Did anyone else simply NEVER envision what adulthood would be like? I never did. I just wanted to get the F out of my hometown and go to college but I pictured NOTHING beyond that. Anyone else?
@calebsaysthings
Stuff like that right there is why I and so many women quit improv. I'll take standup any day over an art form where I'm expected to "yes and" guys endowing me as a dumb cunt or a slut or being unnecessarily physical with me onstage time and time again.
I hate roast comedy + prank comedyโjokes that are rooted in cruelty. I dig silly, playful comedy where the comedian pulls the audience into a shared joke, builds a bridge, where comedian mocks her/himself, if anyone. The world is harsh enoughโgimme silly, playful comedy.
As many people head back to hometowns, see extended family for Thanksgiving, a friendly reminder that you don't owe anyone an update or a story if it's upsetting to retell and revisit. It's OK to say, "I don't feel like talking about it" and move on. Boundaries, baby!
Meghan Markle isn't the Yoko Ono of the Royal Family because Yoko Ono didn't split up the Beatles. Grown men decided they were sick of working together after 13+ years and their shitbird fans needed to blame it on a woman, so Yoko Ono took the heat.
@eehouls
I get what you mean, but how about we leave the kiddos alone? Signed, a girl who lived through many years with a bowl cut and a face I had to WORK not to loathe.
12 years ago yesterday was the night I was mugged on Newbury Street in Boston. I was in heels + I chased the guy down, ran alongside him, punched him in the chest + knocked him off his bike, jumped over the fallen bike + got my purse back. That night feels like my origin story.
Also, he thinks this is harmless fun FOR HIM. He, and so many, give NO THOUGHT to how this might feel FOR HER. So many men see women as simply conduits to their own enjoyment, satisfaction. We exist so that they can tell a โfunny storyโ to their buddies.
The man accused of slapping
@wsavalexb
's backside while she was on the air is telling his side of the story.
In an interview with
@InsideEdition
, 43-year-old Tommy Callaway says he went to wave to the camera and got caught up in the moment.
@svershbow
My ex reached out to me during that time and I was really impressed by how much he GOT IT, ya know? I was touched by his reaction + thoughtfulness of how I must be doing in light of it all.
What It's Like to Be a Female Standup Comedian in 1 Act:
2006. My first open mic in NYC after 2 years of standup in Boston. I am the only woman. Host gets onstage and makes a "joke" that they should lock the door and each guy have their way with me. Le fin.
@AlisonBing
@inLaurasWords
Yuuup. At the wedding of my literary agent, a guy rolled his eyes when I told him I'm a writer. AT THE WEDDING OF MY LITERARY AGENT.
Austin bomber says that since women get "free abortions" (WHERE?), men should get free condoms.
Hey dumb shit--MEN DO. Free condoms are ALL OVER THE PLACE.
Hillary said that Trump would burn the house down before he left and so many MFers were like, "her voice is shrill! Nice pantsuit, bitch!" Fuck all of you.
What Bill Maher + Drew are doing is classic strike-breaking. First only THIS show is back, then THAT show is back--incrementally break the will of the union + force a return to normal + before ya know it, writing for TV isn't a job anymore! It's just a hobby for rich people!
@ParkerMolloy
I will never understand the assumption that all women WANT to be mothers. Truly the ONLY thing that i have known my ENTIRE life is that I would loathe having children.
@suddenlybrad
@JenKirkman
Hey
@lou_cappetta
this is a great example of what we were just talking about, as far as a "reply guy" being a person who doesn't get the joke, is a tiresome know-it-all.
@hellolanemoore
Yeah I am SUPER impressed by Meghan and Harry in their ability to set healthy boundaries and pursue happiness on their own terms. Bravo to them!
7 months ago tomorrow my now-BF and I went on our 1st real date: dinner (no drinks) at Simon & the Whale (I was doing Dry January + he was being supportive) then watched John Mulaney's Sack Lunch Bunch. A totally sober, G rated start to the best relationship of my life โค๏ธ
@notcapnamerica
Naw--this is a joke but I really dislike stuff like that where it's presented, visually, in a way that doesn't look like a joke. Just seems unnecessary and that it adds to the confusion of what's fake news etc.
Sure, funny is funny is funny and as a standup comedian, you just gotta do the work, put your head down, write jokes.
But itโs OK to admit that the experience of being a female standup is profoundly different than the experience of being a male standup.
@svershbow
Agree completely. And we are taught it from such a young age and that is SO destructive--to live your entire life being told "eventually YOU will have to change your identity in a major way and HE will not."
For my entire adult life I have put "S. Coppock" on my mailbox so strangers won't know I'm a woman. Every woman I know does the same and I'm always shocked by men who are shocked by that.
Breitbart says birth control makes women unattractive and crazy, but you know what it actually does? Keeps you dependent-free, clears up your skin + makes your boobs grow, oftentimes. These guys are morons.
@nobodyhere23
@surlybassey
@ChrisLedf
He was the person heading up + approving about 2 dozen city planning departments at a time, so all approvals went back to him. Read up on his legacy--it's easy. POWER BROKER to start. Then Moses vs Jacobs.
I brag this story all the time, but I had the good fortune 2 meet
@BarackObama
2x in 2006-2007. On 1st meeting, I told him I had just moved to NYC and was seeking a job in publishing. 6 months later, I shook his hand again + he asked, "you found that job yet?" HBD, Mr. President.
We're living through a terrifying hellscape BUT in happy news, my BF and I are moving in together and just got approval to move into our dream apartment! (Yes, it backs up to the BQE--I dream small!)
Gonna need those jokes by EOD, Dennis. Or stop by my desk and let's discuss a way we could shift some priorities so that you can hit your deadlines. Thnx.
@tiredofit10
Agree 100%. She has horrible instincts--political and personal. She can feel free to WRITE A BILL to deal with the student debt crisis if she wants.
Chris D'Elia had been a talentless shitbag for SO MANY DECADES and I am glad that brave women are speaking out. He is the son of a Powerful Guy (his dad--google it) so he had a career in spite of the rumors but
#TimesUp
motherfucker! Eat shit, choke on my chank, etc.
It's interesting to talk about all of this standup stuff because I'm pretty sure I'm done with it. It was fun to run around Boston and NYC telling jokes from ages 23-40 and now I think I'm ready to step away and spend more time with my candles.
I'll be fascinated to see how people react to Harvard moving online for all of 2020-2021 after so many people treated DeVry University (and other online educational institutions) as a complete joke. Mental Gymnastics HERE WE GO!!!
Any labor attorney will tell you that this is blatant, willful miscategorization of employees as "contractors." And now it's legal. Workers are doomed. The "gig economy" is a cancer and it is everywhere.
Wooooow illegal, indoor comedy shows are trying to book newbies to bring people. Bringers in a pandemic!! Truly the absolute saddest thing ever, ever, of all time, ever.
That asshole who coughed on people at the bagel shop in Astoria a few weeks back had JUST moved into my friend's building and now she's moving out. She lasted roughly 6 weeks in NYC. Hahhaha. Bye, bitch.