We don’t want your sort around here
If you’ve been using Facebook or Twitter over the weekend, you may well have seen the following screenshot. I stumbled across it via a tweet from Suzy Bennett, winner of the 2006 Funny Women Awards. Here’s the image in question that’s been doing the rounds: There’s been a fair amount of debate as to whether […]
No sex, please, we’re comedians
First we had to choose between being funny or sexy. Then, suddenly funny WAS sexy to some people (and still is). And now, there’s evidently no way you could ever confuse the two. I refer you to this disconcerting bit from the Guardian: “Sexy has little place in comedy. Comedy is sad and messy. When […]
Don’t annoy Kristen Wiig
Specifically, stop asking Kristen Wiig about women in comedy. She’s on the press circuit to promote her new film, Nasty Baby. Kristen plays a woman helping her gay friends to have a baby – the movie’s already received an award for focusing on LGBTQ issues. Spoiler alert, though: a twist very near the end will […]
The Lady Show
Tick another box on the list of ‘things that happen to women once a month’, as The Lady Show in Vancouver, Canada has just kicked off. The Lady Show is a comedy show with an all-female line-up. Importantly, they do it because they want to and not because they have to. And I imagine they […]
Alternatives to housework
Kudos to you if you’re the type who loves to clean the house. This is an enthusiasm that my Mum clearly didn’t pass down to me. She polishes, scrubs and wipes surfaces like a woman possessed. I watch, stricken with horror and reluctance. My idea of hoovering is ‘hoovering up the crumbs at the bottom […]
Your 2015 Funny Women Awards winner is…
…Desiree Burch! Who celebrated on stage with an amazing jumpy victory dance. After giggling through 10 amazing female comedy acts, last night (September 23rd) the judges crowned their Funny Women Awards 2015 winner. It certainly wasn’t lucky 13 for our entrants – yes, that is how many years the Awards have been running for so far. […]
