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How to Tell a Rape Joke

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4.83.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2018

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Are rape jokes having a #MeToo moment? Caroline and Cristen talk to comic Cameron Esposito about her new stand-up special, 'Rape Jokes,' and discover a history of this humor that'll change how y'all hear rape jokes today. Trigger warning: This episode contains conversations (and two very unfunny jokes) about sexual assault. Follow Unladylike on social @unladylikemedia. And sign up for our newsletter at unladylike.co/newsletter. Find Unladylike Merch at unladylike.co/shop. Call our hotline with your friendship stories at 262-8-GALPAL. Hear exclusive bonus episodes of Unladylike on Stitcher Premium! Use promo code "UNLADYLIKE" at stitcher.com/premium for a free month trial. Our new bonus episode, How to Be C&C, is out now! This episode is brought to you by Flex [http://ihatetampons.com with code UNLADYLIKE], Beyond Meat [http://beyondmeat.com/unladylike], Framebridge [http://framebridge.com with code UNLADYLIKE], and Skillshare [http://skillshare.com/unladylike]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hey y'all and welcome to Unlady Life to show the finds out what happens when women break

1:33.3

the rules.

1:34.3

I'm Kristen and I'm Caroline and that was Stand Up Comic, Actor, Director, Podcast,

1:39.6

and Dare We Say Queer icon, Cameron Esposito.

1:44.2

Quite the multi-hyphen it for real.

1:46.7

And she was telling us about her new one hour comedy special out now on Vulture called

1:52.2

Rape Jokes.

1:53.2

Like Rape Joke, Rape Jokes.

1:56.6

Here's the clip.

1:58.8

And I think about survivors, the way that they're portrayed in television and film, especially

2:02.4

if they're women.

2:03.4

I feel like it's like she's assaulted and then she becomes like very good at swords.

2:07.4

Do you know the storylines I'm talking about?

2:12.4

There's like a combat element and that was not true for me.

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