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And, you know, politics aside, the success of Sarah Palin and women like her is good for all women - except, of course —those who will end up, you kno...more

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...Whenever someone says to me, 'Jerry Lewis says women aren't funny,' or 'Christopher Hitchens says women aren't funny,' or 'Rick Fenderman says wome...more

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When did you first feel like a grown woman and not a girl?” We wrote down our answers and shared them, first in pairs, then in larger groups. The grou...more

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That night's show was watched by ten million people, so I guess that director at The Second City who said the audience "didn't want to see a sketch wi...more

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Only in comedy, by the way, does an obedient white girl from the suburbs count as diversity

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I was walking home alone from school and I was wearing a dress. A dude drove by and yelled, "Nice tits." Embarrassed and enraged, I screamed after him...more

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So, to sum up my room-clearing generalizations, men are in comedy to break rules.

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The first rule of improvisation is AGREE. Always agree and SAY YES. When you're improvising, this means you are required to agree with whatever your p...more

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The second rule of improvisation is not only to say yes, but YES, AND. You are supposed to agree and then _add something of your own._ If I start a sc...more

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Anytime there's a bad female stand-up somewhere, some dickhead Interblogger will deduce that “women aren't funny.” Using that same math, I can state: ...more

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You all watched a sketch about feminism and you didn't even know it because of all the jokes. It's like when Jessica Seinfeld puts spinach in kids' br...more

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My unsolicited advice to women in the workplace is this. When faced with sexism or ageism or lookism or even really aggressive Buddhism, ask yourself ...more

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My unsolicited advice to women in the workplace is this. When faced with sexism or ageism or lookism or even really aggressive Buddhism, ask yourself ...more

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In 1995, each cast at The Second City was made up of four men and two women. When it was suggested that they switch one of the companies to three men ...more