Clinton, Kate

A self-described fumerist (feminist/humorist), Kate Clinton taught English for eight years before a writing workshop and improvisational class convinced her that her political views deserved a public hearing. She quit teaching, took a job as a window washer, and started her professional stand-up career in 1981, using politics, Catholicism, and her lesbianism as basic themes. She performs one-woman shows across the country and writes columns for the "Progressive" and the "Advocate," She has appeared on Arsenio Hall, Good Morning America, Nightline, CNN, C-Span, and many other places. Although s...