Sarah Aswell is a senior editor at Scary Mommy, where she leads the news and trending team as well as Scary Mommy Book Club. A humor writer and stand-up comedian, her work has appeared in places like The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, National Lampoon, MAD Magazine, Reductress, Funny or Die, and more.
If your joke relies on a slur, you’re not pushing boundaries — you’re skipping the punchline. Missoula’s comedy scene, for the most part, gets the difference.
Author Brian Buckbee’s bond with a wounded pigeon allows “We Should All Be Birds” to take flight, but the deeper story is one of survival through illness and heartbreak.
Charlotte Macorn, who transformed herself into one of Missoula’s most ubiquitous performers, discusses Queerwest Film Fest, the subversive art of drag wrestling, and how the local comedy scene gave her the tools for her next chapter.
