Radhika Vaz speaks to Abhinandan Sekhri about her book Unladylike and why gender norms irk her. She also talks about women in comedy and addresses the general perception that women aren’t funny.
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Christopher Hitchens’ 2007 piece “Why Women Aren’t Funny” re-published on Tayiab Ramzan’s blog :
https://tayiabr.wordpress.com/2014/11/06/why-women-arent-funny-christopher-hitchens/
Alessandra Stanley’s rebuttal to Hitchens’ piece: http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2008/04/funnygirls200804
Hitchens’ reply to Stanley’s rebuttal:
http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2008/04/hitchens200804
Christopher Hitchens’ video interview: Why Women Still Aren't Funny:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S692f1tnuQ
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