By Renée L. Brown
Let’s tell the truth today, shall we?
They never wanted women to be funny.
Or powerful.
Or equal.
They never even wanted us to be free.
That’s not just my opinion it’s historical fact.
From the start, this world was built on a lie: that God created man first and then decided
woman was just a helper. Not a partner. Not a peer. But a sidekick in the story of male
supremacy.
And let’s be honest white men wrote that version of the script. Then they sold it with
pulpits, policies, and propaganda. They said we were made for service, not leadership.
They said Black people were made for labor, not liberty. They said gay people were
deviant, not divine. And we’ve been battling those baked-in beliefs ever since.
The problem is not that “women aren’t funny.”
The problem is that the same men who built the institutions church, comedy, corporate
America, Congress have done everything in their power to control access to joy, power,
money, and truth.
That’s why we’re still having debates in 2025 about whether a woman deserves to stand
on a stage, own her truth, or dare to make you laugh out loud.
Let me be clear: I’m not looking for permission.
I’m bringing a revolution.
I am fine.
I am funny.
And I am fueled by faith to lead this character uprising in comedy and beyond.
Because make no mistake this is a character crisis.
That article from The Male Agenda hit the nail on the head: men don’t reject women in
comedy because we’re not funny. They reject us because we challenge their control.
Our wit exposes their weakness. Our presence threatens their place. And fragile egos
will do anything to preserve false power, even if it means silencing truth.
But what’s baked in can be burned down.
The same way the lie of Black inferiority was sold to justify slavery…
The same way queer people were labeled “ungodly” to justify exclusion…
The same way women were made subordinates in the name of religion…