This week for Follow Friday, we’re going to do a bit of shameless cross-promotional plugging. Our sister site The Jane Dough has undergone a transformation and blossomed into The Maude, a website about women in comedy, and we think you should be following them right now.
Who they are
Originally envisioned as a website for women in business, The Jane Dough has been writing about comedy and feminism for a while now, under the watchful gaze of Colette McIntyre and Kady Ruth. A few months ago they decided that they needed a new website name to better reflect their humorous sensibilities, so who better to name it after than Bea Arthur?
Here’s what their “About Us” section says, for more insight:
The Maude is a curated humor network for/by women. We cover the latest industry news (that involves women), share the best comedy content (that was created by women), and produce our own videos (that, well, you get it). We aim to make the patriarchy laugh its ass off so we can secretly steal the patriarchy’s ass. The Maude wants dat ass.
Why you should follow
Do you like women being funny? Do you enjoy women being funny in Youtube videos, specifically? Do you also frequent such wonderful websites as The Mary Sue, The Toast, and The Frisky? The Maude will be right up your alley. If you ever clicked on The Jane Dough in our daily Geekolinks, you should already be familiar with their style of writing, but if it’s all new to you, then hooray! You’ve found a new site to love.
Great Recent Tweets
As the outlet for a website, the Maude’s Twitter page is gonna be full of links, just like ours is.
Who is The Maude and why is she so UNUSUAL?! To explain, here is an open letter on this perilous new threat: http://t.co/8FKcPpP8Eb
— The Maude (@SaysTheMaude) March 21, 2014
Not only a hilarious introduction to the site, but a good litmus test for whether or not you yourself will enjoy it. Don’t find this funny? It’s probably not for you.
RT @michelleisawolf: I think according to jelly beans, gourmet means more colors.
— The Maude (@SaysTheMaude) March 20, 2014
The Maude also retweets funny jokes from other female comedians on Twitter. But, of course, they can make their own jokes, too:
The only known connection between each & every legendary serial killer is that they called their parents by their first names as children.
— The Maude (@SaysTheMaude) March 14, 2014
We’re super excited to see what amazing heights The Maude can soar to now that they’ve officially launched. Be sure to go and check out the website itself as well as their Twitter!
(image via @SaysTheMaude)
- Here’s another cool lady we thought you should follow
- lolmythesis is good for a laugh too
- Last week we recommended @FakeLibStats
