Femsplain Comedy Show - Akilah Hughes

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• published: 04 Mar 2015
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THE FEMSPLAIN KICKSTARTER WAS FULLY FUNDED! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/femsplain/femsplain-feminism-full-time Also, just a note: To all the people who had nice things to say about my jokes, THANK YOU! It wasn't nearly as rehearsed (read: it wasn't rehearsed) as I'd like, but I wanted to support my friend's kickstarter and with your help we reached the goal! Thanks for supporting me, even when I'm not perfect. To everyone who hated it/me/wants it all to die: While I appreciate the constructive criticism in the comments section (you laugh too much, HACK!), all I ask is that you maybe consider the courage it takes to put yourself out there and make a 10 minute comedy set that you are performing live. Entertain the possibility that between working a full time job, creating weekly content for you all FOR FREE, and working on a bajillion side projects that I cannot wait to share with you, but can't right now, I didn't have months and months to rehearse this set. In fact, I wrote this set specifically for this show only a few nights before and had never performed it in front of anyone. I was doing a friend a favor by performing at this show for her amazing website and I had hoped that most of you would understand that this is not my comedy central special. In fact, it's not even the best set I have. It's just a glimpse at what I've been doing outside of making videos for the channel. One of the best/worst things about YouTube is that it allows you to make contact with your audience. I can talk directly to you and you can speak directly back to me. It's a transaction. The problem, therein, is that in traditional media environments, performers don't have to deal with blowback after a stand up set. They do the set, they go home, it's over. On the internet, I get to hear critiques from a million people, oddly enough none of them are Chris Rock or Mike Birbiglia or Louis CK or Jenny Slate or even some of my amazing friends who perform all around the city to sold out crowds. So while, yes, I appreciate that you noticed I said like a bunch (how dare I be nervous), I also am not going to pay mind to most of the (very few) negative comments. It's been more than 2 weeks since that show and I'm performing more and more every day. Suffice it to say you won't be getting more stand up for free from me for a long time.