Carly Gardner's feedback to Women in Comedy

I really enjoyed reading your wiki draft! You have definitely covered a good basis. However, I would encourage you to expand your wiki page beyond gender imbalances, and to use a wider variety of scholarly sources (peer reviewed articles, etc). Google scholar and library.ubc.ca would be good places to start.

You do an excellent job of describing the historical emergence of female comedians, but it could be useful to explain how approaches to comedy have changed through time (ex. self-deprecation of appearance & sex appeal). Perhaps also consider some of the stereotypes that women comedians have faced.

I would also encourage you to explore intersectionality on your wiki page. Perhaps include a section looking at female comedians of colour, non-heterosexual orientations, as well as gender non-conforming and/or transgendered comedians.

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Some sources you may want to check out:

women’s experiences in comedy:

…through time - https://www.makers.com/documentary/womenincomedy

… in general - http://journals.sagepub.com.ezproxy.library.ubc.ca/doi/pdf/10.7227/CST.10.2.8

stereotypes:

(https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://en.wikipedia.org/&httpsredir=1&article=1004&context=english_fac_pubs).

intersectionality:

https://wearyourvoicemag.com/more/entertainment/women-color-comedians