April 22, 2011
Why do people keep insisting women can’t be funny? It’s getting to be beyond a joke. “Very few female comedians can pull off funny funny,” muses a ridiculous article in the Herald Sun, Melbourne’s highest circulating newspaper. The article, a review of Jen Brister’s stand-up comedy, continues by informing us the show is “surprisingly, quite ...
Tags: Amy Poehler,
comedy,
female comedians,
GSOH,
Janeane Garofalo,
Jen Brister,
Joy Behar,
Margaret Cho,
Melbourne International Comedy Festival,
Sarah Silverman,
sexism,
Tina Fey
April 8, 2011
Girls like lots of things — unicorns, rainbows, serenades, and love stories. But as women, we grow out of those childish things. Or do we? Enter the Serenading Unicorn, that latest viral video campaign to leap it’s way around the web. In his latest video, he teamed up with Sarah Silverman to produce an old ...
March 22, 2011
Celebrity books are often complete wastes of paper. The star usually has nothing to say, but it willing to stretch that nothing to 300 pages if it means a nice, hefty cheque. Sarah Silverman recognizes this, and starts The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee explaining that this is exactly why she is writing ...
May 13, 2010
Comedy Central has cancelled their only show with a female lead. Goodbye Sarah Silverman Program and hello Battlebots! Why is it so hard for comediennes to hold their own in the major leagues with the men? Is it because they can’t keep their eyes on the balls? The show has been on the brink ...
Tags: cancellation,
cancelled,
Christopher Hitchens,
comedy,
Comedy Central,
comics,
Daily Show with Jon Stewart,
female comics,
Samantha Bee,
Sarah Haskins,
Sarah Silverman,
Sarah Silverman Program,
Target Women,
why women aren't funny
December 6, 2009
The most sought after video on the internet is Kylie Minogue’s ad for Agent Provocateur. It has over 350 million hits since YouTube launched. While sex appeal takes top spot, hope and humour round out the top ten. “Proof” from 2001 aims to prove that Agent Provocateur is the best lingerie in the world. Kylie ...