Title You can't joke about that : why everything is funny, nothing is sacred, and we're all in this together / Kat Timpf.

Publication Info.	New York, NY : Broadside Books, [2023]
	©2023.

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East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department	818 TIMPF	Check Shelf
Granby, Main Library - Adult	818.6 TIM	Check Shelf
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Edition	First edition.
Description	x, 237 pages ; 24 cm
Summary	"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.
Note	Includes index.
Contents	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.
Summary	In a 2019 study, 40% of people reported censoring themselves out of fear that voicing their views would alienate them from the people they care about most. Timpf shows why much of the way we talk about sensitive subjects is wrong. We push ourselves into unnecessary conflicts when we should feel like we're all in this together. 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
Subject	Comedy -- Political aspects -- United States.
	American wit and humor -- Political aspects.
	Freedom of speech -- United States.
	Cancel culture -- United States.
	Timpf, Kat.
	Women comedians -- United States -- Biography.
	Women libertarians -- United States -- Biography.
	Cancel culture. (OCoLC)fst02020518
	Comedy -- Political aspects. (OCoLC)fst00869089
	Freedom of speech. (OCoLC)fst00934044
	Women comedians. (OCoLC)fst01177507
	Women libertarians. (OCoLC)fst01178105
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form	Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
	Biographies.
	Humor.
Added Title	You cannot joke about that
Other Form:	Online version: Timpf, Kat. You can't joke about that First edition. New York, NY : Broadside Books, [2023] 9780063270435 (DLC) 2022048266
ISBN	9780063270428 (hardcover)
	0063270420 (hardcover)

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