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The Fish Cat Dating Project
One month ago I catfished the whole concept of catfishing. I set up a Tinder profile with the photos you're not supposed to use — the ones you'd only see once you made it past date one. The ‘Reverse Catfish’ which shall now be named ‘The Fish Cat Project’. The idea: turn up looking dramatically better than advertised. Under-promise, over-deliver, works every time. My bio, word for word: ‘Decided to put together the most honest profile I can. You won't see me looking like thes
Vanessa Mitchell
6 days ago3 min read
The Punchline is Permission:How Comedy Dismantles Shame
There are moments that happen in almost every show that I do. It's not just the big laughs — though dear Lordy, do I love the big laughs. It's the moment before the laugh. The sharp intake of breath. The split second where someone in the audience thinks: are we allowed to laugh at this? And then we do. All of us. Together. That moment is why I make comedy. Shame Is Not Your Conscience. It's a Cage. Let's be honest about what shame actually is, because we've been mislabe
Vanessa Mitchell
Aug 45 min read


WTF JULY! We started as strangers...
WTF JULY! It really is hard to put into words what has happened this month, but I will give it a red hot crack. Earlier this year, my friend Doc came to me with a crazy idea — to offer people the chance to join us on a holiday in Canada while I was there doing a mini-taster comedy tour. Our slogan was: 'We're going anyway, are ya comin' or what?' We planned to be like tour guides, who don't actually know anything about anything. We just know how to have fun. Within a
Vanessa Mitchell
Aug 33 min read
Sexual Me
I want to clear something up. This is on my mind a lot since doing comedy. Who you think I am and who I am. How you think I act and how I really act. Especially the women who are scared to leave their husbands alone with me, or the men that think I'm trying to get in their pants because I give eye contact when I talk to them. I talk a lot about sex on stage. I think about sex a lot off stage. But I'm not having as much sex as most people think I am. And I'm not out looking fo
Vanessa Mitchell
Jul 143 min read
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