The Conversation We Should Be Having About the Aziz Ansari Incident
Guest post by Jillian York In the past week, we’ve seen a new round of Feminists vs. Feminists. In one corner, we have young feminists, righteously angry at comedian Aziz Ansari and supportive of his pseudonymous accuser “Grace” and Babe, the publication that told her story. In the other corner,
So Your Hero is a Monster: Dealing with Disillusionment
Heroes are humans, and when they are ruined, when their actions come to light, you didn’t ruin them by telling people. They ruined themselves.
How Appropriating Slang Can Be Problematic: Yaaaasss Queen, Even for You!
Maybe You’re Not Woke AF 2014 was overall, a very good year. The Giants had won the World Series, the world was introduced to Lupita N’yongo and the idea of Trump being President was just a very funny punchline. It also was the year that brought us ‘On Fleek’, the
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The Young Left & Right Clash on the Daily Show
“Black Lives Matter can’t be the new KKK, the KKK is still around” – Trevor Noah responding to Tomi Lahren statements comparing #blacklivesmatter to the KKK. Tami Lahron has become one of the most powerful conservative voices on social media. She currently hosts Tomi for TheBlaze, her videos on facebook
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Joan Rivers Epitomized the Broke-Ass Proverb: Doing What You Love Makes Everyone Smile
The 81-year-old iconoclastic comedian died yesterday at New York’s Mount Sinai Hospital, where she had spent the week fighting for her life, proceeding complications which occurred during a minor procedure on her vocal cords. It resulted in a loss of consciousness after going into cardiac arrest, and eventually her death.
BA of the Week: Comedian/Musician/Writer Dave Hill
Every week we feature a different person from the community shedding a little light on their life of brokeitude. Who knows, maybe you’ll learn something about the human spirit — probably not.
The Homeless Comedian
I’ve been doing stand up comedy for about a year now. Plus or minus a few months due to time abroad. But I was totally still writing that entire time and being hilarious, in general. During my time in the New York that was before, as in pre-March, I had
