FUNNY WOMEN #49: RE: Interesting Article
Dad, Thanks so much for your most recent email! It’s been awhile since we’ve last spoken (no hard feelings, it was White Sox season, I know), so I can hardly…
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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 #48: Catalog of Men’s Collegiate Scarves—Fall 1989
Although it’s Spring 2011 and the snow in the Quadrangle is melting, why not treat your manly neck like it’s 1989? Life is just a collection of scarves, and scarves were meant…
FUNNY WOMEN #47: Become a Woman Celebrated During Women’s History Month
As American women, we are privileged to have every March dedicated to our accomplishments. For thirty-one incredible days, we can walk into any elementary school classroom and see our sisters’…
Rumpus Women on Firedoglake Book Salon
The Rumpus Women, Vol. I contributors have been on tour. We’ve read in bookstores, bars, and family rooms in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Brooklyn, and Denver. The readings have been awe-inspiring: smart,…
FUNNY WOMEN #46: Excerpt from Rodeo Girl’s Awesome Blog
Hello, everybody! I’m back! I know, I haven’t blogged for almost over a day now, and it has been the worst day of my life because of Brad.
FUNNY WOMEN #45: One-Handed Reading
Loads of people have slept with authors or well-read individuals, but what would it be like to sleep with a book?
FUNNY WOMEN #44: Family Jeopardy
The Koslowskis, Air Date: January 25, 2011 Alex Trebek: Before we begin, I’d like to introduce our contestants. First, we have James Koslowski, a 24-year-old University of Texas graduate who moved…
Funny Women Around the Web: Jenny Hagel
Jenny Hagel, the filmmaker/comdienne who made the Feminist Rapper webseries (see below), released a new short comedy film online this week. “Tech support” is about a woman who falls in…
FUNNY WOMEN #43: How Millennials Look for Jobs
You may have heard that us “millennials” are struggling to find jobs. It’s true. The unemployment wave is pushing us recent college grads into taking menial positions in restaurants, retail…
FUNNY WOMEN #42: The Best-Selling Story of All Time
The five most popular words in best-selling books are (source: Time magazine): 1. man 2. diet 3. house 4. woman 5. sex/sexual
FUNNY WOMEN #41: W4M ISO Wealthy Patron of the Arts
A hearty bonjour and aloha to all you lovers of arts & letters, I may be old-fashioned, but I prefer not to keep a day job when the winsome muse…
Funny Women Are on Vacation
Dearest Readers, Contributors, Hopeful Contributors, and Men, The Funny Women column is going away to the Sugar Shack until 2011. While you are welcome and encouraged to send submissions to…