
Hannah Gadsby during her standup special Nanette (Photo credit: Netflix)
TODAY’S MUST-READ NEWS AND ANALYSIS
- “Your idea of comedy is my idea of creepy.” [Refinery29]
- Scarlett Johansson dropped out of the film Rub & Tug after she was appropriately shamed for taking the part in the first place. [Out]
- On obsession, identity, and the new thriller. [Crime Reads]
- How the Trump administration deploys female pain as punishment. [Slate]
- Bill Maher is stand-up comedy’s past. Hannah Gadsby is the future. [Vulture]
YESTERDAY FROM BITCH
- This week, Dahlia and Amy got to thinking more about the ubiquity of gaslighting. [Amy Lam]
- Humor that takes stalking seriously requires nimbleness and nuance. [Rachel Vorona Cote]