Lesbians are likely to be drawn to stand-up, if only because it's cheaper to produce and therefore more accessible for women. But the very form of stand-up is masculine.
Moms Mabley said you have to say good things about the dead. I say, 'He's dead. Good.' - Kate Clinton
Moms Mabley said you have to say good things about the dead. I say, 'He's dead. Good.'
- Kate Clinton
Lesbian humor isn't trying to sell anything, it doesn't have to sell out. Coming out as a lesbian onstage is still a very political act; if it weren'… - Kate Clinton
Lesbian humor isn't trying to sell anything, it doesn't have to sell out. Coming out as a lesbian onstage is still a very political act; if it weren'…
[On being lesbian:] One pointer: don't come out to your dad in a moving vehicle. - Kate Clinton
[On being lesbian:] One pointer: don't come out to your dad in a moving vehicle.
Gays have always been in the military. Alexander the Great was originally Alexander the Fabulous. A gay man invented C-rations. He claims he could ne… - Kate Clinton
Gays have always been in the military. Alexander the Great was originally Alexander the Fabulous. A gay man invented C-rations. He claims he could ne…
Whenever a woman describes herself as a 'post-feminist' I picture women lashed to posts. Joan of Arc was an early post-feminist. - Kate Clinton
Whenever a woman describes herself as a 'post-feminist' I picture women lashed to posts. Joan of Arc was an early post-feminist.
I'm really happy that I was raised Catholic because it's given me years of material. - Kate Clinton
I'm really happy that I was raised Catholic because it's given me years of material.
Laughter takes the tyranny of the lies we are told and told and told and it blows them apart. - Kate Clinton
Laughter takes the tyranny of the lies we are told and told and told and it blows them apart.
Of all sports, football seems to be the most sanctioned homosocial opportunity for straight men to be with each other, pat butts, struggle, strive, a… - Kate Clinton
Of all sports, football seems to be the most sanctioned homosocial opportunity for straight men to be with each other, pat butts, struggle, strive, a…
In this political climate, people are so shut down to other ideas - I call it a hardening of the categories - that if you can get them to open up and… - Kate Clinton
In this political climate, people are so shut down to other ideas - I call it a hardening of the categories - that if you can get them to open up and…
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