NATIONALBESTSELLER“Infactveryfunny.“--Cosmopolitan“[A]hilariousandmuch-neededbook.“--SamanthaBee,EmmyAward-winningcomedian,author,andhostofFullFrontalwithSamanthaBeeForfansoftheperceptivecomedyofHannahGadsby,LindyWest,andSarahSilverman,AcademyAward-nominatedandacclaimedstand-upcomedianJenaFriedmanpresentsawittyandinsightfulcollectionofessaysontheculturalflashpointsoftoday.Growingup,JenaFriedmandidn’tcareaboutbeinglikable.Andsheneverwantedtobeacomedian,either.Achildofthe90s,shewouldn’tdiscoverherknackforthefunnybusinessuntilresearchforhercollegethesisledhertotakeanimprovclassinChicago.Thatanthropologypaper,writtenonrace,class,andgenderinthecity’scomedyscene,was,inJena’sownwords,“justasfunnyasitsounds.“ButitdidlaythegroundworkforacareerthathasseenherwriteandproduceforTheDailyShowwithJonStewart,theLateShowwithDavidLetterman,andtheOscarnominatedBoratSubsequentMoviefilm.Friedman’sdebutcollection,NotFunny,takesonthethirdrailsofmodernlifeinJena’sboldandsubversivestyle,withessaysthatexplorecancelculture,sexism,work,celebrityworship,and...deadbabyjokes.Inamomentwherewomen’srightsarebeingrolledback,fascismisontherise,andsomanyofuscoulduseabreatheraswestruggletogetby,Jenaappliesheruniquegiftstopullalaughfromthingsdeemedtooraw,tooprecious,andtooscarytojokeabout.Shesharesherstoriesoftakingonthosewhotoldhershewastoobrash,tooedgy,andtoo“unlikable“tomakeit.Shedeftlydissectshowwegetcoercedintosilenceontheissuesthatmattermost,untilthey’vegonetoofarafieldtobeturnedbackaroundagain.Andshesharesherstrugglestomakeit(-ish)inaworldthat,moreoftenthannot,wouldrathertuneoutthanlistentoawomanconfrontingtheindignitieswe’vebeentoldtobear.
