About

Content Queen came to be because Molly and Jane wished there were a magazine composed of nothing but their favorite parts of their favorite magazines. And so in 2018 they created their first zine, the eponymous Content Queen, by appropriating such formats as Seventeen’s quizzes, Vice’s Dos & Don’ts, New York’s Approval Matrix, and JANE’s Blind Date as vehicles for satirizing Bay Area “girlboss” culture.

From there, inspiration knew no bounds, as the two scribes spun off additional titles, and moved from doing “just zines” to projects across media, including longform writing, in-person salons, and web experiences.

Content Queen’s work is purposefully evocative of another time, transporting you into the worlds like a late-1960s Whole Earth Catalog, a 1980s publishing house dinner gala, or a small-town tortue museum. Every project pays tribute to those way-better halcyon days of weirdo culture.

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Staff

Molly Rosen Marriner
Co-editor

Molly is a reader, writer, and former Alameda County civil jury foreman. A UX writer at Figma by day, her main design influences are PBS’s Wishbone and Bob Fosse’s All That Jazz. The Goofus in her Goofus-and-Gallant partnership with Jane, her 2025 creative goal is to use larger type sizes in her work.

Jane Justice Leibrock
Co-editor

A native of Austin, TX, Jane is a user experience researcher who likes powerlifting and ethnographies. Past projects include a street fashion blog called May I Admire You and a comedy podcast about personal finance called Money Ha Ha. She is currently writing a zine about the closing of the Emeryville Barnes & Noble.

Natalia
Senior Intern (Unpaid)

Natalia is a Trader Joe’s-loving UX queen who excels at roller skating, Vespa riding, and product comparison research. Spot her on the cover of Content Queen Issue 4 (“The Intern Issue”).

Content Queen is actively hiring unpaid junior interns to provide us with visual design, sound editing, and illustrations of poison bottles and private parts. To apply for a Content Queen internship, please email our editors.

Awards

Gratefully accepting our awards at the Content Queen Issue 4 release party, September 2021

“The Growie”

Given by the hyperlocal Bay Area female grower community to the journalist who has done the most work for cannabis production and normalization. Bestowed upon Molly Rosen Marriner in 2021 for Content Queen Issue 3’s “69 Cannabis Tips to Drive Him Wild in Bed.”

“The Showie”

Presented annually by Japantown’s Pearl Spa to the female content creator who’s achieved the most self-pleasure through the written word. Awarded to Jane Justice Leibrock in 2021 for Content Queen Issue 3’s “Uncanny Lockdown.”

The Oakland Museum of Nail Art