Lizz Winstead: From Comedy Writer to Pro-Abortion Activist
Past Due with Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle
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I Don't Think I Explicitly Saw Myself as Political, but I've Always Thought of It as Keeping People From Being Nicer
i didn't start out being political. i would do a little bit of jokes about feminism and sexism, but there wasn't a whole lot of politics inserted. But then i had this weird thing happen where i was going along doing my jokes that were about dating, and all of ha sudden they stopped working. And it's a radical act to be a woman on stage anyway, just to decide that you have something to say. Ohli: I want to talk a litle bit about the legacy of people who are taking comedy late at night so that we don't get hit for our opinions.
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