Janine Brito started doing standup comedy in St. Louis and has performed at clubs and theaters throughout the United States and Hong Kong. Praised by 7x7 Magazine as "one of SF's more daring voices," she is the recipient of Rooftop Comedy's 2010 Silver Nail Award and was named the 2011 “Best Comedian with a Message” by the East Bay Express. She lives in New York.
"The first assumption people make when they think about comedy and social movements is that our role is to change the minds of people who disagree with us politically, but that’s both incorrect and simplistic."
Comic, writer, feminist, advice-giver, and all around awesome person Sara Benincasa discusses her new memoir, Agorafabulous! Dispatches From My Bedroom.