February 27th, 2013 at 9:30AM

Follow me on the Twitter: @slackmistress

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February 7th, 2013 at 10:47AM

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December 30th, 2012 at 12:38PM

In The Tweets That Make Me & No One Else Laugh Files…

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November 29th, 2012 at 1:47PM

Twitter Hiatus Until The Men I Know Get Loud

betheboy:

jenkirkman:

I’m on a Twitter strike. I am so sick of the way men on Twitter treat lady comics.  And my male friends always DM me or text me or email me or talk to me about how they hate it too but they never speak up.

I am constantly tweeting about gay rights (I’m straight) and racism (I’m white) - it takes two seconds and it’s part of who I am.  My male comedy friends tell me the solution is to just let it slide, “these people are idiots” or they just say that they want to say something about how they see women being treated on line “but don’t know what to say.”

Well, a lot of people who aren’t “political” necessarily or policy wonk experts wrote their feelings quite well on why they wanted Obama re-elected - maybe some male comics or who are just guys who are funny writers and have a huge presence online can do something similar to this. http://90days90reasons.com/index.php

Here’s some examples of tweets I get EVERY DAY. See if the internet wouldn’t be less fun for you if you got this shit.

. you should stop being hot and start being funny. then maybe this is in the realm of possibility.

Not everyone gets spoken to the way they want in life.”

YOU ARE WAY TOO SENSTIVE TO BE ON TWITTER. TRUE. HOW OLD ARE YOU 20?”

“ srry im stupid i meant why rnt u in Playboy.”

“: I’d do ya.” 

Then I will come back to Twitter when I feel like I’m not the only voice constantly using her feed to interrupt her regularly scheduled funniness to try to teach young guys not to objectify women, tell them to shut up, correct their jokes, mansplain to them, etc.

I’m often told that women’s rights are not in any danger and I have the vote and we don’t need feminism anymore for “big issues” - (that’s a whole other issue) But the small issue of feeling part of the global web community is still a new frontier for women and we are starting at square one. I would love the support of my male friends in comedy - OUT LOUD and as part of their daily lives. The way we all do with gay rights and racism.

And when I feel I am not the only voice out there, I’ll come back to Twitter. And trust me, I want to. I have things to promote.

Love,

Jen

While I do not have a giant platform from which to speak I will use the fact that I occasionally can get your attention to tell you that I am 100% behind Jen Kirkman just like I am 100% behind my wife Nina Bargiel and every other woman who has ever been a target for assholes simply because they dared to be both female and funny.

That said I probably haven’t spoken out enough about it. So, going forward, if I catch you being an asshole I will not pretend that it’s not my problem. Idiots only win when good people refuse to stand up to shut them down.

“They’re saying you’re pretty!”

“You shouldn’t put a picture of yourself online if you don’t want people to comment.”

“That’s part of being a woman online.”

“Learn to take a compliment!”

“Just deal with it.”

“Ignore it.”

“I’m a dude, and I go through the exact same thing!” [story that isn’t even remotely similar]

“It’s all in your head.”

“You’re too sensitive.”

“When you talk about yourself on the Internet it gives people the right to say anything they want about you. So it’s really your fault.”


BTW, take out the “online” and substitute “outside” and suddenly you have every response that people give you when talking about dealing with street harassment.

#TEAMJEN

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October 19th, 2012 at 8:57AM

21st Century Fights

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