Leah Henning, Victoria Reynolds Farmer, and Blake Miller discuss women in comedy through the lens of comedian Hannah Gadsby’s anti-comedy special Nanette.

INTRODUCTIONS

KNOWING

• A brief history of women in comedy and an introduction to Hannah Gadsby
• Summary of Nanette

READING

• Christopher Hitchens, Why Women Aren’t Funny
• Alessandra Stanley, Who Says Women Aren’t Funny? 
• Hannah Gadsby, Nanette

PASSING ON

• • BLAKE:
    • Maria Bamford stand up (Old Baby)
    • Lindy West’s book Shrill
      • chapter about her debate with Jim Norton on rape jokes
  • VICTORIA:
    • Aparna Nancherla and Maysoon Zayid comedy
    • LA Times article about no female nominees for this year’s Comedy Grammy
  • LEAH:
    • Iliza Shlesinger (Elder Millenial) and Shappi Khorsandi comedy
    • Women in Comedy