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I saw this yesterday and found it kinda cool:
https://www.wral.com/story/joking-about-her-abusive-husband-launched-this-chinese-comedian-to-stardom-the-authorities-aren-t-laughing/22098965/
But Fan’s acerbic takes on patriarchy and domestic abuse have alarmed some officials in China, where women’s rights remain a sensitive issue. Trying to boost birth rates and thwart a looming demographic crisis, the ruling Communist Party is urging women to embrace traditional gender roles. It has cracked down hard on the country’s nascent feminist movement, which it deems a malicious Western influence.
During the performance that shot her to fame earlier this month, Fan laid bare the absurdity facing many victims of domestic violence in the country.
She said she was beaten by her ex-husband. But when she told her parents she wanted a divorce, her father warned her not to bring disgrace to the family.
“When men are involved in domestic violence, it’s not shameful. When women demand a divorce, it’s shameful,” she said, drawing cheers during her performance at The King of Stand-up Comedy, a popular contest streamed by online platform iQiyi.
Fan’s performance appears to have chagrined at least one local government.
It’s also good that she comes with her very own explanatory note from the London School of Economics. I am a huge fan of explanations. We need more of them in society.
Fan has never openly identified herself as a feminist.
Well that part is not good. Remember that time Beyonce had that nice sign..that’s the way to go..all nice, neatly labelled and explained. And ideally with a product you buy to show true solidarity.
And when I say comedy is my favorite art form, I definitely don’t mean Dudesy (with the exception of Yan LeCun industrial AI is mostly a fraud imo).
https://www.wheresyoured.at/empty-laughter/
Though in fairness, the only chatbot I ever tried that didn’t suck, cleverbot, was one I used because it was frequently funny. And it’s human scientist, Rollo Carpenter comes off as cool.
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