It’s not easy to confront a powerful man who once belittled, sexually harassed, or assaulted you in the workplace – especially if the experience made you question your talents or affected your sense of self-worth and/or career path for years to come (and, of course, those experiences always do). So that’s why it’s so powerful […]
Continue ReadingRemember laughter? Hot Take: 2017 was Extremely Bad. There, glad we got that out the way. Sure, the president might be a racist robber baron, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t also a misogynistic, science-denying, lava-cake-brained internet troll. His pernicious, poisonous policies have already caused irreparable harm to the environment and to the physical and […]
Continue ReadingBizzy Coy is a humor writer and copywriter who ditched the mean streets of NYC for the mean bears of the Catskills. She lives and writes in her cottage in the woods, with humor pieces appearing in The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, Splitsider, The Belladonna, The Establishment, and The Higgs Weldon. Check bizzycoy.com for upcoming readings […]
Continue ReadingSamantha Ruddy (@samlymatters) is a comedian based out of New York City. She’s performed at comedy festivals like Bridgetown, San Francisco Sketchfest, and New York Comedy Festival. Her writing has appeared on Reductress, CollegeHumor, and Someecards. Keep an eye out for her in The Comedy Holiday Album when it drops on December 22nd — proceeds […]
Continue ReadingAdam Rotstein is a comedy writer who lives in Los Angeles. He spent two years living in Brooklyn and was legally obligated to move to Los Angeles after that lease was up. He’s written a couple of pilots that he “accidentally” leaves behind at high-end coffee shops in Silver Lake. He also regularly contributes to […]
Continue ReadingRebecca Caplan is a comedy writer and nice lady based in Brooklyn, NY. She’s currently a staff writer with CollegeHumor and frequent contributor to The New Yorker. Sometimes she wishes her name was something cool like Isabella or Gwyn but she’s mostly okay with the cards she’s been dealt. You can visit her website here […]
Continue ReadingTaylor Garron (@casualafro) is a standup comedian, comedy writer, and actress based in Brooklyn, NY. She is an in-house writer at Reductress, but she peaked at age 12 as a cast member on the PBS Kids shows Zoom and Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman. Garron wrote and produced a web series about her experience as a […]
Continue ReadingBack in March, Patton Oswalt appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live to deliver some Mike Huckabee-style standup, and since then Huckabee has written a lot more terrible material just waiting to get the Oswalt treatment. So during last night’s show, Kimmel invited him back for a brand new round of Huckabee punchlines. As usual, Oswalt tries his […]
Continue ReadingTaylor Kay Phillips is a writer and comedian living in New York City. She contributes pieces to Reductress and writes for Night Late at UCB. She recently discovered both everything bagels and sparkling water and is kind of dealing with that right now. This week, Taylor talked to me about her issues with women’s magazines […]
Continue ReadingTwitter is filled with many hilarious personalities and comedic brands, but very few accounts have led to inspiring an actual book (the kind that’s on actual paper, away from a screen). Meet Greg Mania, a writer and comedian based in New York City, whose work has appeared in The Huffington Post, OUT Magazine, BULLETT, Posture, […]
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