stand-up comedy

Lists/Top 10s

stand-up comedy

comedy

10 Queer Comedians You Should Know (Who Aren’t White Lesbians)

You’ll find odes to Lily Tomlin and Ellen Degeneres with only the occasional nod to comedy notables like Moms Mabley, Wanda Sykes and Margaret Cho, making queer comedy look like…

Ro White —

Jul 24, 2020

fortune feimster

netflix

tv reviews

Fortune Feimster’s “Sweet and Salty” Is a Love Letter to Lesbian Tomboys

Fortune Feimster’s long-overdue solo hour-long stand-up special is even gayer than you hoped it would be.

Heather Hogan —

Jan 28, 2020

Cameron Esposito

Ellen Degeneres

tv lists

10 Lesbian and Bisexual Comedy Specials to Watch After “Nanette”

Queer comedians have been using their unique perspectives to provide scathing, riotous commentary on everything from politics to pop culture for decades.

Heather Hogan —

Jul 11, 2018

Hannah Gadsby

netflix

comedy

The Transformative Comedy of Hannah Gadsby’s “Nanette”: An Autostraddle Roundtable

Lex Smithers, Brittani Nichols, El Sanchez, Gaby Dunn and I all talk about Hannah Gadsby’s new Netflix special, “Nanette.”

A.E. Osworth —

Jun 29, 2018

Cameron Esposito

interview

comedy

Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher are Building a New World: The Autostraddle Interview

Heather Hogan chatted with Cameron and Rhea about touring as a married couple, their #1 selling comedy album, and what’s next in their plan for global domination.

Heather Hogan —

Dec 20, 2017

fullscreen

interview

comedy

10 Stupid Questions With 10 Hilarious Queer Women, Part 2

Would you rather be drowned in Jello or suffocated by cheesecake?

Kai —

May 12, 2017

fullscreen

interview

comedy

10 Stupid Questions With 10 Hilarious Queer Women, Part 1

These comedians’ answers will surprise you, and you definitely can’t find any of this stuff on Google.

Kai —

May 10, 2017

Cameron Esposito

Lists/Top 10s

comedy

8 Reasons Cameron Esposito is “Marriage Material” in Her New Special

Just two days before marrying fellow comedian Rhea Butcher in her hometown of Chicago, Cameron Esposito invited a whole bunch of strangers to her bachelor party, otherwise known as her…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Mar 24, 2016

personal essay

stand-up comedy

comedy

Coming Out To 50 People At Once Was So Much Easier Than Doing It One-on-One

“That’s right!” I shouted, feeding off their energy. “Clap because I’m gay!”

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Dec 22, 2015

documentaries

stand-up comedy

comedy

Netflix’s Tig Notaro Documentary Premieres Today

Tig is a story about losing love, family, and comedy and then finding them all again in places you never would’ve thought to look because Jesus Christ, you’d never want…

Brittani —

Jul 17, 2015

event

stand-up comedy

culture

Brouhaha’s Trans Women of Color Storytelling is Healing, is the Revolution

“I’m so tired of our stories being saturated in death and martyrdom. What’s lacking in the way our stories are told by the media is our joy. This is an…

Tina —

Jun 8, 2015

album review

Cameron Esposito

comedy

Cameron Esposito’s “Same Sex Symbol” is Optimistic, Specific, and Fantastic

At one point Cameron characterizes Chicago as optimistic and Portland as specific and “Same Sex Symbol” perfectly embodies both of those things.

Brittani —

Oct 10, 2014