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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.

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Funny Women in 140 Characters or Fewer

  • Elissa Bassist
  • January 8, 2010
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FUNNY WOMEN #11: The Emily Post Guide to Beheadings

  • Marianne Hess
  • December 31, 2009
It happens in all our lives. We put down our golf clubs to peruse the mail that the butler has brought on a silver tray, when we discover an invitation…
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FUNNY WOMEN #10: Season’s Greetings from My Mom

  • Elissa Bassist
  • December 24, 2009
Season’s Greetings everyone!
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Funny Women Around the Web

  • Elissa Bassist
  • December 11, 2009
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…
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FUNNY WOMEN #9: Mars/Venus for Your Fetus

  • Jennifer Byrne
  • December 8, 2009
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!
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FUNNY WOMEN #8: Dear Johnny Depp

  • Natalie Edwards
  • December 3, 2009
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…
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Elissa Bassist on Elissa Bassist

  • Julie Greicius
  • November 30, 2009
“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.…
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FUNNY WOMEN #7: In Retrospect, Dating That Speed Freak Wasn’t All That Bad, Comparatively

  • Kathleen Alcott
  • November 19, 2009
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.
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FUNNY WOMEN #6: Finally! A Job That Requires My Skill Set

  • Maribeth Mooney
  • November 6, 2009
Please only apply if you are a proven insomniac who would not think of getting into an office before noon.
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FUNNY WOMEN #5: What We Were Really Saying

  • Elissa Bassist
  • October 20, 2009
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.
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FUNNY WOMEN #4: The Importance of Attitude

  • Summer Block
  • October 9, 2009
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:…
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FUNNY WOMEN #3: Q: “What Will You Do with an MFA in Poetry?”

  • Sheera Talpaz
  • October 1, 2009
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…
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