There were very few women comics when I started out doing stand-up. But I always saw that as a great advantage.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I had no desire to be a stand-up comic until I decided to do it.
I'm more influenced by characters than standups. I love strong, comic women because it's so hard, and I have so much respect for anyone who can do it. I'm a big fan of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler and people like that.
I love stand-up comics, particularly those who have embraced podcasting.
There are a lot of comics at the top end making staggering amounts of money and selling out stadiums. I think stand-up is a more intimate thing than that. Maybe because of the kind of comedy I do. It's like a discussion, but I'm the one with the microphone.
There are 10-20 times more male comics than female comics; it's something to do with the social structure of society.
Being a female comic and getting a Comedy Central special is an honor because not a lot of women get that.
Comics are so full of amazing work. And I can't look at a drawing of a woman without thinking of, for instance, Wallace Wood and his amazing way of capturing beauty.
There's not one type of stand-up, just like there's not one type of woman.
It's only recently women got to be action heroes on TV. Progress is slow, and often non-existent. There's plenty of cool comics with female characters... But all it takes is one Catwoman to set the cause back a decade.
Really, it hasn't changed for female comics; it's still hard for females to really enter the game.