Kate Clinton
Kate Clinton
Kate Clintonis an American comedian specializing in political commentary from a gay/lesbian point of view...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth9 November 1947
CountryUnited States of America
produce form masculine
Lesbians are likely to be drawn to stand-up, if only because it's cheaper to produce and therefore more accessible for women. But the very form of stand-up is masculine.
laughter lying blow
Laughter takes the tyranny of the lies we are told and told and told and it blows them apart.
feminist feminism arcs
Whenever a woman describes herself as a 'post-feminist' I picture women lashed to posts. Joan of Arc was an early post-feminist.
uncles party color
After the Reagan years, there were only three people of color in the Republican Party. Their slogan was 'Republicans - the Other White Meat.' George [H.] Bush tried to dispel the 'whites only' image of his party, often referring to his Mexican-American grandkids as 'the little brown ones over there,' and nominated Clarence Uncle Thomas to the Supreme Court.
dad moving sexuality
[On being lesbian:] One pointer: don't come out to your dad in a moving vehicle.
teacher kids soup
A friend of mine said, no matter what I do I always look like an English teacher. She actually said, you still look like a Campbell's Soup kid.