Comedy and the Cathartic Decline of Agency

A stand-up comedian tells a joke at the audience’s expense regarding their sexism. She quickly turns it back on herself, explaining that, despite her feminist credentials, she continually finds herself competing with other women for male attention. Her set continues in thisformula: every joke at our expense is tempered with one at her own. Self-deprecating […]

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