The female suffragists didn’t die so women in their 20s would have to buy their own tequila shots, self-proclaimed “feminist” Anne Gus wrote in a Thought Catalog article. The provocative piece, called ...

Irving Berlin’s patriotic belief in his adopted country would seem to be an affectionate constant in his career, but as the crisis of the depression deepened, even Berlin could see the box office ...

Larry David doesn't sound happy about Bill Maher's dinner with President Donald Trump. The "Curb Your Enthusiasm" star, 77, published a satirical essay in The New York Times on April 21 that appeared ...

Satire is supposed to prick people's consciences and challenge the powerful - but is that possible in a society where no-one can agree the basis of right and wrong, asks Will Self. In the wake of the ...

Robert Phiddian received funding from the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions to support work towards the recently published Satire and the Public Emotions (Cambridge 2020). For a ...

When establishing partnerships with research counterparts in under-resourced countries, global health researchers often deploy discourse that claims to focus on sustainability and capacity building.

Anne Pender received funding from the Australian Research Council. Let’s face it, Thursday evenings on ABC television are not quite the same any more. The mesmerising, idiosyncratic sketches of Clarke ...

Bill Maher's recent meeting with President Donald Trump, who's often been the butt of his jokes, inspired a response from comedian Larry David, who published a satirical essay Monday in The New York ...