You can't joke about that : why everything is funny, nothing is sacred, and we're all in this together /
Timpf, Kat,
You can't joke about that : why everything is funny, nothing is sacred, and we're all in this together / You cannot joke about that Kat Timpf. - First edition. - x, 237 pages ; 24 cm
Includes index.
Discovering the Power of Comedy -- Intention Absolutely Matters -- Don't Erase Anything -- No One Wants to Hear You Whine (Unless It's Funny) -- Shitbag -- Live, Laugh, Die -- Is There Sexism in Comedy? -- Words Are Not Violence -- Safe Spaces Aren't Real (And That's Great!) -- On Apologies and Apologizing -- Sorry, But This One Is About Politics -- Free Speech as a Cultural Value -- Twitter and the Outrage Machine -- Comedy is My Religion -- PSA : You Also Have The Right Not To Speak.
"Comedian Kat Timpf shares how humor has kept her going during the hardest times of her life, and confronts the cancel culture that threatens modern comedy"-- In a 2019 study, 40% of people reported censoring themselves out of fear that voicing their views would alienate them from the people they care about most. Timpf shows why much of the way we talk about sensitive subjects is wrong. We push ourselves into unnecessary conflicts when we should feel like we're all in this together. When someone says "you can't joke about that," what they really mean is "this is a subject that makes people sad or angry." Timpf argues that those subjects are actually the most important to joke about: we can find healing through humor regarding things you probably don't want to bring up in polite conversations. -- adapted from jacket
9780063270428 0063270420
2022048265
Timpf, Kat.
Comedy--Political aspects--United States.
American wit and humor--Political aspects.
Freedom of speech--United States.
Cancel culture--United States.
Women comedians--United States--Biography.
Women libertarians--United States--Biography.
Biographies.
Humor.
You can't joke about that : why everything is funny, nothing is sacred, and we're all in this together / You cannot joke about that Kat Timpf. - First edition. - x, 237 pages ; 24 cm
Includes index.
Discovering the Power of Comedy -- Intention Absolutely Matters -- Don't Erase Anything -- No One Wants to Hear You Whine (Unless It's Funny) -- Shitbag -- Live, Laugh, Die -- Is There Sexism in Comedy? -- Words Are Not Violence -- Safe Spaces Aren't Real (And That's Great!) -- On Apologies and Apologizing -- Sorry, But This One Is About Politics -- Free Speech as a Cultural Value -- Twitter and the Outrage Machine -- Comedy is My Religion -- PSA : You Also Have The Right Not To Speak.
"Comedian Kat Timpf shares how humor has kept her going during the hardest times of her life, and confronts the cancel culture that threatens modern comedy"-- In a 2019 study, 40% of people reported censoring themselves out of fear that voicing their views would alienate them from the people they care about most. Timpf shows why much of the way we talk about sensitive subjects is wrong. We push ourselves into unnecessary conflicts when we should feel like we're all in this together. When someone says "you can't joke about that," what they really mean is "this is a subject that makes people sad or angry." Timpf argues that those subjects are actually the most important to joke about: we can find healing through humor regarding things you probably don't want to bring up in polite conversations. -- adapted from jacket
9780063270428 0063270420
2022048265
Timpf, Kat.
Comedy--Political aspects--United States.
American wit and humor--Political aspects.
Freedom of speech--United States.
Cancel culture--United States.
Women comedians--United States--Biography.
Women libertarians--United States--Biography.
Biographies.
Humor.