Hey fellas, having a bad day? Turn that frown upside down — unless you're a man in search of a girlfriend, that is. According to a 2011 study from the University of British Columbia, women are more ...

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I’ll admit it. When I go to an improv show and I see a woman on stage, I brace myself. “Please be funny, please be funny.” Why do I do that? I’m a feminist! Why do I internalize this idea that women ...

Stand-up comedy is a tough business. And it has traditionally not been a career many women have chosen to pursue. Or perhaps, it is a career many women have not been able to break into. Whatever the ...