A Diwali Carol Playlist
It’s time to clean everything, go shopping, and eat until you explode. As I mentioned last year, I don’t know that much about Diwali. I do know there aren’t enough Diwali carols, or really any. (more…)
Ten Songs Keeping Me Sane This Week: Stand-Up Comedy Edition Sometimes we all just need a good laugh. I fall asleep to comedy each night because somehow those funny people soothe me off into dreamland.
The Spirit of Mitch Hedberg
Ten years ago on March 30, America lost one of its most brilliant minds. Mitch Hedberg is cited all the time as one of the most influential comedians by other comedians of the last 25 years. I happen to agree with those comedians. (more…)
#academia#Artie Lange#baby otter#Brianna Wu#Clarissa Explains It All#comedy#crunk feminist collective#feministing#flavorwire#GamerGate#good burger#impostor syndrome#Jezebel#ladyblogland#new york times crossword#Ravishly#sociological images#the daily dot#the guardian#the hairpin#wendy davis#white women#women in academia
Persephone Pioneers: Jenny Yang
This week’s Persephone Pioneer is comedian, writer, and co-founder of the Dis/orient/ed Comedy tour, the first all Asian American female standup comedy tour, Jenny Yang.
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Friday News Bites: Heavy on the #Ferguson and Robin Williams
Oh, friends, my heart is heavy with everything happening this week. I cannot cover it all, but I can at least give you a few interesting stories, and we’ll end on an up-note, I promise.
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#Arizona and Florida seem to team up for persistently WTF news stories#Billings#comedy#conan o&039;brien#depression#Ferguson#Fields Medal#Florida#freedom of the press#freedom to assemble#Friday News Bites#Georgetown#House of Cards#Immigration#jimmy fallon#JJ Murphy#journalists arrested#lauren bacall#Maria Alyokhina#Maryam Mirzakhani#mental health#Mexico#Michael Brown#Missouri#Montana#MPAA ratings#Nadya Tolokonnikova#nondiscrimination ordinance#obituaries#Parkinson&039;s disease
Persephone Pioneers: Mona Concepcion
This week’s Persephone Pioneer is writer, blogger, and the world’s only female Chamorro comedian, Mona Concepcion!
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Persephone Pioneers: Paige Weldon
Paige Weldon is a Los Angeles-based comedian and co-founder of the comedy website, The Higgs Weldon. I came across her work after recently following her on Twitter. I would describe her comedy as insightful, witty, awkward, and smart. Just the way I like it! (more…)
Dispatches from Ladyblogland
Fire up your favorite web clipper because I read so much cool stuff this past week.
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#American Revolutionary#Angela Carter#bell hooks#Bitch Magazine#buzz feed#cats#comedy#comic con#confused cats against feminism#cosmo#david lynch#deep throat#Drop Dead Gorgeous#equal rights amendment#feminism#feministing#grace lee boggs#hello giggles#Hobby Lobby#Janet Mock#Jezebel#lil kim#Marie Claire#Morocco#natalie dormer#Neil deGrasse Tyson#paper#rachel dratch#rh reality check#the daily dot
Persephone Pioneers: 2 Girls, 1 Asian
Kaela Mei-Shing Garvin and Kelly Colburn make up the dynamic duo ensemble, 2 Girls 1 Asian, a new web series about two girls living in New York city, experiencing your typical 20-something situations, and of course, being half Asian and white.
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Dispatches from Ladyblogland
This week’s dispatches have it all: Comedy! Drama! Gravity-defying stunts!
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Can Anger Turn Into Comedy?
It seems that nearly everyone has a different opinion about what is and is not funny. One common definition is, “Comedy equals tragedy plus time.” Another definition explains, “When I fall into a sewer, it’s bad, but when someone else falls in, it’s funny.” And you can find thousands of websites purporting to explain why The Three Stooges are hilarious to men but not to women. (more…)
Dispatches from Ladyblogland
While you’re in a food coma this week, enjoy these reads from ladyblogland. (more…)