Author: Leighann Lord
Leighann Lord (PhD, honorary) is a veteran stand-up comedian and the author of several humor books, including Dict Jokes and Real Women Do It Standing Up. She is the creator of the People with Parents podcast and is a former StarTalkRadio cohost. Loes has been seen on Comedy Central, HBO, The View, and in the Netflix Def Comedy Jam 25th Anniversary Special. She received the 2019 Humanist Arts Award and is currently a cohost for Point of Inquiry, the podcast of the Center for Inquiry.
Raised on Respectability Politics
I’ve been trying to write this article for two years. Clearly I’ve been resistant, perhaps because this is not a feel-good piece. I’m not even sure folks in the mainstream are familiar with the phrase “Respectability Politics.” So, let me catch you up. While Wikipedia has a robust explanation, I’ll share the much more concise …
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