Tina Fey, Feminist

With significantly more women in college than men today, more or less equal job opportunities for younger women and men, and the country on the verge of electing a female president, the feminist movement can pretty much claim victory.

One area, however, where women continue to lag behind men is in the humor department. Women are less funny than men. I didn't do an empirical study, but anyone with half a brain knows this to be true, whether they choose to admit it or not. Feminists should take up this cause and prioritize it right behind the massive subjugation of women in the Muslim world.

The Ayan Hirsi Ali of comedy is Tina Fey. With Baby Mama coming out this weekend, she will probably have both the funniest movie and funniest TV show in America. Not only that...her humor is inclusive and not exclusive. She's like the Chris Paul of comedy, making the people around her funnier. See Tracy Jordan, Baldwin, Rachel Dratch, Amy whatever her last name is. These people aren't all that funny sans Fey, much like David West and Tyson Chandler aren't All Stars without Paul.

Doing her comedy thang probably helps young girls whose funny instincts get suppressed over time by social constraints. Or in any case, I'm sure it helps more than all the women empowerment groups, who seem mostly interested in getting their members jobs or other career-college-advantages vs. actually improving the lot of women overall.