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title: "2 Comedy club Quotes By Lindy West"
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> [On a practical level, I'm uncomfortable at comedy clubs because there are so many shitty dude comics who have made my life miserable. If I go to a comedy club and I look around, I don't know which of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindy-west/on-a-practical-level-i-m-uncomfortable-at-comedy-clubs-because-there/)

[Lindy West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindy-west/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5e/lindy-west-7781_changed_on-a-practical-level-i-m-uncomfortable-a_1277254.jpg)

> [“Dave brought a knife and a gun to a comedy show. Because of a disagreement about whether or not comedy clubs are safe for women. Because the way people talk onstage has no bearing on how they behave in real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindy-west/dave-brought-a-knife-and-a-gun-to-a-comedy-show-because-of-a/)

[Lindy West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindy-west/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50c/lindy-west-7781_comedy_dave-brought-a-knife-and-a-gun-to-a-come_2879475.png)

## More by Lindy West

> [“Thanks for nothing, regular human mom. Footnote: nothing except for the unconditional love and support and meticulous care to make sure I faced the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindy-west/thanks-for-nothing-regular-human-mom-footnote-nothing-except-for-the/)

[Lindy West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindy-west/)

> [The messaging campaign that stigmatized the term feminist definitely worked on me when I was a teenager. I always believed in equality, but there's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindy-west/the-messaging-campaign-that-stigmatized-the-term-feminist-definitely/)

[Lindy West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindy-west/)

> [“Honestly, this 'Where do you get your confidence?' chapter could be sixteen words long. Because there was really only one step to my body…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindy-west/honestly-this-where-do-you-get-your-confidence-chapter-could-be/)

[Lindy West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindy-west/)

> [“I never did manage to lose weight, though - not significantly - and my minor "successes" weren't through any eating patterns that could be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindy-west/i-never-did-manage-to-lose-weight-though-not-significantly-and-my/)

[Lindy West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindy-west/)

> [I don't want any woman to think that I don't have empathy and deep care for all women's body issues. I just want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindy-west/i-don-t-want-any-woman-to-think-that-i-don-t-have-empathy-and-deep/)

[Lindy West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindy-west/)

> [“So, what do you do when you're too big, in a world where bigness is cast not only as aesthetically objectionable, but also as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindy-west/so-what-do-you-do-when-you-re-too-big-in-a-world-where-bigness-is/)

[Lindy West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindy-west/)

> [“Privilege means that it’s easy for white women to do each other favors. Privilege means that those of us who need it the least…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindy-west/privilege-means-that-it-s-easy-for-white-women-to-do-each-other/)

[Lindy West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindy-west/)

> [I've always been an escapist, I guess, and I spend so much time on the internet absorbing ideas and processing the horrors of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindy-west/i-ve-always-been-an-escapist-i-guess-and-i-spend-so-much-time-on-the/)

[Lindy West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindy-west/)

> [“We do not stigmatize people with stomach flu. The active ingredient in period stigma is misogyny.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindy-west/we-do-not-stigmatize-people-with-stomach-flu-the-active-ingredient-in/)

[Lindy West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindy-west/)

> [“Don’t tell thin women to eat a cheeseburger. Don’t tell fat women to put down the fork. Don’t tell underweight men to bulk up.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindy-west/don-t-tell-thin-women-to-eat-a-cheeseburger-don-t-tell-fat-women-to/)

[Lindy West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindy-west/)

> [Indignation and determination are much more constructive emotions than shame and embarrassment. And feminism was this engine that turned one into the other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindy-west/indignation-and-determination-are-much-more-constructive-emotions/)

[Lindy West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindy-west/)

> [“I hate being fat. I hate the way people look at me, or don't. I hate being a joke; I hate the disorienting limbo…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindy-west/i-hate-being-fat-i-hate-the-way-people-look-at-me-or-don-t-i-hate/)

[Lindy West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindy-west/)

> [“To be shrill is to reach above your station; to abandon your duty to soothe and please; in short, to be heard. I”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindy-west/to-be-shrill-is-to-reach-above-your-station-to-abandon-your-duty-to/)

[Lindy West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindy-west/)

> [“There are no “good” abortions and “bad” abortions, there are only pregnant people who want them and pregnant people who don’t, pregnant people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindy-west/there-are-no-good-abortions-and-bad-abortions-there-are-only-pregnant/)

[Lindy West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindy-west/)

> [“No, no one thought that a spontaneous gang rape was going to take place just then on the stage of the Laugh Factory. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindy-west/no-no-one-thought-that-a-spontaneous-gang-rape-was-going-to-take/)

[Lindy West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindy-west/)

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