Now that I'm an audiobook reader, I wish I'd waited for an author-narration. Like many comedian essay collections, some of the text, especially the reprints, feels like filler. The reprints are also just less funny on the page than they might be in context or performed. Friedman (oh yeah, I read this because the author and I have similar names!) doesn't do herself any favors sharing some of her meaner-spirited jokes. I watched her comedy special, <a href="https://www.peacocktv.com/watch-online/movies/ladykiller/b0d8d5bd-8306-3632-a08b-9e753cabfb0e">Ladykiller</a>, and loved it. It's feminist, political, self-aware, and devoid (mostly? completely?) of the gratuitous and body-shaming humor.