Enter
for procreation; gay folks who want
to get married, somehow threaten
the marriage of two straight people
who live nowhere near them. Instead of saying, “Cool, you know
what you need, I hope you find it,”
it’s demonized as inappropriate.
Why are politicians so ripe for satire?
Politicians are always my favorite target because they ask us to
choose them to make decisions
for us based on a set of promises
they make. It’s a unique position
of power and when you have been
granted with it, you are asking
to be scrutinized. If you use that
power in a hypocritical or corrupt way, I derive great pleasure in
pointing it out.
You’re a staunch advocate of Planned
Parenthood. Is political activism a necessary outgrowth of being a social critic? I see it as an outgrowth for me.
Knowing that I was able to make
a choice about how my life was
going to go down thanks to the
availability of family planning, led
me to want to give back and hopefully inspire other women to say
to themselves, “I was able to control how and when I wanted children thanks to Planned Parenthood and other women’s health
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clinics. I want to stand with them
and say thanks.” I hope people
understand that by vocalizing
their support for these places and
saying, “I am a healthy sexual
women and proud of it,” that it
makes those who are desperately
trying to tamp that down look like
the cave dwellers they are.
Would you ever consider running for political office? Lord no. I am a reactor
and a questioner. I like my role as
bullshit caller.
Why do you think comedy
If you
is such an important way
can make
of interacting with the
people laugh,
world? I have found
they cannot
that if you can make
deny that they
people laugh, they
had a bond
cannot deny, even if
with you.”
it is for that moment,
that they had a bond
with you. It is a crack in the armor. I also feel that if people can
laugh, it means that they have not
given up hope. If I choose my targets wisely, and sometimes I do
not, I can get someone to laugh
with me at at least one thing. I
like making people feel like they
have a pal in the fight, and since I
can’t cook for everyone,
I try to make them laugh.