Did SXSW Forget To Invite Female Stand Ups? →
I am as tired as the next person of the “OMG ARE WOMEN FUNNY? WHERE ARE THE FEMALE COMEDIANS? WOMEN, CREATE THANGZZZ!” conversation, but it also bums me out when I go to eagerly check out the SXSW comedy line up only to discover they’ve apparently booked just one female stand up out of 30+ performers. This stand up happens to be Tig Notaro, who is a hilarious genius and whom I quietly worship at my creepy comedy altar. But still, there are tons of amazing lady stand ups out there and unless they’re all booked for Letterman and Conan on the same night, I am confused as to why not one of these women is scheduled to perform. This is just a list I quickly threw together based on my own limited stand up knowledge and Twitter feed; I’m surely missing a bunch of other funny ladies.
- Maria Bamford
- Chelsea Peretti
- Margaret Cho
- Janeane Garafalo
- Morgan Murphy
- Whitney Cummings
- Natasha Leggero
- Sarah Silverman
- Ronna and Beverly
- Garfunkel & Oates
- Charlyne Yi
- Michelle Collins
- Jen Kirkman
- Jena Friedman
- Kristen Schaal
- Ali Waller
- Julia Segal
- Jessi Klein
- Sara Schaefer
Yes, women are funny and yes, women are creating things. See: examples above. So why not hire them to do their thing? It’s not like the good folks at SXSW haven’t invited more than one woman stand up to perform at past festivals. So what gives, SXSW?
This is a frustrating issue that attention should be paid to. I very much like Pat’s post of “a few things you can do:”
The lineup for the live podcast recordings has not been announced. Why not let them know you’d love it if their guests were some fucking funny ladies?
Ask Doug Benson to book some female standups for Doug Loves Movies and Benson Interuption by tweeting him at @dougbenson
Ask Chris Hardwick to interview a funny female for The Nerdist Podcast (@nerdist)
Ask Scott Aukerman to have some of his guests for CDR Radio be ladies. Leave him a comment at earwolf.com or his twitter @ScottAukerman
Ask Marc Maron to go toe to toe with a woman on WTF. @marcmaron
Should we even have to do this? No. But why not let these guys know this is something their audiences would be into?
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nabi21 reblogged this from katespencer and added:
true! And I’d add Jackie Kashian
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changetheratio reblogged this from katespencer and added:
Hot topic today. Hopefully...lineup - and find some hotel rooms.
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You know, it’s not only a SXSW issue, it’s an issue that women in comedy face every day. Look at
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travishelwig reblogged this from kevinmead and added:
I would also also also also like to add aparna nancherla to the list.
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i would also also like to add aparna nancherla to the list. but it’s not a petition or anything, so what will that...
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add aparna nancherla
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jesslane reblogged this from chamberlain and added:
I would just like to say: WHERE’S THE BOOBS! And also, what is the “submission” process like for SXSW comedy? Do people...
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edit: I’m glad so many notes on this say ‘Aparna Nancherla, too!” Because Aparna Nancherla rules.
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frustrating issue that attention should be paid to....Pat’s post of “a few things you can...
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brenttharshman said:
What bugs me the most about this, is that there is absolutely no reason for this to happen. I feel that, right now, the world has some of the greatest comics, and those comics happen to be women.
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