“I don’t think that humor is evasive at all. It’s how we protect our hearts from just bleeding to death.”
Bestselling author Terry McMillan knows how to write funny yet complex female characters: Savannah in Waiting to Exhale, Stella in Stella’s Got Her Groove Back, and Georgia in her latest novel, I Almost Forgot About You. Whether they’re wrestling with heartbreak, grief, or loneliness, these women use humor to face whatever life throws at them. But these characters are simply taking the lead from their creator, who sees humor as a way of “protect[ing] our hearts from just bleeding to death.”
[S2] Hari Kondabolu: Comedy Is Therapeutic but Not Therapy
[S2] Sam Sanders: If I Can Laugh With You, I Can See You
[S2] Amichai Lau-Lavie: Deep Laughter in the Place of the Deepest Pain
[S2] Heidi N. Moore: When It Comes to Finance and Comedy, It’s All About Patterns
[S2] Daniel José Older: How We Love Is by Roasting Each Other
[S2] Alexis Wilkinson: Disarming People with Laughter
[S2] Maureen Craig: This Strange, Peculiar Family I Call Mine
[S2] Lalo Alcaraz: We Have Entered the Satire Dimension
[S2] Emily Nagoski: Laughter Is Like Orgasm
[S2] Lindy West: Comedy Helps Us Love Our Bodies
[S2] Derrick Clements: Humor Can Break Down Barriers of Pride
[S2] Margaret Cho: The Deep Connection Between Anger and Humor
[S2] Jonny Sun: Jokes Make the World a Little Less Lonely
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[S1] Sarah Khasawinah: Active Freedom
[S1] Roger Joslin: Preparing for Both the Run and the Prayer
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