Tag: Pretty/Funny

Top 10 Feminist Moments in Women’s Comedy

February 26, 2014

This Sunday, Ellen DeGeneres will host the 86th Academy Awards. DeGeneres and her career comprises a full chapter of Linda Mizejewski’s new book Pretty/Funny: Women Comedians and Body Politics. Other chapters… READ MORE

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