Female Comedians

18 Funny Women You Should Be Following On Twitter

Posted 06.01.2012

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Once again, it's time to introduce you to another round of super funny women you should follow on Twitter, and the theme of this month's list seems to...

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Comedian Caroline Reid Chats About Her Hilariously Raunchy Alter Ego, Pam Ann

HuffingtonPost.com | Noah Michelson | Posted 05.25.2012

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Caroline Reid cannot step four feet into an airport without being mobbed and she has no one but herself to blame. The Australian comedian, better know...

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Who Will Be The Next Late-Night Queen?

Salon | Posted 05.22.2012

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What, you didn't get to dance with Mick Jagger, hug Jon Hamm and be serenaded by Arcade Fire the last time you left a job? I guess you're not Kristen ...

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In Defense Of Whitney Cummings

BuzzFeed | Posted 05.02.2012

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Whitney Cummings isn't my thing. I've watched clips of her stand-up on YouTube, and almost always closed the browser before she was done talking. Joke...

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Yes We Cannes?

Joanna Rothkopf | Posted 04.28.2012

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In just a few weeks, 22 worthy directors of many shapes and sizes will descend upon the beach town to bask in le soleil and the glory of their artistic achievements at the Cannes film festival. Not one film by a woman was nominated.

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WATCH: Tips For Women Looking To Take Charge Of Their Finances, From Kathy Griffin

Posted 04.16.2012

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Comedian and talk show host, Kathy Griffin, sat down with me and shared her thoughts on women in the workforce and their financial independence. v...

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WATCH: Being Sensitive To Criticism, From Kathy Griffin

Posted 04.16.2012

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Comedian and talk show host, Kathy Griffin, tells me how she deals with criticism, media attention, and which stab hurt her the most. var src_url=...

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WATCH: Kathy Griffin On Dating Younger Men

Posted 04.16.2012

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Comedian and talk show host, Kathy Griffin, told me why she likes dating younger men. var src_url="http://pshared.5min.com/Scripts/PlayerSeed.js?p...

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WATCH: Kathy Griffin On Drinking

Posted 04.16.2012

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Comedian and talk show host, Kathy Griffin, opened up to me about why she doesn't drink. var src_url="http://pshared.5min.com/Scripts/PlayerSeed.j...

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Is Rachel Dratch 'Too Ugly' For Hollywood?

| Posted 04.13.2012

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By Torie Bosch (Click here for original article.) It's been a rough few years for Rachel Dratch. After a steady climb up the comedy ladder-a st...

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First Annual Females in Comedy Convention

Erica Watson | Posted 04.23.2012

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Throughout my life, I have heard time and time again that "women aren't funny!" Well, finally Hope has come to save the day... Hope Flood that is.

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Who Are The Funniest Girls On TV? (WATCH)

Posted 04.05.2012

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With female comedians like Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Kristen Wiig and Ellen Degeneres dominating TV and movies, it's a good time to be a funny actress. ...

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The Year of the Funny Woman

Sheila Moeschen | Posted 05.22.2012

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Politicos may lay claim to 2010 as Year of the Woman, but if the Fourth Annual Women in Comedy Festival is any indication, they may have to hand that title over to the Year of the Funny Woman.

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"Late Show" Booker Fired For Comments About Women Comedians

The Jane Dough | Posted 01.19.2012

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The Late Show With David Letterman has fired its head comedy booker, Eddie Brill, after he told The New York Times he believes women comics are less "...

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Please Put Your Clothes Back On

Carol Hartsell | Posted 02.12.2012

Apparently, posing nude -- or mostly nude -- in a mens' magazine is still some sort of rite of passage for female entertainers, and there has been a spate of female comedians stripping down recently. We have to admit, as fans of comedy and women in comedy especially, my fellow editors and I die a little bit every time this happens.

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Mindy Kaling Talks Sex In Sweet Valley (And Other Concerns)

Posted 11.21.2011

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By Sara Benincasa for Bookish. Mindy Kaling may love shopping just as much as Kelly Kapoor, her character on “The Office,” does (just check ou...

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Female Comedians, Breaking The Taste-Taboo Ceiling

The New York Times | Posted 11.16.2011

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In a Rolling Stone interview from 1979, Johnny Carson, host of "Tonight" and the most important gatekeeper in comedy for decades, gave his take on fem...

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All Together Now! Simple. Sanitary. Vagina!

Annie Stamell | Posted 01.15.2012

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Check out the laugh-out-loud funny shorts below and a follow-up hilarious interview with the vagina behind the vaginas, writer-producer-director Jacq Lesko.

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Fox News To Female Comedians: Be Sexy

Posted 12.13.2011

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At least they didn't say, "No Fat Chicks." FoxNews.com is drawing fire today for suggesting that the time of the "frumpy" female comedian is coming...

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Female Late NIght Writers WGA Round Table

Splitsider.com | Posted 11.22.2011

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Last Friday night, the WGA West brought together a bunch of funny ladies for yet another serious discussion on the issue of women in late night comedy...

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WATCH: A Day In The Life Of A Female Comedian

Posted 11.13.2011

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If anyone knows what it's like to be a woman in comedy these days, it's Amy Schumer, Nikki Glaser, and Jackie Monahan. As students at Maria Bamford's ...

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Amy Sedaris Wants You To Come Over

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 11.02.2011

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Amy Sedaris does what she wants these days. The North Carolina-bred writer and performer has had her hands in everything from offbeat, Canadian televi...

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Zooey Deschanel, Whitney Cummings, Lena Dunham: Fall TV's Funny Girls

New York Magazine | Posted 10.22.2011

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In a perfect aftershock to the success of Bridesmaids (not to mention the ascendance of Poehler and Fey), there's a major uptick this fall in sitcoms ...

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We Love Lucy... At 100

Marlo Thomas | Posted 10.04.2011

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Lucille Ball, whose 100th birthday we celebrate this weekend, made us laugh for 50 years. And all I can think of is... it wasn't enough.

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We Have an Issue With GQ's Comedy Issue

G.L.O.C. | Posted 09.24.2011

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We get that this is Gentleman's Quarterly and we're definitely not the target demo, but when you do a comedy issue we, as comediennes, expect there to at least be some substance -- or at the very least laughs -- inside.

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