Think You Can't Make Jokes Anymore?

Office of Faculty Development - CSM

Worried humour might get you canceled? Learn how to be truly edgy—without punching down—in this smart, funny workshop with Em Cooper.

Think You Can’t Make Jokes Anymore? is a workshop for people who want to make jokes but are worried that humour these days could lead to consequences or cancellation. Join comedian Em Cooper (they/them), who will introduce you to ways to think about your jokes, consider your audience (whether they are friends, colleagues, or strangers), and build the trust needed to push boundaries. Any hack can tell a joke that reinforces marginalizing stereotypes, but being really edgy takes curiosity, vulnerability and hard work. What are you willing to risk to tell a joke?******THINK IT’S TOO RISKY TO MAKE JOKES ANYMORE?Join us throughout Sexual Violence Awareness Month and explore comedy about sexual violence. We will consider how and why humour can connect or divide us, why being funny today matters, and how to make edgy jokes that land.Join Sexual Violence Educator, Kiara Mikita, PhD and Stand-Up Comedian, Em Cooper Throughout MayCome learn and laugh with Sexual Violence Educator, Kiara Mikita, PhD (she/her) and Stand-Up Comedian, Em Cooper (they/them), as they explore the community-building, risk-taking, and cathartic laughter that comedy about sexual violence makes visible. Join them in challenging the popular misconception that increasing awareness about sexual violence means that “you can’t make jokes anymore.” Join Kiara and Em this month as they make clear that playful engagement, critical thinking, and being funny in interpersonal interactions can be inclusive–not mutually exclusive–acts.Some of the media our facilitators might speak about are included in this <a href="https://cumming.ucalgary.ca/sites/default/files/teams/9/SVAM%20-%20Sample%20Media%20List.pdf" title="https://cumming.ucalgary.ca/sites/default/files/teams/9/SVAM%20-%20Sample%20Media%20List.pdf" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sample Media List</a> that webinar participants are welcome to explore.******Think Sexual Violence Awareness Month can't include humour? Think again!It’s probably safe to assume that most of us have heard that there’s nothing funny about rape, and, therefore, by extension, there’s nothing funny about sexual violence. We agree. There is nothing funny about people sexually violating others.So, why take up comedy about sexual violence?The short answer is that we want to learn more about how and what we can do about sexual violence, together. Laughter is an expression and an experience that can bring us together. We think there is much to learn from the wisdom of other approaches and experiences that can deepen our work in preventing, intervening, and responding to sexual violence. Comedy can offer us new ways to look at the world, our work, and ourselves, and playfully lowers our guards in the process.If you feel hesitation or anxiety about exploring jokes about sexual violence, please know that we take up this work with care, consideration, and resources to facilitate thoughtful and powerful learning opportunities for those who choose to share in this with us.

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