"The Fantasy Game" is a short humorous essay about using fantasy to feel powerful. Kaufman tells readers to imagine a more feminist world in order to survive everyday sexism.
"Empowerment Through Humor" is was a speech over the use of humor to help empower women. It was given in Columbus, Ohio by Gloria Kaufman. Kaufman also jokes in a hand written that she should talk about empowerment through the weather.
Letter to Gloria Kaufman.
Don and Alleen Nilsen, the co-chairs of the World Humor and Irony Membership (WHIM), invited Kaufman to become a member of the National Advisory Committee for the sixth international WHIM humor conference. Kaufman accepts…
Gloria Kaufman's introduction to the first book she edited, "Pulling Our Own Strings."
She discusses the importance of feminist humor, and how it is used to lift up women and shed light on serious feminist topics.
Cover of "Pulling Our Own Strings," a book edited by Gloria Kaufman and Mary Kay Blakely. The book features feminist humor and satire from numerous writers.
The article discusses the history of humor and irony in feminist movements. Kaufman uses numerous examples of humorous feminist writing to argue that "humor is surely one of the best feminist weapons."