How To Set Fire To A Dinner Party
Engage a tableful of thirty-something single women friends in banter.
Ask why a man should pay for a date when the only difference between a date and non-date dinner with a man is the possibility of sex at the end of the night.
Make the link between sex and money more explicit than you should.
Call yourself the only real feminist at the table.
Melt under the flames that emerge around you.
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The indoctrination factories may be less effective than we fear
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We don’t need right-wing comedy
Be clear: comedy can be about politics, but the moment it is for politics rather than for humour, the comedy dies.