May 2012
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Book Club, by Ann Hodgman. {The New Yorker}
Discussion points for members who have not read this month’s book:
1. Studying the cover of this month’s selection may provide hints to the reasons that Margy MacDougal chose this book for your group. What does the metallic font used for the title convey—pretension, or insecurity? Although the cover art is minimal, what tensions does it suggest are lurking under the superficially glossy surface...
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A Note on Submissions.
Ladyfaces, kindly submit. These posts don’t have to be new, they can be funny bits and pieces you’ve emailed to your friends or shown to your doorman. Or, they can be pieces of your own. When submitting, please send to girlsarentfunnysubmissions@gmail.com. If the piece is not original, include a link to where you found it. We aren’t any Winona’s around here.
- Meredith
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I'm Sorry That I Did Not Write a Comedy Piece, by...
The other day while sounding out the words on a Web site called The Rumpus, I saw this article asking for women to submit more comedy pieces. So I put down my giant chocolate bar, stopped crying, and thought, yes, that is what I will do.
I will write a comedy piece. But just as I sat down in my bay window (filled with pillows that I knitted myself while waiting by the phone for potential husbands...
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Flick Chicks: A Guide to Women in the Movies, by...
A few years ago, I sat down for a meeting with some executives at a movie studio that I will call Thinkscope Visioncloud. Thinkscope Visioncloud had put out several of my favorite movies, and they wanted to see if I had any feature ideas. I was very excited. I have a great job writing for “The Office,” but, really, all television writers do is dream of one day writing movies. I’ll put it this way:...
