2018 was a great year for female comics, but once again women trail men in pay disparity, with only one woman making Forbes' list of the highest-paid comics in the world: Amy Schumer.
magazine published a piece by the late writer Christopher Hitchens with the explosive title"Why Women Aren't Funny." The article canonized the false assumption about women in comedy, arguably one of the hardest areas in the arts for women to break the glass ceiling.
"If you had a good pregnancy, like if you're someone who enjoyed being pregnant, I just hope your car flips over," Schumer joked in her comedy special. Schumer was forced to cancel multiple dates of her comedy tour because she suffered from chronic morning sickness, a condition called hyperemesis gravidarum. Ultimately she had to cancel her tour because of it.
"I have a pretty good attitude about it and some days I feel good for a couple hours," Schumer wrote on Instagram about the cancelation of her show."But mostly, it sucks. I wanted to push through and do my shows...I hate letting people down and I love stand up and money! But more than that I have to think about my health and the baby."
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