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5 of the 10 major programs at the 5th Global Form for Combating Antisemitism.
The only thing I can surmise from a program packed this full of men and absent of women is that women are not anti-Semitic and therefore don’t need to combat it or be at this conference.
Sara Benincasa brought this to my attention.
For context, HERE is the portion of Ari Shaffir’s special that Damienne Merlina is responding to.
I have a lot of thoughts about this. In no particular order they are as follows.
I don’t know Damienne Merlina, but I think this was a fair, brave, and totally appropriate response.
I don’t know Ari Shaffir, but I would guess even he understands at this point that it is monstrously unethical and simply gross to name check a person on stage and on television in a bit that trashes their body and personhood.
I don’t believe in a lot of comedy rules. About punching up vs. punching down. What’s off limits and what’s fair game. Whether “getting laughs” doesn’t “count” as “making jokes.” Whether a comic is “just saying what EVERYONE is secretly thinking” or whether a comic is just secretly thinking awful things and hoping the audience validates his or her awfulness.
“Real standup” is usually a term used by insecure comics to disqualify performers who aren’t doing the exact same thing they are.
Instead I think everyone has the right to do what he/she thinks is funny and bear the consequences, good or bad.
(Just as everyone has the right to like what they like and dislike what they don’t.)
Which is to say, it’s absolutely Ari Shaffir’s right to include what seems to me (to me!) as a formless personal rant about a colleague—something that one might say among friends over drinks after a show—as part of his professional stage show and the hour that he wants to show to the world.
And I guess it’s even his right to use Damienne Merlina’s real name if he wants to, and take whatever heat that results. I’m sure he’s feeling it now.
I wouldn’t do it, and I don’t like it. But plenty of people don’t like my work, and I don’t bear Ari Shaffir any ill will. We have mutual friends, and this is just one part of one hour of a whole career.
But as a sometime employee of Comedy Central, it bothers me that this went to air. I don’t get why—if only from a legal perspective—they didn’t take Ari Shaffir aside and say, “hey, you don’t want to really do this, do you? Let’s maybe bleep out this person’s actual name.”
If Comedy Central finds this bit worthy of being part an hour special, that’s their choice. But why wouldn’t they protect Damienne, themselves, and even Ari from what I think we can all agree is just a grossly dumb and damaging and hurtful decision?
This, from John Hodgman. Shaffir was just plain mean. Brave that she showed us all how heartbreaking it can be to be the target of cheap bullying.
Although it probably doesn't need to be said, I'm the lavender bubble. #okcupid
There isn’t a silver bullet that will magically make computer science a more diverse space. There has to be consistent long term investment in education institutions, as well as the industry, to move the needle in a sustainable way.
Mona Akmal, Code.org’s Director of Product, on diversity in tech. (via codeorg)
I hope my next job title will be "Transponster." #illbethereforyou
If you're like me, this @EW cover made you simultaneously happy and sad. #RIPHaroldRamis
That time I checked out Gmail inbox & their how-to to guide slideshow includes a notification of a ticket booked on Oceanic Airlines. #wehavetogobackkate #LOST
Two awareness campaigns. One sticker. #movember #election2014 #vote #moustachesticker #votestache (at Robertson Recreation Center)
My Nissan Versa got a love note yesterday.
My reimagining of what HBO's "The Leftovers" is really about.
Thus spake the staircase. At Ace Hotel, NYC. #InstaSize
"Strong Language" - Mel Bochner exhibit at @thejewishmuseum is striking and a must-see, especially for writers. #Languageisinfinite
Just when I thought I had learned how to tell time. Now I realize I can only tell time about half the time. #timeaftertime
I guess that's what you get when you take the 4:20 flight from SFO. I love you, #VirginAmerica. #senseofhumor #fearofflying (at San Francisco International Airport (SFO))
Not sure I would have paired "moving truck' with "Native American," but maybe I'm not edgy enough. Makes me wonder what post-Inquisition Spain had on their moving trucks.
It's not a watermelon cupcake without mock watermelon seeds. Might be made w/artificial colors & flavors.… (at Target (Beverly Connection))
I think my Words with Friends just asked me to become Words with Friends with Benefits. #happyvalentinesday
