Count Down SNL’s Best Feminist Moments With Us“This year marks Saturday Night Li

Count Down SNL’s Best Feminist Moments With Us“This year marks Saturday Night Live’s 40th year on the air, and we’re reflecting on its place in American comedy. Though Saturday Night Live has always served as a safe place for new and different ideas in comedy (and performance in general—when it started, it was a variety show), it hasn’t always been kind to its women. Though the cast has always contained female players, women were shut out of seriously iconic roles—we’re talking Land Shark, Wayne and Garth, Wild-and-Crazy-Guys iconic—for the first, like, two decades.Still, SNL, like all comedy, exists to reflect the cultural climate, and as the public dialogue about women’s rights has gotten louder, there’s been a deluge of lady-centric content in the last decade or so—content that celebrates its female creatives in a way that goes well beyond “We have women in the cast, ergo, feminism.” Though it still has a ways to go, SNL at 40 is host to writers and performers who tackle feminist issues and crush long-held stereotypes—especially that one about women not being funny. In celebration of the show’s anniversary, we decided to take a look back at some of our favorite feminist moments from the show’s history. Here’s to 40 more years of hilarious women.Read the full piece and see some classic skits here -- source link

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