Michelle wolf black8/10/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() On “Period,” from her HBO Special, Nice Lady, Wolf puts into exquisite words something many women have thought their whole lives, yet felt shamed into silence. It took being married to me for a woman to feel comfortable enough to explain it. This male ignorance and indifference to something half of humanity goes through every month exasperates her. It’s from 2017.Īmong my wife’s biggest complaints about men is that we do not understand just how extreme the discomfort and mess of the menstrual cycle is. Every permutation of “Penises vary,” “Erections are embarrassing,” or “Testicles are sensitive” has been presented thousands of times, yet the first comprehensive look at the basic common female experience of menstruation I’ve ever heard is “Period” by Michelle Wolf. Until this decade, stand-up at the professional level was nearly 90 percent male. Saying you’ve heard too many female comedians discuss their genitals is bizarre. I have yet to see any of these critics cite an actual vagina joke, let alone the multiple vagina jokes that would justify their annoyance. She is an avid long-distance runner in her limited free time.“I’m so sick of women comics talking about their vaginas.” This is said by people who find fault with women who do stand-up, and it’s said often. When not crisscrossing the nation on tour, Wolf lives in NY. ![]() The critically acclaimed show, which earned her a nomination for the Best Newcomer Prize from the Edinburgh Comedy Awards, garnered numerous four-star reviews from top publications such as The Guardian, Herald, and Scotsman. In 2016, she completed an incredibly successful first appearance at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with a sold-out run of her debut hour-long stand-up show Michelle Wolf: So Brave. Wolf headlines comedy clubs and colleges all over the United States and has performed at a number of festivals including the Riot LA Comedy Festival, San Francisco Sketchfest, Moontower, Bonnaroo, Just For Laughs Montreal, JFL 42 and the Dublin Comedy Festival. She was also named to Rolling Stone’s list of the 25 funniest people on Twitter right now and selected as one of the “New Faces of Comedy” for the 2014 Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal. Wolf was named to Vulture’s list of “50 Comedians You Should Know in 2015” and one of “The Top 10 Funniest Women in NYC” by TimeOut New York. Wolf also created and starred in two digital series, Now Hiring and Used People for Comedy Central and wrote for the 88th Academy Awards hosted by Chris Rock. Michelle appeared regularly on the show in various bits and as the popular reoccurring character she created, “Grown-Up Annie.” Honors ![]() Prior to joining The Daily Show, Michelle was a writing supervisor and performer on Late Night with Seth Meyers, where she also made her late-night television debut as a comic in July 2014. Wolf most recently worked as an on-air contributor and writer for Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. The well-reviewed special tackled a wide range of topics from her surprising thoughts on feminism, the environment and how nature is sexist to the mystery surrounding public bathrooms, why Hilary Clinton could not be a “nice lady” and more of life’s everyday absurdities. In 2017, Michelle’s first hour-long stand-up special Michelle Wolf: Nice Lady, premiered on HBO. She hosted the recent Netflix weekly half-hour comedy show The Break With Michelle Wolf. Michelle Wolf has quickly established herself as a major voice in the comedy world and established 2018 as her breakout year, when she hosted the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. ![]()
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