Results for: comics
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Comedy Crush: Janine Brito, Dandy Stand-Up
“Totally Biased” Writer and Correspondent, Janine Brito is a queer woman of color that was on your television screen. If you missed it, now’s the time to catch up.
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Purveyor of Fine Jokes, Cameron Esposito: The Autostraddle Interview
“Diversity in any show will make that show stronger. It’s just hard to stay interested in the opinions of 87 straight white dudes in a row.”
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Comedy Crush: Yamara Taylor, Television Writer, Sketch Enthusiast, Mom
Yamara Taylor (The Boondocks, How to Rock, Instant Mom) chats about comedy writing, trick or treating at Aisha Tyler’s house, and the dearth of five year old sketch actors.
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Idol Worship: A Hand-Curated Betty White GIF Therapy Post
In honor of my strong feelings about her, I wanted to compile an assortment of Betty White GIFs, both in character and just in lounge wear, to showcase more accurately every dimension of her personality. In the process, I learned a lot.
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Team Pick: DeAnne Smith Debuts Her Brand New Podcast, It’s Smart And Perfect
“I hope nobody’s listening.” – DeAnne Smith
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Idol Worship: Ten(ish) Questions About Camp with Julie and Brandy
Julie wants me to say, “Nothing brings you to comedy.” I guess she means, we were always funny and attracted to funny people so that’s why we are here. And that it wasn’t necessarily a choice. We were born this way. Now she wants me to say, “YES BITCHES, BRANDY WAS BORN THAT WAY.”
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Idol Worship: Ten(ish) Questions with Jessica Halem
These are desperate times – and sometimes it all gets so overwhelming that we need something, someone, to remind us that there is light. That is Jessica Halem.
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Hey, Men, I’m Funnier Than You
“Being funny is like any other artistic skill, but to wield it successfully requires outspokenness, unapologetic honesty, supreme self-assuredness, and an outright refusal to pander. And those aren’t exactly the traits we foster in our little girls.”
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DeAnne Smith and The Hook Up
“She was probably going to kick me out. No, she was probably going to call the police. I was going to jail. I was definitely going to jail.”
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Win Tickets to DeAnne Smith’s Girl-on-Girl-on-Girl Comedy Show!
Beantown, Deanne Smith wants to show you her Ha-Ha!
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DeAnne Smith and That Airy Fairy Stuff
“Psychic Sarah asked me to meditate with her. I did.”
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DeAnne Smith and The Powerful Surprise Absurdity of the Suddenly Topless
“And don’t get me wrong. I’m not saying there are only two ways of being a lesbian. There are probably at least two and a half, if you count Melissa Etheridge. “
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The Truth About Fortune Feimster: The Autostraddle Interview
Fortune Feimster has been tapped as the next great lesbian comedian with Saturday Night Live knocking on her door. Fortune talks to Autostraddle about her run on Last Comic Standing, life as a celebrity personal assistant and being mistaken for Jonah Hill and Richard Simmons.
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Real L Word’s Stamie Gets Real Funny: The Autostraddle Interview
The Real L Word’s Stamie Karakasidis talks to Autostraddle about adjusting to reality fame with Tracy Ryerson, coming out in a Greek family, The Kids Are All Right, the glowing vag poster and the cast’s real opinion of TRLW.
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Margaret Cho Gets Cho-Dependent: Autostraddle Interview
We talk to Margaret Cho about tattoos, her romantic relationships with gay men, celebrities who come out later in their careers, her pick for “the next Gaga,” Adam Lambert, Ani DiFranco, Sex & the City and more.
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Judy Gold, Funny Jewish Gay Showbiz Mom: The Autostraddle Interview
Jess sits down with Judy Gold to talk about finding her niche as a Jewish lesbian comedian, working on The Rosie O’Donnell Show, the R Family Cruises, meeting her girlfriend through a Time Out New York singles ad, making it in the notorious boys club of comedy, starring Off Broadway in Love, Loss & What I Wore and her brand new one-woman show.
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Liz Feldman Licks Leno, L Word & Ellen: The Autostraddle Interview
Jess sits down with Liz Feldman to talk about working with Ellen DeGeneres and Jay Leno, her talk show “This Just Out,” auditioning for Saturday Night Live, when she came out, how she became so tight with The L Word girls, and obvs an depth analysis of that ubiquitous blue blazer.
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Crystal-On-DeAnne Smith – Queer “Last Comic Standing” Alum Lacks Focus, Has Shiny Hair
DeAnne Smith, a New York native who lives in Montreal, is a superstar comedian who is currently amassing many awards and honors that you may not have heard of [it’s not a Nobel] but are nevertheless important and indicative of fame and stardom. She has appeared on NBC’s Last Comic Standing and in the “Just for Laughs” Comedy Festival.
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Lesbian Comedian Erin Foley: The Autostraddle Interview
Erin Foley’s shooting star of comic fame has been skyrocketing through the night air, perhaps you’ve noticed & laughed? We sit down with Erin on the Sweet Cruise to talk about her TV projects, new relationship, feeling like she’s in a good spot career-wise, Facebook, and her upcoming Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Kate McKinnon: The Autostraddle Photoshoot
” I’m not sick of lesbian jokes, I think they’re all true, and I love them. I love that if I wanted to walk around and not shave my legs and have a bad attitude, wear a belt buckle the size of a burrito, I could. I could, and that would be okay because people expect that of me, and I like that people expect that of me.”