From Beijing comedy clubs to New York stages, China's female comedians are using stand-up to tell new stories about modern China. On a Wednesday night not long ago, a crowd of Beijingers packed into ...

Caroline Hirsch takes the stage at Worth’s Groundbreaking Women event on September 15. The founder of Caroline’s on Broadway and the New York Comedy Festival joins this year’s speaker lineup. Photo ...

Believe it or not, comedy has long been a tool for Black women; used an instrument to tell uncomfortable truths, debunk narratives, and connect generations through laughter. But behind every punchline ...

South by Southwest’s Statement About the Lack of Women in Their Comedy […]South by Southwest has responded to the hubbub about their comedy offerings at this year’s festival consisting of 30 dudes and ...

One of the most exciting voices in comedy is Canadian-born comedian, writer, actor and producer Maddy Kelly. Headlining stand-up shows, winning a Webby Award and making her late-night debut on The ...

Fatima Sana Shaikh says female characters in comedy often lack depth and variety.

Mary Beth Barone’s Galaxy Brain exposes mainstream comedy’s persistent misogyny … but feminist comedians have always created stages, traditions and audiences beyond the industry’s narrow field of ...

The television history books are wrong. Most accounts of network TV’s early days claim almost no women wrote for 1950s sitcoms. While the industry was male-dominated, more women wrote television ...

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