Funny Women Around the Web
To start a revolution, we need more than just a column. Occasionally we’d like to link to particularly hysterical funny women all over the Internet. Edith Zimmerman at The Awl…
Funny Women
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Funny Women is a column for literary, feminist humor writing by non-men. Previous pieces have been anthologized out of wedlock in The Best American Nonrequired Reading, Oxford University Press’s Humor: A Reader for Writers, and Reader’s Digest. Edited by Elissa Bassist author of Hysterical. Submit your funny writing here.
FUNNY WOMEN #9: Mars/Venus for Your Fetus
Dear Future Dads, So, you’re expecting a baby (by “expecting” I mean “dreading,” and by “a baby,” I mean “the consequences of using that glow-in-the-dark condom from 1989”)! That’s wonderful!
FUNNY WOMEN #8: Dear Johnny Depp
Dear Johnny Depp, How are you? I am fine. I recently purchased the Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End Remote Control Mini Battle Pirate Ships – Chinese Junk and…
Elissa Bassist on Elissa Bassist
“On a more serious note, I don’t think women have enough space for expression. Some people like to believe women don’t poop. This is absurd. I poop an insane amount.…
FUNNY WOMEN #7: In Retrospect, Dating That Speed Freak Wasn’t All That Bad, Comparatively
God, he was smart! He had a mind like a hummingbird, he had read every book there was to read, his tongue was sharp, he was funnier than anyone else at the party.
FUNNY WOMEN #6: Finally! A Job That Requires My Skill Set
Please only apply if you are a proven insomniac who would not think of getting into an office before noon.
FUNNY WOMEN #5: What We Were Really Saying
Me I verb you. Him I similarly feel for you in this way, but I’ll never say the word verb. I have feelings only only when I feel like it.
FUNNY WOMEN #4: The Importance of Attitude
My husband enjoys scuba diving. Prior to meeting my present spouse, I had never entertained the notion of going diving, as it combines three things I generally try to avoid:…
FUNNY WOMEN #3: Q: “What Will You Do with an MFA in Poetry?”
A: First of all, you can put away your old-school notions about the liberal arts. Back when you grew up, Plato banished poets from his Republic. These days, there is…
FUNNY WOMEN #2: A Play About Post-Racial America in Seven Acts
(or Seven Things White People Have Really Said to Me Since November 4, 2008)
The Revolution Has Begun
Dear writers and readers, Finally! The inaugural post for the new Rumpus column Funny Women can be read here. This is just the beginning. You, the writers and readers, will…
FUNNY WOMEN #1: The New Rumpus Humor Column: I Am Sorry That I Didn’t Write a Comedy Piece
I guess it's time for me to get serious about writing this comedy piece. Emoticon.