Madhavi Shivaprasad
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Reach and comedy labour
I'd love to chat and hear more about the work you're doing as well as the grad students who are working on Indian comics. There are few I've found here who I can share academic insights about the Indian stand-up scene. Rebecca Krefting ... -
Web series and women
Thanks for recommending the article Maria. I read through it and watched the series as well. What is interesting about the comedy industry right now is that a lot of them who were primarily stand-up comics don't ever just do stand-up. In fact I may b ... -
Overcoming structural biases
CateB, I read through your post and thought you made a very good point about the homogenisation of female audiences as well. That's what is happening even with the female performers as well unfortunately. All of them are bracketed under "chick c ... -
Feminist comedy and labour
Thank you so much Stephanie for introducing me to efforts being made by comics like Esposito. I've been trying to theorise a similar idea through my own dissertation on female comics in India. I love the idea of thinking about feminist labour in the ...