02479nam a2200469 i 4500 z9ilms b4107933 MeVbMML 20250318163154.0 230109s2023 nyu 001 0deng 2022048265 9780063270428 0063270420 (OCoLC)1369032770 (OCoLC)1340646724 (OCoLC)1374487551 (OCoLC)1375014128 AJM pcc n-us--- PN1929.P65 T56 2023 818 23 Timpf, Kat, author. 19502 You can't joke about that : why everything is funny, nothing is sacred, and we're all in this together / Kat Timpf. You cannot joke about that First edition. New York, NY : Broadside, [2023] x, 237 pages ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes index Discovering the Power of Comedy -- Intention Absolutely Matters -- Don't Erase Anything -- No One Wants to Hear You Whine (Unless It's Funny) -- Shitbag -- Live, Laugh, Die -- Is There Sexism in Comedy? -- Words Are Not Violence -- Safe Spaces Aren't Real (And That's Great!) -- On Apologies and Apologizing -- Sorry, But This One Is About Politics -- Free Speech as a Cultural Value -- Twitter and the Outrage Machine -- Comedy is My Religion -- PSA : You Also Have The Right Not To Speak "Comedian Kat Timpf shares how humor has kept her going during the hardest times of her life, and confronts the cancel culture that threatens modern comedy"-- Provided by publisher When someone says "you can't joke about that," what they really mean is "this is a subject that makes people sad or angry." Timpf argues that those subjects are actually the most important to joke about: we can find healing through humor regarding things you probably don't want to bring up in polite conversations. -- adapted from jacket Timpf, Kat. 19502 Comedy Political aspects United States. 19503 Freedom of speech United States. 19504 Cancel culture United States. 16382 Women comedians United States Biography. 19505 Women libertarians. 19506 Biographies. lcgft 5221 Humor. lcgft .b179411469 ddc BOOK 30470 30470 ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ NF 2025-03-18 29.99 B TIMP 40208 2025-03-18 2025-03-18 BOOK 1