Are Women of Color Disappearing From Comedy Again?
The Waves: Gender, Relationships, Feminism
Slate Podcasts
4.2 • 903 Ratings
🗓️ 22 December 2022
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
On this week’s episode of The Waves, Slate senior supervising producer Daisy Rosario talks to comedian and activist Aida Rodriguez about the state of women in comedy. They dig into Aida’s background and what it was like to come up as a woman of color in comedy. They also unpack the sneaking suspicion that women of color are getting fewer and fewer chances these days, and how to turn trauma into comedy.
In Slate Plus, Aida and Daisy talk about whether it’s feminist to not stand up for yourself in a loud way.
Catch Aida’s comedy Fighting Words on HBO Max.
Podcast production by Cheyna Roth with editorial oversight by Daisy Rosario and Alicia Montgomery.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains explicit language. Welcome to the Waves Slate's podcast about gender, feminism, and today we'll be talking about surviving as a woman and a mother and a truth teller in your industry. Every episode you get a new pair of women to talk about the thing that we can't get off our minds. And today you've got me, Daisy Rosario, |
| 0:34.4 | senior supervising producer of audio here at Slate. |
| 0:37.4 | And I'm thrilled to be having a conversation |
| 0:39.8 | with a incredibly funny and intelligent woman who I admire quite a lot. |
| 0:45.1 | Today I am joined by comedian Ida Rodriguez. |
| 0:48.7 | You might know her work from her HBO Max Special fighting words or her Netflix comedy special which was part. her |
| 0:53.3 | HBO Max Special fighting words or her Netflix comedy special which was part of the Tiffany Hattish |
| 0:56.0 | series They Ready. She's also been a longtime contributor to the young Turks. |
| 1:01.9 | Now Ida is not just a comedian, she's also a mother and that has been true the entire time that she has been pursuing her career, which is not the order that a lot of people tend to do that type of work in. |
| 1:15.2 | So I'm especially excited to talk to her about that in addition to the many other challenges |
| 1:19.2 | about being a woman in the industry in which she is. |
| 1:27.3 | So we're gonna take a quick break here, |
| 1:29.0 | but when we get back, you will hear more from me |
| 1:31.2 | and Ida Rodriguez talking all about what it's like to be a woman, a creative, |
| 1:36.0 | in comedy. And we are back with Ida Rodriguez. I'da, welcome to the waves. Thank you for having me. I haven't been I've been in isolation for a couple of weeks so this is like my first |
| 1:58.6 | communication. Well, thank you for making the time for this. I am a huge fan of your comedy. |
| 2:04.7 | You know in our intro we listed all the great work that people can check out. |
| 2:09.4 | It's been about a year since your HBO Max Special Fighting Words came out. |
| 2:15.0 | Thank you. |
| 2:17.0 | Thank you. |
| 2:18.0 | I'm so happy to be here tonight. |
| 2:21.0 | Yes. here tonight. In the Bo stamp building. |
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