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Blockers Is Shockingly Sex-Positive, Nuanced, & Just Plain Hilarious

By Vivian Kane Apr 6th
BBC Put Together a List of the 100 Greatest Comedies of All Time, Apparently Forgot Women Exist

By Vivian Kane Aug 22nd
8 Times Futurama Dropped the Ball on Gender

By Sam Riedel Dec 8th
Bojack Horseman Writer Brilliantly Explains The “Male As Default” Problem In Comedy Writing

By Victoria McNally Jan 8th
Dressing Like A Woman Made Dustin Hoffman Realize He’d Been Brainwashed [VIDEO]

By Jill Pantozzi Jul 6th
Comedians, Who Happen To Be Women, Discuss The Term “Female Comedians”

By Jill Pantozzi Jul 5th
From One Comedian To Another: Amy Poehler Interviews Irma Kalish [VIDEO]

By Jill Pantozzi Mar 29th
Some Girls Are Pretty. Some Girls Are Funny. I’m Pretty Funny.

By Emily Schorr Lesnick Oct 21st
How Do Funny Women “Do” Gender On Stage?

By Emily Schorr Lesnick Oct 19th
On Funny Women: From Typecast to Transformed

By Emily Schorr Lesnick Oct 17th
Scientists “Prove” Men Are Funnier Than Women

By Jamie Frevele Jun 20th