Kate Spencer: Did SXSW Forget To Invite Female Stand Ups?

csingel:

darrenmiller:

gilmoregurlz:

katespencer:

I am as tired as the next person of the “OMG ARE WOMEN FUNNY? WHERE ARE THE FEMALE COMEDIANS? WOMEN, CREATE THANGZZZ!” conversation, but it also bums me out when I go to eagerly check out the SXSW comedy line up only to discover they’ve apparently booked just one female stand up out of 30+…

i would like to add aparna nancherla to the list.

i would also like to add aparna nancherla to the list.

i would also also like to add aparna nancherla to the list.

i would also also like to add aparna nancherla to the list. but it’s not a petition or anything, so what will that actually accomplish? Who knows…

  1. Date Posted Icon 17th February 2011
  2. Reblogged Icon Reblogged From csingel
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  1. sidhe-unseelie reblogged this from katespencer
  2. nabi21 reblogged this from katespencer and added:
    true! And I’d add Jackie Kashian
  3. natashalevinger reblogged this from katespencer
  4. changetheratio reblogged this from katespencer and added:
    Hot topic today. Hopefully...lineup - and find some hotel rooms.
  5. thecara reblogged this from katespencer
  6. poupak reblogged this from katespencer and added:
    You know, it’s not only a SXSW issue, it’s an issue that women in comedy face every day. Look at
  7. hallekiefer reblogged this from katespencer
  8. travishelwig reblogged this from kevinmead and added:
    I would also also also also like to add aparna nancherla to the list.
  9. kevinmead reblogged this from csingel and added:
    i would also also like to add aparna nancherla to the list. but it’s not a petition or anything, so what will that...
  10. mynameisrazzle reblogged this from csingel
  11. gilmoregurlz reblogged this from katespencer and added:
    add aparna nancherla
  12. fuckyeahawesome reblogged this from katespencer
  13. jesslane reblogged this from chamberlain and added:
    I would just like to say: WHERE’S THE BOOBS! And also, what is the “submission” process like for SXSW comedy? Do people...
  14. 100yearsoflolitude reblogged this from elisejimenez and added:
    edit: I’m glad so many notes on this say ‘Aparna Nancherla, too!” Because Aparna Nancherla rules.
  15. elisejimenez reblogged this from chamberlain
  16. chamberlain reblogged this from katespencer and added:
    frustrating issue that attention should be paid to....Pat’s post of “a few things you can...
  17. brenttharshman said: What bugs me the most about this, is that there is absolutely no reason for this to happen. I feel that, right now, the world has some of the greatest comics, and those comics happen to be women.