Jezebel: Funny Girl

The Stakes Are High For The Funny Girl Movie

Irin Carmon — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 17:33:55 EDT

Recently, a friend confessed that she was terrified, after viewing the trailer, that Bridesmaids was going to be no good, and that said not-goodness would confirm existing prejudices against funny women. (I saw Bridesmaids. Lots of people at the screening, including dudes and including myself, laughed a lot, but who knows.) And now here's the trailer for Anna Faris's What's Your Number?, subject to some, if not all, of the same burdens of expectation. More »

NBC May Be Bringing In Female Comedy Exec

Lane Moore — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 18:30:00 EDT

According to an unnamed source, NBC's head of comedy, Jeff Ingold, is expected to leave the network soon and Sony TV comedy executive Tal Rabinowitz (pictured) is set to replace him. More »

Sexist Jokes Are Okay On The Soup, Since It Has One Female Writer

Margaret Hartmann — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 23:15:00 EDT

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In this week's episode of The Soup, Joel McHale told a sexist joke, then brought out the writer, Tess Rafferty. You see, it's okay for Joel to make a misogynistic jab, as long as it's penned by the show's lone female writer. Just like how it's cool for a white person to say something racist if they heard it from a black friend first! More »

Comedy Ladies, Doing It For Themselves

Irin Carmon — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:50:00 EDT

The trajectory of the whole women in comedy debate over the past couple of years could be summed up as follows: More »

Let's Solve This Women-In-Comedy "Problem" Once And For All—With Twitter

Lisa Cohen — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:51:00 EST

Let's solve this women-in-comedy "problem" once and for all…with Twitter. More »

Tina Fey Says SNL's Male Writers Piss In Cups

Irin Carmon — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 14:33:18 EST

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Tina Fey knows the difference between male and female comedy writers: One pisses in cups, the other uses maxi pads. More »

Why There Aren’t More Female Comics At SXSW

Andrea Grimes — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 17:55:53 EST

After booking one female comic-–one–-out of 30 comics for its Austin showcase, SXSW has said it's "disappointed" there aren't more female comics on the line-up. To this I say: horse shit. More »

Luckily For Tina Fey, Plenty Of People Do Want To Fuck Her

Irin Carmon — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 12:26:12 EST

"The deﬁnition of "crazy" in show business is a woman who keeps talking even after no one wants to fuck her anymore." -Tina Fey, in The New Yorker (sub. only) in a relatively earnest take on motherhood, anxiety, and Hollywood. More »

Funny Women, "Target Demographic: Young Men" World

Irin Carmon — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:02:00 EST

Amid the retrospectives and interviews populating women in comedy week week over at Splitsider, there's the now-customary debate over the paucity of women in comedy writing jobs. And, maybe, some reasons to be optimistic. More »

Tina Fey Won't Cry Because She's A Stone-Cold Bitch

Irin Carmon — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 10:37:27 EST

"I'm not going to get emotional tonight," said Tina Fey, accepting the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, "because I'm a stone-cold bitch." She also regretted that she hadn't received the Judy Blume Award For Awkward Puberty. More »

Tina Fey's Jokes Make D.C. Crowd Nervous—And She's Team Cake

Irin Carmon — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:05:30 EST

Right-wing women, said Tina Fey last night, are great for all women, "unless you don't want to pay for your own rape kit...[or] you're a lesbian who wants to get married to your partner of 20 years." More »

Cathy's Final Act Ack

Hortense Smith — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 09:40:00 EDT

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The final Cathy comic strip ran this morning, wrapping up Cathy's world with a sweet thank you, a nod to Cathy's feminist roots, and a surprise introduction to the strip's newest and last character, who already knows how to "aack." More »

Guy Has Epiphany, No Longer Hates Female Comedians

Irin Carmon — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 09:48:05 EDT

Unclear why he was so hostile to funny ladies in the first place, but kudos on realizing that "comedy is a lot more fun once you quit depriving yourself of laughs based solely on the topography of the performer's genitalia." More »

Aniston Poses As Streisand In Harper's Bazaar

Margaret Hartmann — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:35:00 EDT

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In Harper's Bazaar's September issue, Jennifer Aniston says, "People laugh at me. Sometimes I know why, and sometimes I don't." Actually, we weren't laughing at Jen before, but the accompanying Barbra Streisand-inspired photo shoot makes it hard not to. More »

Do Lesbians Make Better Comedians? Margaret Cho Thinks So!

