You can't joke about that : why everything is funny, nothing is sacred, and we're all in this together Cover Image

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

You cannot joke about that (other title)
Why everything is funny, nothing is sacred, and we're all in this together (other title)

Timpf, Kat, (author.).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780063270428
ISBN: 0063270420
Physical Description: x, 237 pages ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Broadside Books, [2023]
Copyright: ©2023

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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.