FUNNY WOMEN #120: Notes on “Camping”
It's been 50 years since Susan Sontag published "Notes on 'Camp.'" Now, we imagine what she might have said about Camping.
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 #119: Why Jeannie Drank, a Colloquium
The aim of this inter-, multi-, trans-disciplinary conference is to open discussion on how personal vs. community responsibility can be apportioned and other jargon.
FUNNY WOMEN #118: Welcome to Your Wonderful Engagement Photo Shoot
You may have noticed that we are on a decrepit railroad bridge, Karen and Brad, and what better place to begin your engagement photo journey? You are matrimonial hobos riding the rails!
Funny Women #117: How’s that Barnard Thing Working out for You?
Are you a Part of the Solution? Didn't Bono turn out great? What kind of work do you do by the way?
Funny Women #116: The Lady Writer’s Guide to a Successful Sex Change
Drain the bubble bath and prepare to transform the novel you’ve been toiling over for so long into a publishable, marketable piece of Women’s Fiction!
FUNNY WOMEN #115: Craigslist Formal Encounters
Gentleman randy for high culture interested in encounter at the opera with discreet female. Let us sit in the dark together and partake in a sexy live show. Arias and outcalls only.
FUNNY WOMEN #114: M.A.S.H for Adults
Since you already live in a shack, scratch out “S.” It would be nice to move on to bigger, or at least better, things. But also scratch out “M” -- you’re an adult now, and it’s time to adjust your expectations.
FUNNY WOMEN #113: Tender Buttons Pleasure Emporium
“Rub her coke.”
–Gertrude Stein, Tender Buttons, 1914.
FUNNY WOMEN #113: BUDDHIST NUN PEMA CHÖDRÖN REWRITES THE CLASSICS
If we get him, we get him. If we don’t, we don’t. There are probably other white whales out there.
FUNNY WOMEN #112: Reasons I Might Be Dead
What does a girl have to do to get a hot guy's attention when he's with another girl shopping for linens at Bed Bath & Beyond around here? Not be dead for 30 years?
FUNNY WOMEN #111: About Our Impending Nuptials
We would like something tasteful, elegant, modern, luxurious, artsy, classy, chic, and original, but also with a bit of simple lightness and a homey, retro feel. And also some danger.
FUNNY WOMEN #110: Ten Billion Tips to Becoming a Better Writer
There are a lot of writing tips out there, but here’s a comprehensive list from someone who’s been “there.”