Tag: women in comedy

Feminism, General Nonfiction

BlackoutBestsellerList: Laugh, Learn, & Support These 5 Funny Black Authors

“There’s a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in,” wrote the poet and musician Leonard Cohen who knew his way around the darker alleys of our hearts and minds. No one said shifting the tide of more than four centuries of suffering and oppression would be like a Brady Bunch episode–the one where the plucky Brady kids enter a song contest and wind … Continue reading BlackoutBestsellerList: Laugh, Learn, & Support These 5 Funny Black Authors

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Feminism, General Nonfiction

Meet The League of Extraordinarily Funny Women

Who didn’t want to be Mary Tyler Moore? Mary was a smart, successful, independent career woman out to conquer the world. That iconic beret toss at the end of the opening sequence also felt like a playful, network friendly way to flip the bird to the typical way women were portrayed on sitcoms—sad singles or else happily married baby making machines. Mary was great, groundbreaking … Continue reading Meet The League of Extraordinarily Funny Women

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