Notes From the Bathroom Line
Humor, Art, and Low-grade Panic from 150 of the Funniest Women in Comedy
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Publisher Description
A collection of never-before-seen humor pieces—essays, satire, short stories, poetry, cartoons, artwork, and more—from more than 150 of the biggest female comedians today, curated by Amy Solomon, a producer of the hit HBO shows Silicon Valley and Barry.
With contributions from:
Lolly Adefope • Maria Bamford • Aisling Bea • Lake Bell • Rachel Bloom • Rhea Butcher • Nicole Byer • D’Arcy Carden • Aya Cash • Karen Chee • Margaret Cho • Mary H.K. Choi • Amanda Crew • Rachel Dratch • Beanie Feldstein • Jo Firestone • Briga Heelan • Samantha Irby • Emily V. Gordon • Patti Harrison • Mary Holland • Jen Kirkman • Lauren Lapkus • Riki Lindhome • Kate Micucci • Natalie Morales • Aparna Nancherla • Yvonne Orji • Lennon Parham • Chelsea Peretti • Alexandra Petri • Natasha Rothwell • Amber Ruffin • Andrea Savage • Kristen Schaal • Megan Stalter • Beth Stelling • Cecily Strong • Sunita Mani • Geraldine Viswanathan • Michaela Watkins • Mo Welch • Sasheer Zamata • and many more.
More than four decades ago, the groundbreaking book Titters: The First Collection of Humor by Women showcased the work of some of the leading female comedians of the 1970s like Gilda Radner, Candice Bergen, and Phyllis Diller. The book became an essential time capsule of an era, the first of its kind, that opened doors for many more funny women to smash the comedy glass-ceiling.
Today, brilliant women continue to push the boundaries of just how funny—and edgy—they can be in a field that has long been dominated by men. In Notes from the Bathroom Line, Amy Solomon brings together all-new material from some of the funniest women in show business today—award-winning writers, stand-up comedians, actresses, cartoonists, and more.
Notes from the Bathroom Line proves there are no limits to how funny, bad-ass, and revolutionary women can—and continue—to be.
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Comedian Solomon gathers dozens of pieces from female comedians in this bland collection of cartoons, one-liners, script fragments, songs, and comic essays. Themes run the gamut of standard stand-up fodder: dating undatable men, insecurities, becoming one's mother, awkward social encounters, and obsessing over things then obsessing over being obsessed. The results tend toward the underwhelming ("taking my socks off and throwing them on the floor" is Naomi Ekperigin's answer to the question "What's a Bad Habit You'll Never Get Rid Of?") and common (the punch line of Mitra Jouhari's "A Time You Sent a Text to the Wrong Person" is she sends a nude selfie she meant to send to herself to her aunt of the same name). There are some amusing pieces, including Alexandra Petri's parody of a Star Wars novel as written by Ernest Hemingway, but they are outweighed by reams of banal material ("Different groups of people experience different aspects of my personality," explains Rachel Sennott regarding her multiple social media accounts). Solomon aims high, but too often the pieces fall short.
