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Oct 25, 2011

FUNNY WOMEN #65: Literary-Minded Sister is One of the Guys

As the only girl in a family of five boys, Sarah Thompson always felt left out. “It was like, because I didn’t have a penis, I wasn’t allowed to pee standing up,” she recalls, shaking her head. Matters weren’t helped…

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Angela Jane Evancie

Oct 18, 2011

FUNNY WOMEN #64: A Call for Artists

How often have you read application guidelines such as: “Artists working in their home countries, women, emerging writers, and people of color are encouraged to apply”? Have you felt flattered by the special invitation?

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Kathryn A. Higgins

Sep 27, 2011

FUNNY WOMEN #63: Calendar for Women

A special Funny Women daily calendar!

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Suzanne Kleid

Aug 23, 2011

FUNNY WOMEN #62: Call It What It Is

I go to the League For Undocumented Students. I have an appointment to see one of their counselors.

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Sam Riley

Jul 12, 2011

FUNNY WOMEN #59: Looking for Best Friends, m4ww

Craigslist is unfiltered potential. It’s criteria gone crazy. In a single day, you can get ripped off, score free kittens,

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Katie Heaney

Jul 5, 2011

FUNNY WOMEN #58: As Seen on TV

A day in the life of a woman whose life is exactly how all TV ads think it is: The first thing I do when I wake up is dance-twirl to the kitchen and pour myself a bowl of Special…

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Leah Kaminsky

Jun 28, 2011

FUNNY WOMEN #57: That’s Absolutely Not What She Said

The infamous “She” of the “That’s What She Said” jokes has released a new tell-all book making shocking claims about the joke’s validity.

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Wendy Molyneux

Jun 21, 2011

FUNNY WOMEN #56: This NPR Pledge Drive Is Getting Out Of Hand

Now more than ever, NPR could use your help. Facing federal cutbacks, we rely on our listeners to donate, and we’re pleased to offer some great premiums in return for your generosity.

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Debora Kuan

Jun 14, 2011

FUNNY WOMEN #55: Facebook Giveth and It Taketh Away

I have so many friends. So many! 379, to be exact, although the number keeps fluctuating up and down by 1. Someone, or more than one someones, must be defriending me and then refriending me every few days.

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JF

Jun 7, 2011

FUNNY WOMEN #54: Thomas Hardy Isn’t Jane Austen; Get Over It

They hated the ending. I knew they would. They always hate the ending. “They” means my university students. “The ending” means the last chapters of Thomas Hardy’s novel Far From the Madding Crowd (1874).

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Laurie Ann Cedilnik

May 31, 2011

FUNNY WOMEN #53: An Editors’ Slush-Pile Meeting at the Backdoor Review

At Backdoor Review, we receive tens of thousands of submissions. We’ve collected a few cover letters and reprinted them now (without permission) with manuscript comments from our editors in italics.