
Jenny Yang
WRITER, MISCELLANEOUS, ACTRESS
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USAJenny Yang is a Los Angeles-based writer, actor and stand up comedian who produces the first-ever (mostly) female, Asian American standup comedy tour, Disoriented Comedy, and has been a writer and performer on the viral Fusion and Buzzfeed videos including "Ways Our Asian Moms Say 'I Love You'," "If Asians Said the Stuff White People Say" (over 32 million views), "What if Adults had Tantrums Like Toddlers?" and the "Ask An Asian" video series. Her acting has been featured on digital platforms for Comedy Central ("Badass Bitches of History"; "White Flight"), Funny or Die, Cracked.com, Anna Akana, and Whitney Rice. Jenny is also the creator of the viral Bad Appetite Magazine comedy videos that skewer food and "foodie" culture and politics (#HowToEatPBJ // #FoodToWork).In 2016, Jenny was honored as a White House Champion of Change for Asian American and Pacific Islander Art and Storytelling.Jenny was dubbed one of Los Angeles' "most fascinating people" of 2015 in LA Weekly's annual "People" issue. She was also a featured standup comic on Joan Rivers' 2013 Showtime documentary "Why We Laugh: Funny Women."Since 2015, Jenny founded and produced the first-annual The Comedy Comedy Festival: A Comedy Festival, an Asian American comedy festival featuring the best emerging and veteran standup, sketch, improv and writing talent.As a co-producer and performer on the (mostly) female, Asian American standup comedy tour, Disoriented Comedy, Jenny has independently produced over ninety live, standup comedy shows since July of 2012, successfully selling out theaters and comedy venues and bringing standing-room only shows to colleges and universities throughout the country.Her work and commentary have appeared in popular podcasts such as Lovett or Leave it, Latino USA, Lady to Lady, Yo! Is This Racist?, and Unhappy Hour with Matt Bellasai, and media outlets including MSNBC, National Public Radio, The Guardian, NBC News, BBC News, Al Jazeera America, Vice Magazine, Refinery29, Complex Magazine, Southern California Public Radio, Pivot TV's Take Part Live, Bitch Magazine, Colorlines, Racialicious, and AdWeek.Jenny was born in Taiwan and raised in Southern California, a native Mandarin Chinese speaker and fluent in conversational Spanish.Jenny's comedic writing is featured in Alisha Gaddis' Women's Comedic Monologues that are Actually Funny by Hal Leonard Applause Books (now available).Jenny is an Associate Artist of Tuesday Night Project, home of Tuesday Night Cafe, recognized as Los Angeles' "Best Free Downtown Performance Series" by LA Weekly's "Best of L.A" edition in 2013.
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Jenny Zigrino loves history and hates the patriarchy, as do her guests, bad ass women from across time.
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