Maggie Hennefeld is an Assistant Professor of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities and author of Specters of Slapstick and Silent Film Comediennes, published by Columbia University Press.
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Published in: TransformationComedy is part of feminist history—and we need it more than everFeminism has always been mobilized and strengthened through collective joyful laughter.
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Published in: Home“They can shut me up, but they can’t change the truth.”There is a silent war on dissenting amusement afoot. But it's a slippery slope we're on when the criminalization of laughter can lead to punitive arrest, as in the case of activist Desiree Fairooz.