i’ve been writing and rewriting, trying to get my thoughts down about the recent slap fest between lady blog jezebel and the daily show.

jezebel thinks there should be more women on TDS and that the ones who are a part of the show are like battered wives. and if you disagree with jezebel, you hate women.

i am painting this with an extremely broad brush, i know. i mean, is TDS a boys’ club? in the writers’ room, probably. that’s the case in a lot of TV writers’ rooms and it could stand to change. people go with what they know and if all they know is other funny dudes… i’m sure jon stewart falls victim to that.

but here’s where jezebel went wrong - they’re holding up TDS as some sort of beacon of progressive thought. IT’S A FUCKING COMEDY SHOW. here’s what i do: i watch it for the comedy. when something’s funny, i laugh. when it’s not so funny, i don’t laugh. when jon gets to preachifying, i yell at my TV, “uh, strident alert!” when jon wears a nice tie, i say, “nice tie.”

basically, those jezebel posts and comments (and i have read EVERY COMMENT, real talk) kinda felt like the longest women studies class i’ve ever taken - and i dropped out of college so i’m pretty sure i don’t know what i’m talking about. but still! too much college credit, not enough real life experience.

because i try to see both sides, i didn’t want to knee-jerk disagree with jezebel - i mean, there were interesting conversations about women not being funny (it breaks my heart to know that people feel this way, but what can you do?) and the original piece did make me think outside of my comfort zone. but then olivia munn made a second appearance on TDS and the jezebelles kinda ripped her a new one. so hire women, jon - just don’t hire the wrong type of woman.

great, now i’m defending olivia munn, even though i had my doubts after her first appearance.

UGH.

huh. all of that, and the best i can come up with is “ugh.” here, i’ll let the women of the daily show handle it.

a bit snippy, i know, but that’s how TDS rolls. jezebel should be lucky that TDS didn’t hire a gospel choir to visit their offices to sing.

can we all just get along now? because my brain hurts.