Funny Women
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FUNNY WOMEN #37: Taking the Tea Party to the Bedroom
Why do people think being a Tea Party Patriot means missing out on all the fun when it comes to sex?
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FUNNY WOMEN #34: An Evolution of Dear John Letters
My ten-year-old self: Dear John, Sorry but I can not be your girlfriend anymore because my Dad says that I am not supposed to date until I am 16.
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Lorrie Moore at The New Yorker Festival
Notes I took on what Lorrie Moore said while in conversation with Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker‘s fiction editor, that I felt selfish keeping to myself: How to become a writer: -You can’t carve solitude out of loneliness–you need people…
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FUNNY WOMEN #32: Brag, Build, Banana
One woman’s search for everything across India, Iran, and Iceland… excerpts from my extraordinary upcoming novel of self-discovery.
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FUNNY WOMEN #28: So You Have Second-Hand Embarrassment Syndrome
First, do not fret, this is a very common affliction, affecting millions of people worldwide. Second Hand Embarrassment Syndrome (SHES) is defined as feeling other people’s embarrassment as acutely as your own. This makes reality television, specifically talent competitions, extremely hard…
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FUNNY WOMEN #14: A Play About the Men at My Gym in Five Acts
ACT ONE Scene: DEREK*, is in his early thirties with a military haircut, moderately toned flab, and tinted eyeglasses.
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FUNNY WOMEN #13: Ask Jeeves
Hi, Kathleen. Thanks for writing. Perhaps I’ll answer your question with a question of my own: Where the hell have you been?
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FUNNY WOMEN #12: Destroying Angels, A How-To Guide
77%* of Americans say they believe in angels. That doesn’t mean we like them. Sure, they were cute–at first. Maybe you thought you’d never get tired of those sweet rosy faces and chubby behinds. But now…
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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. I just pooped, in fact. Hear that men of the…
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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.
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Women’s News
Tina Fey once said, “I think we can all agree that it’s a great time to be a lady in America, and not just because of that new yogurt that helps you poop. Although, on the serious, thank you for…
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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.