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With wit: What feminism means to Lucy Mangan

Posted on the September 19th, 2009

Caution, don’t read this column today by Lucy Mangan unless you’re intelligent and have a sense of humor (“What feminism means to me” The Guardian, Sept 19, 2009).

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I wish my own feminism had been a matter of careful thought and formulation, underpinned by the kind of muscular theorising that could make it stand firm against the many blows that any attempt to assert one’s belief that women are, uh, equal to men…

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Laughs along the U.S. Presidential campaign trail (III)

Posted on the November 2nd, 2008

Les Misbarack (One more day):

Laughs along the U.S. Presidential campaign trail (II) here.

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Laughs along the U.S. Presidential campaign trail (II)

Posted on the October 27th, 2008

It’s been a a few decades since the Smothers Brothers starred in their own television show, a weekly satirical skewering of, among other things, politics and politicians. Earlier this month, the duo appeared on a late night comedy show hosted by Craig Ferguson:

See Laughs along the U.S. Presidential campaign trail (I) here.


Laughs along the U.S. Presidential campaign trail (I)

Posted on the October 23rd, 2008

Election day, November 4, is less than two weeks away. Finally! A good interval in which to begin sharing some comedy from the political battlefield, it seems to me.

Yesterday, Obama popped in (via video) for a surprise, just-for-laughs visit on the popular daytime program, The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Topics covered include dancing, Halloween costumes and George Clooney: