Comedy has always been a tool for Black women—an instrument to tell uncomfortable truths, uplift cultural narratives, and connect generations through laughter. But behind every punchline is a legacy ...

Western University has introduced a course titled “Women Aren’t Funny: Feminist Stand-Up Comedy,” aimed at challenging the ...

Angie McMahon plans to prove that women are funny, and she’s recruited 55 comics from across the United States to help the cause. McMahon is the founder and artistic director of the Funny is Female ...

Witches get a bad rap. Thanks largely to the Salem Witch Trials of 1692, witches have been cast in history as evil or threatening figures. They’re often depicted in popular culture as old hags with ...

SUPERSIZED WOMEN OF COMEDY is an award-winning troupe of entertainers, which includes some of the nation's finest, funniest, female comedians with curves. The ups and downs of weight gain are explored ...

It’s a proud moment to be presenting the longlist of 2025’s Comedy Women in Print Prize – particularly as I’m currently playing an old battleaxe in a farce called Fawlty Towers first written 50 years ...

The Secret Comedy of Women, an immersive theatrical experience that rejoices in the challenges of being a woman, will open at the Pompano Beach Cultural Center on March 13th and run through April 14th ...

"That's What She Said," ASU's sketch comedy show written, directed and performed by an all-woman and gender minority cast, took the stage for the second year in a row at ASU Prism Theatre on March 7.

Jennifer Horne calls the Detroit Women of Comedy Festival a labor of love — and just what the world needs. “The Detroit Women of Comedy Festival is a celebration of diverse perspectives in comedy, ...

Then, in May 2011, the success of these women seemed to culminate when Saturday Night Live star Kristen Wiig did what, despite all these successes, was still considered the impossible: lead an ...

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