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This Is Not Happening: What’s in a name-check, Ari Shaffir?

April 1, 2015April 1, 20156

Imagine you’re a woman and you’re funny, so you decide to pursue a career in comedy. Imagine that even just in making that decision, you’ve unintentionally invited lifetimes of structurally built-in gender bias against you. Sometimes subtle and subconscious, you’re ignored or overlooked when it comes to forming improv teams …

Jerry Lewis and The Man Problem: The Bullying of Women in Comedy

May 23, 20132

Jerry Lewis is at the Cannes Film Festival, so reporters had the bright idea to ask him if he has discovered any funny women in the 15 years since he had declared publicly that there weren’t such a thing. Various reports, including the AP, noted that Lewis first jokingly offered …