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You can't joke about that : why everything is funny, nothing is sacred, and we're all in this together / Kat Timpf.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Broadside, [2023]Edition: First editionDescription: x, 237 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780063270428
  • 0063270420
Other title:
  • You cannot joke about that
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.Summary: 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
List(s) this item appears in: Women's History Month (Adults)
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

What happens when we can't joke about some of the most important stuff in life?

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. Those people should probably not read this book in public.

In You Can't Joke About That, Kat Timpf shows why much of the way we talk about sensitive subjects is wrong. We've created all the wrong rules. 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."

Hilariously and movingly, Timpf argues that those subjects are actually the most important to joke about. She shows us we can find healing through humor regarding things you probably don't want to bring up in polite conversation, like traumatic break-ups, cancer, being broke, Dave Chappelle, rape jokes, aging, ostomy bags, religion, body image, dead moms, religion, the lab leak theory, transgender swimmers, gushing wounds, campus censorship, and bad Christmas presents.

This book is Kat Timpf with her hair down, except since hers is mostly extensions, this book is Kat Timpf with her hair out. Read it because you want to get to know her better. Read it because it's the best book on free speech and comedy in a generation. Read it because you want to laugh out loud... even at the kind of stuff we're afraid to say out loud. Just read it, and you'll be glad you did.

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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.

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

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