Turning Corners | Goldie said they Cut off mic..

28 Sept 2025 · 1 min

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In this informal monologue, the speaker reflects on persistent gender bias in comedy and audience expectations. They recount an anecdote from the 1950s television show 'The Talented Mrs. Mabley,' where a female comedian’s microphone was cut when she began discussing women's issues such as pregnancy, illustrating how audiences historically silenced women’s perspectives. The speaker connects this historical example to contemporary experiences, noting that many people still react negatively when women discuss topics deemed 'woman stuff,' and argues for recognizing individuals as humans rather than reducing them to gendered categories.

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And sometimes you're dealing with people's biases about why I don't want to hear that, right? There's a show that I used to watch, The Talented Mrs. Mabley. I think I'm saying the name of it right. But anyway, it's about this white lady who goes into comedy. She's a housewife. And she gets on stage, and she's hilarious, right? And she's on stage one night, and she's killing it. And she starts talking about women's issues. She talks about having a baby. They go up on stage and they cut her mic. They like, uh-uh, we don't want to hear that. We don't want to hear women talk about— that's woman stuff, right? And so even though that's like the setting of it is like back in the '50s, still to this day I think sometimes like it's certain things people like cringe. They're like, oh, I don't want to hear you talk about that. Oh, you're a woman, I want to hear women say them kind of things. Like, nah, I'm a person, I'm a human, right?