To me, it seems like there is a unique and stereotyped representation of intellectual women (in Italy), who is unbothered by appearance and looks and mediated in a univocal way. You seem to disrupt this unwritten rule to embrace aesthetics as well. Speaking about female intellectual models, there is a stereotype of the intellectual and educated woman as sloppy and disinterested about her appearance. Modern-censorship (do noy say this, do not say that, do not show your nipples…) and what not, talking about Hitler can represent and what the implications might be. ![]() The whole thing is really funny since I lived in Berlin for a year and there you cannot even mention him. Then The Appointment (Or, The Story of a Cock) by Katharina Volckmer, a London-based, German writer whose essay is about her recurrent dream to have sex with Hitler. There is a lot of egocentricity in this epoch which can be perfectly reflected in a more complex form of art like a book or a movie. with social media we tell a lot about ourselves to the world. Moreover, the author often chooses a first-person narrative and I believe that nowadays autobiography is needed more than anything, i.e. She managed to engage in storytelling ranging from Marx to Britney Spears, all framed in an aesthetic imaginary. Which books would you recommend to university students? Ripartire dal Desiderio by Elisa Cuter. Definitely an outsider with the strongest aura. She’s super cool and she also modeled for Proenza Schouler. As far as writers, I enjoy the works of Ottessa Moshfegh, author of My Year of Rest and Relaxation– which Yorgos Lanthimos will soon adapt into a film. Also, they are style icons! Content and aesthetics are linked in a way that presents women in a revolutionary way: making people laugh makes it easier to start a conversation about feminism with the public. Also Lena Dunham from Girls, who made me realize that a female version of Woody Allen can exist. Where do you get your inspiration from? And who are your role models? I look up to contemporary American female stand-up comedians, such as Catherine Cohen, who mixed music with comedy creating some funny hits like I can make myself come with my hands. If I had to imagine visually my comedy, it would be as if Lolita from Woody Allen movies would have started to make wittier jokes than him. Aside from being informative, my podcast is genuinely humorous/comic. ![]() I feel that there are some established comedian formulas –such as Nord-Sud stereotypes– in which my sense of humour (and my period jokes) didn’t fit in. Two years ago, I started doing stand-up comedy in small local Milanese bars, but I never felt 100% comfortable in that environment. How did you end up in comedy? I always knew I had comedic side inside of me. After you graduated, you started writing as well as performing stand-up comedy at night. I wanted to give to my podcast a specific aesthetic, as you can guess from the pulp-ish thumbnail, and create something informative but with an aesthetic dimension as well, in order to make culture and comedy cool and appealing. It all started from a feeling of inadequacy. I have a PhD in Philosophy but I alway felt like I didn’t really fit in the academic environment –I was the best dressed. I have always been fascinated by "frivolous" things like fashion and clothes. I felt that a project like that was missing, that’s why it caught the attention of many people soon. Where does the idea of mixing these different worlds come from? It belongs to me. I never take things too seriously! When listening to Philosophy & the City we enter in a type of microcosm where philosophy pills meet pop culture. ![]() The issue of pronouns among feminists and the LGBTQ+ community is relevant, however there is the risk of being a little bit too pedant/doctrinaire, so I made up that formula in order to play it down. Where does the idea for the iconic podcast intro come from? This intro came to my mind when I was working on the video newscast “ Vagina Breaking News” for the Wovo store in Milano, where I gave updates on feminism-related news in a fun way, something like: “I am wearing black because the news today is that the patriarchy is dead!” Buongiorno a tutte e a tutti e a tutt* was my intro. “Buongiorno a tutte e a tutti e a tutt*”. On what you can expect to find in Philosophy & the City. 23/2 at 11:0 AM, Ester and Emanuela have an informal talk with writer and comedian Giada Biaggi in front of three hot cups of cappuccino.
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