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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: A Makeup Look for Nuclear Anxiety

  • Caitlin Brady
  • March 16, 2018
[W]hat's more thrilling than making the world more beautiful one haggard, agitated face at a time?
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FUNNY WOMEN: It’s Me, Dead Girl!

  • Charulata Sinha
  • January 17, 2018
I just want to share a little bit about myself—because despite the fact that my horrific death is the point of the show you’re enjoying, you’ve never actually heard my voice.
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FUNNY WOMEN: Other Contenders for 2017’s Word of the Year

  • Elissa Bassist and Riane Konc
  • January 3, 2018
Fückit: When you’ve had enough, more than enough, but somehow enough is never enough, and I put wine in my cereal now.
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FUNNY WOMEN #157: Habits of Less Successful Writers

  • Julie Vick
  • November 30, 2017
So much can be learned from the writing habits of successful writers, but what can we learn from the ones who aren’t doing quite as well?
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FUNNY WOMEN #156: Fall Activities Adjusted for Global Warming

  • Jane Garfinkel
  • September 19, 2017
Due to rising sea levels, most orchards have been flooded. Instead of apple picking, grab a canoe large enough for the whole family and climb aboard.
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FUNNY WOMEN #155: Feminine and Masculine Words

  • Sonya Redi
  • August 15, 2017
A helpful trick can be to picture feminine words (pumpkin latte, duvet cover) as butterflies. Soft, delicate, hard to catch, and useless except near flowers. Masculine words are more like knives.
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FUNNY WOMEN #154: Visa Status of Disney Princesses

  • Fiona Taylor
  • June 20, 2017
President Trump has suspended all H-1B visa processing, and He would like us to reevaluate several candidates who gained entry under the fashion-model exception.
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FUNNY WOMEN #153: So You Want to Be a Woman

  • Brooke Gamble McAdam
  • May 2, 2017
If the eyes are the window to the soul, then the drapes should match the wallpaper. Fix what you got and then flaunt what you fixed!
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Funny Women #152: Features of the Groundbreaking American Writers Museum

  • Elissa Bassist
  • April 11, 2017
We’ll be open as long as the National Endowment for the Arts is.
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FUNNY WOMEN #151: Creative Writing Tips

  • Anita Gill
  • March 14, 2017
Need to write something for some reason? Here's how.
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FUNNY WOMEN #150: A Little More About Customer #7611594

  • Emily Meg Weinstein
  • February 15, 2017
As for your offer to help me make sure I am getting the right gear, this is another question that troubles me hourly. Am I getting the right gear?
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FUNNY WOMEN #149: Pilgrims Without Internet

  • Kristy Eldredge
  • January 31, 2017
The use of barn animals in unusual poses could be so amusing if transmitted broadly and with a sharp message! But that is not to be, and I must express my feelings, as usual, in cross-stitch.
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