- Author
- Comedian
- Brand-Builder
- Ass-Kicker
What gets me out of bed AND keeps me up at night: using the power of comedy and pop culture to shift perceptions and promote equality. I’m a brand builder, creative strategist, and writer-about and producer of culture change. I am founder and CEO of GOLD Comedy, the comedy school, professional network, and content studio where women/non-binary creatives grow their comedy careers, build powerful communities, and make funny stuff. With supergenius Chris Kalb, I co-created (in 1997!) one of the earliest internet success stories: Breakup Girl, the only superhero who can both bend steel bars and mend broken hearts. I’m an award-winning journalist whose work changed laws and national conversations. Plus: author and novelist, communications executive, and comedy producer/performer/instructor. I’m also the first/former co-host, with Ginna Green, of A Bintel Brief: The Podcast, which brings the Forward’s iconic advice column into the audio age. Plus a co-founder of the comedy/event series Persisticon, which raises money to elect feminist, pro-abortion women. Finally, I am a retired Tonya Harding lookalike, which is a long story.
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