Reviews

They Used to Call Me Snow White . . . But I Drifted: Women's Strategic Use of Humor by Gina Barreca

psalmcat's review against another edition

3.0

Interesting, but I only read about half of it. It's a bit dated; since it was written, I've seen women comics doing quite a few of the things she says women "never" joke about. But the general theme is good. I marked a quote to use in my email sig....

violettesinbloom's review

3.0

Reading this in 2018, it felt a bit dated, which is a good sign I imagine. The new introduction helps to address the advancements of the past 20-odd years, and the body holds an excellent summary of how humor and gender interact, and why women's humor had largely been disregarded in the public sphere until now.