In praise of stridency.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Long, Josie
- Source
- New Statesman. 12/21/2012, Vol. 141 Issue 5138, p29-29. 1p.
- Subject
- *ACTIVISM
*FEMINISTS
*WOMEN comedians
*ARTS education advocacy
*SEXISM
- Language
- ISSN
- 1364-7431
The author, a stand-up comedian and political activist, offers a personal retrospective on the year 2012. She discusses her effort to persist in left activism and opposition to the British Conservative Party-led government despite setbacks. She recounts co-founding an organization to support low-income students in the arts and bringing content related to feminism and sexism into her comedy routines.