Table of Contents

Introduction: Dear Amy



Misbehaving



1. Multiple Murderer Emily Middleton

Charlene Elsby



2. Is the Unruly Woman a Platonic Hero or Foe?

Cecilia Li



3. Putting the “fun” back in “non-refundable”

Rob Luzecky





Persona Non Grata



4. Self-Confidence and Self-Deprecation

Camille Atkinson



5. “Brave”

Daniel Malloy



6. Schumer’s Selfishness

Rob Arp



7. To Be or Not to Be Perfect?

Karin Flieswasser





Schumer the Philosopher



8. The Funny Thing about Being Yourself

Gregor Balke



9. No Wisdom to Offer You

Jered Janes



10. Amy Schumer or The Incongruities

Noël Carroll



11. Sexistentialism

Gerald Browning



12. Girls Just Want to Have (Mediated) Fun

Fernando Pagnoni Burns




Women Are Funny



13. The Laughter and the Fury

Leigh Kolb



14. Five Stereotypes that Sustain Grape Zones

Michelle Ciurria



15. Are There Certain Things We Should Not Talk About?

Verena Ehrnberger



16. Raucous Feminist, Racially Insensitive or Both?

Jennifer Ware



17. Switching It Up

Gerald Browning




Author Bios

References

Index

About the Author

Charlene Elsby is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne in Indiana. She is co-author of Clear and Present Thinking (Northwest Passage Books, 2013) and co-editor of Essays on Aesthetic Genesis (University Press of America, 2016). She is the Book Review Managing Editor for Symposium: Journal for the Canadian Society for Continental Philosophy Rob Luzecky is Lecturer in Philosophy at Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne in Indiana. His areas of special interest are metaphysics and aesthetics. He has co-authored many chapters for volumes in the Popular Culture and Philosophy series, including The X-Files and Philosophy, Mr. Robot and Philosophy, The Americans and Philosophy, and American Horror Story and Philosophy.