Showing Tag: "comedian" (Show all posts)

When America Laughs - an Interview with Kate Clinton

Posted by ulla on Saturday, February 28, 2009, In : Comedy 

She calls herself a fumerist (feminist humourist)  - Kate Clinton; stylish butch and one of the funniest lesbians in the USA  And for fellow South Africans who may not know much about her, the good news is that there’s plenty out there to get your grubby little cyber paws on.  She blogs all over the place and there’s lots of video too.  her live performances are legendary, her DVD’s are hysterical and she’s been in the comedy game for 25 years.   When...


Continue reading ...
 

Extreme Maggie-nificence

Posted by ulla on Wednesday, February 25, 2009, In : Comedy 
Maggie Faris, according to some, is “just a fat old lady into extreme sports.”  According to America’s lesbian Curve Magazine, she’s also one of the top 100 funniest lesbians.   I first stumbled across this extreme Maggie-ness on a wordpress blog, then I wandered across to her website and decided the most appropriate word for all of it was “offbeat.”  I like offbeat.  Offbeat doesn’t dress like society wants it to it’s well outside of the mainstream and doesn’t care.  Offbea...
Continue reading ...
 
 

Got something subcultural (heh!) to share?  Use the contact page and let me know - if it's interesting, your interview might just appear here and on a website or two that I write for. 

Most interviews here appeared on queerlife.co.za with the exception of The World Unseen, which was commissioned by mambagirl.com.  Some interviews have been republished on cherrygrrl.com

All interviews from the March 29th one onwards are up for grabs - use the contact form to liaise.

Great news, my interview with The World Unseen people was the cover story of the South African Big Issue March 6 2009.