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Margaret Cho on Stand-Up, Queer Comedy, and Mental Health in These Clusterf*ck Times

By Chelsea SteinerMay 3rd
Ali Wong’s New Netflix Special Offers a Profane, Hysterical Take on Having It All

By Chelsea SteinerFeb 15th
INTERVIEW: Betsy Sodaro Talks Quarantine Improv, Arm Wrestling, and Golden Arm

By Chelsea SteinerMay 4th
Amy Poehler’s Career Trajectory Is Proof That Hollywood Needs More Women in Power

By Chelsea SteinerApr 24th
Hulu’s PEN15 Is a Powerful Love Letter to Young Female Friendship

By Vivian KaneFeb 21st
What Jimmy Kimmel Misses in the Discussion Around Louis C.K.’s Place in Comedy

By Vivian KaneOct 5th
The Best Part of Last Night’s Emmys Was Hannah Gadsby

By Vivian KaneSep 18th
Norm Macdonald Says He’s “Happy the #MeToo Movement Has Slowed Down a Little Bit” and a Bunch of Other Terrible Stuff

By Vivian KaneSep 11th
Louis C.K.’s “Comeback” Wasn’t the Slam Dunk We Were Told It Was

By Vivian KaneSep 7th
Reductress Is Bringing Their Brilliant, Scathing Brand of Feminist Satire to Television

By Vivian KaneJun 13th
Tina Fey on How Diversity Only Makes Comedy Better & What She Got Wrong in That SNL “Sheet Cake” Bit

By Vivian KaneMay 4th
Aidy Bryant Set to Star as Lindy West in Hulu Adaptation of Shrill: Notes From a Loud Woman

By Teresa JusinoApr 24th
As If All These Half-Assed Apologies From Alleged Abusers Couldn’t Be Any More Ridiculous, Now They’ve Been Set to Music

By Vivian KaneMar 9th
Things We Saw Today: Buy Black Panther Merch and Help the Hungry! Win-Win!

By Teresa JusinoJan 31st
“Men’s Rights” Activist Sues Iliza Shlesinger for Doing Women-Only Shows He Wants to Get Into, Poor Baby

By Teresa JusinoDec 28th
Heather Graham Makes Her Feature Writing and Directing Debut With Half Magic

By Teresa JusinoDec 20th
Fork Yeah, The Good Place Has Been Renewed For a Third Season

By Marykate JasperNov 21st
Elizabeth Banks, WhoHaHa, and YouTube Create “Women In Comedy” Program to Give Funny Women a Bigger Platform

By Teresa JusinoNov 1st
“YEAH I’M FUCKING SURE”: Ilana Glazer Fired Sexual Harassers from Broad City

By Marykate JasperOct 18th
Samantha Bee’s Penis PSA Is Good Business Advice for Terrible Men

By Vivian KaneOct 12th