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Marcia Belskyis a formidable, feminist force.
Around town, Belsky performs standup and is in a feminist comedy band called Free the Mind.
Ive been seeingHeadless Women of Hollywoodeverywhere this week.
How did it start?
I re-postedthis tweetfor Womens History Month and it went viral.
A college professor, a sociologist named Robert Goldman, showed us this trope one day.
In a way, were numb to womens bodies being used as landscape.
Have never noticed that, but… maybe?
I think seeing them all compiled like that made people go, Whoa.
Okay, this is a thing.
A lot of people have been asking me this.
I cant really know for sure.
I know a friend who said they changed a poster at work because he thought of my project.
What do you hope the impact ofHeadless Hollywoodwill be?
Who, ideally, do you want it to reach?
Hollywood is still a boys club.
The ones who dont want to change, dont want to change.
Advertising is never going to think, How do we better society?
unless they are hired to make a commercial for a charity.
However, there are always people who genuinely do want to do the right thing.
And in the meantime, laugh about it.
I always thought it was funny that Taylor Swift was a country singer who is actually from Pennsylvania.
My favorite was one girl who just replied her Mom is from Missouri.
My favorite ever is this dudetweetingat me @MarciaBelsky why do you hate men?
and then retweeting himself and asking me that again when I ignored him.
I swear, I have never laughed so much.
Why do you tweet?
What do you hope to get out of it?
I hope to get out of it four million dollars or a writing job.
I will take either.
At first, I think I started tweeting because of comedy.
But then I started to enjoy it.
Its nice as a comic because we are all pretty insecure when it comes down to it.
What does your newsfeed look like?
Is it mostly comedy or other content as well?
I do like political stuff.
So, a mix of silly people who I love and serious people.
And nothing is more boring to me than people being contrary just for the sake of it.
Karen Cheeis a is a writer/performer who contributes regularly toThe New YorkerandMcSweeneys.
