July22009
The Women of McSweeney's »
Elissa Bassist responds to an article whose main premise is that women on the whole, or on an individual basis are not funny. Bassist writes:
“‘Why are men, taken on average and as a whole, funnier than women?’ inquired Christopher Hitchens in “Why Women Aren’t Funny,” Vanity Fair, January 2007. That’s a good question. And by that I mean, fuck you.”
In the same post, Bassist links to some of the wonderful articles over at McSweeney’s written by women. Some truly brilliant articles over there. This, This, and This are among my very favorites. Read and enjoy the work of those brilliantly funny women.
