on being a humorless hairy-legged feminist

Hey, pop culture (today in the form of NPR's Wait Wait Don't Tell Me), I'll stop being humorless when you stop basing all of your humor on sexist stereotypes. Note however that taking some time out to switch to racist stereotypes doesn't particularly help.

I think that show in particular has actually gotten worse, but maybe I'm just noticing more. My understanding is that Peter Sagal writes all his own stuff, which argues for more consistency over time, but I could easily be wrong there.

Last night I was contemplating the same basic thesis vs. music, but that's a longer and sadder topic.