Irin Carmon — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:35:00 EDT

Wanda Sykes. Ellen DeGeneres. Rosie O'Donnell. Lily Tomlin. They are funny women who also happen to like women. And Margaret Cho has a theory about that. More »

Olivia Munn's Geek Goddess Schtick

Irin Carmon — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:00:00 EDT

With her new Daily Show gig, an NBC sitcom, and a book, Suck It, Wonder Woman!, Olivia Munn's carefully-crafted image as geek sex symbol is about to get a bigger audience than ever. Will she win over the ladies too? More »

The Daily Show Tries Out New Female Correspondent

Irin Carmon — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 10:00:00 EDT

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Olivia Munn debuted on The Daily Show last night as its "senior Asian correspondent," in what's being called a tryout. The co-host of Attack of the Show will be the second woman currently on the show, and its fifth ever. More »

Tina Fey Wins Mark Twain Prize For Humor

Margaret Hartmann — Tue, 25 May 2010 12:20:02 EDT

In November the Kennedy Center will present Tina Fey with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the nation's most prestigious comedy award. She's the youngest honoree and only the third woman, after Lily Tomlin and Whoopi Goldberg. [USA Today] More »

Kristen Wiig's Movie Isn't Really About A Wedding Anymore

Irin Carmon — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 10:40:00 EDT

"It's more about a friendship. We started writing this movie almost four years ago, before there were all of these movies about weddings. Then, all of a sudden, there were so many in one year. We were like, Uh-oh." [BlackBook] More »

Gabby Sidibe To Host SNL

Irin Carmon — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:30:00 EDT

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According to an E! source, Gabby Sidibe's comic talents will be put to work hosting Saturday Night Live. No date has been set, but it appears she won't be shunted to a "Women in Comedy" ghetto. And good! [E] More »

Amy Poehler's Advice To Girls

Margaret Hartmann — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:30:00 EST

Glamour's Women of the Year Awards highlight video (after the jump) features Bill Clinton, Rihanna, and Maya Angelou, but the best line is Amy Poehler's: "Girls, if boys say something that's not funny, you don't have to laugh." [Salon] More »

Germaine Greer: Women Aren't As Funny As Men

Sadie Stein — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:00:00 EST

If there's one thing we're sick of, it's this debate. And this freaky picture. More »

Sarah Haskins Calls Out Jez Commenters

Dodai Stewart — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:40:00 EST

Did you catch the Target Women Super Special yesterday? At minute 9:04, Sarah Haskins mentions Jez commenters, regarding a poop segment. Then she "snorts" some "coke." [Current] More »

Brides, Botox & Yogurt: Sarah Haskins Targets Those Who Target Women

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Recently, while searching for that damn all-black issue of Italian Vogue, I gazed upon a shelf at a bookstore labeled "Women's Interest." The shelf was filled with wedding magazines. (And underneath: Cooking.) Really? Women have no other interest? I was still seething about this when I saw Sarah Haskins' "Target Women: Weddings" video over on Current TV. It's a teardown of all the bride and wedding-related shows on the We channel. The clips of Bridezillas and Bulging Brides programs filled me with hate. Watching svelte women be told they're too fat to get married and watching women who are getting married act like selfish, egomaniacal, misanthropic sociopaths not only made me hate the wedding industry, but the We channel. And women. And humanity. Thanks, Sarah Haskins! You're hilarious. And, um. Who are you? More »