonfiction by established and emerging writers

+ Interviews with writers, artists and self-made icons

+ Not your grandma’s book reviews

Why get a paid subscription?

Your contribution directly supports incarcerated writers. On average, women and queer incarcerated writers get fewer opportunities to publish, and earn less for their work than their cis male counterparts (if they get paid at all—many incarcerated writers do not). Black Lipstick is committed to creating and maintaining a protected space for their work, and compensating them fairly.

Subscription Tiers

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Vantablack Lipstick ($200/year)

  • A super sick limited edition Black Lipstick t-shirt and sticker

  • A signed copy of Plastic Vodka Bottle Sleepover, plus hand-picked surprises

  • Access to whatever’s lurking behind the paywall

  • The ethereal glow of directly supporting incarcerated writers

Ultra Black Lipstick ($5/month, $50/year)

  • Access to whatever’s lurking behind the paywall

  • The ethereal glow of directly supporting incarcerated writers

Basic Black Lipstick (Free)

  • Irregularly published posts

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Black Lipstick Bookshop

Books by Black Lipstick authors, as well as books featured in our reviews and interviews, can be found in the Black Lipstick Bookshop, our Bookshop.org storefront. Black Lipstick earns a small commission on purchases made through our affiliate links, all of which goes to paying writers.

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Note: Black Lipstick is currently closed to submissions.


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Mila Jaroniec is the author of Plastic Vodka Bottle Sleepover and the creator and editor of Black Lipstick. She teaches at Writing Co-Lab.