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The Girl in the Show: Three Generations of Comedy, Culture, and Feminism

By (author) Anna Fields

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For fans of Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Amy Schumerâ€”and every other â€œfunny womanâ€â€”comes a candid feminist comedy manifesto exploring the sisterhood between womenâ€™s comedy and womenâ€™s liberation. Â“Iâ€™m not funny at all. What I am is brave.â€ Â—Lucille Ball From female pop culture powerhouses dominating the entertainment landscape to memoirs from todayâ€™s most vocal feminist comediennes shooting up the bestseller lists, women in comedy have never been more influential. Marking this cultural shift, The Girl in the Show provides an in-depth exploration of how comedy and feminism have grown hand in hand to give women a stronger voice in the ongoing fight for equality. From I Love Lucy to SNL to todayâ€™s rising cable and web-series stars, Anna Fieldsâ€™ entertaining retrospective combines amusing and honest personal narratives with the historical, political, and cultural contexts of the feminist movement. With interview subjects like Abbi Jacobson, Molly Shannon, Mo Collins, and Lizz Winstead among othersÂ—as well as actresses, stand-up comics, writers, producers, and female comedy troupesÂ—Fields shares true stories of wit and heroism from some of our most treasured (and under-represented) artists. At its heart, The Girl in the Show captures the urgency of our continued struggle towards equality, allowing the reader to both revel inÂ—and rebel againstÂ—our collective ideas of Â“womenâ€™s comedy.â€