Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Talented Tuesdays: Jenny Yang

It's Talented Tuesday! Each week, For Nerdy Girls features a digital innovator who inspires colorful women around the world. These are individuals who should be celebrated on a global level, so we'll start by talking about these changemakers right here.




Name: Jenny Yang

Twitter: @jennyyangtv

Website: jennyyang.tv

What she does: Jenny is a comic/writer and the co-producer of Dis/orient/ed Comedy, "the first-ever (mostly) female, Asian American stand-up comedy tour."




Why she's inspiring: Jenny shows her community that it's okay to wander off the path of being a "good Asian." When she started explore comedy as a career that would make her happy, she didn't like unwelcoming scene of "young white guys who always loved to talk about masturbating and smoking weed and why there's so many Latinos in Los Angeles." So, Jenny created her own scene with Dis/orient/ed Comedy, which features "unique comics of diverse race, sexuality and gender not often seen on mainstream comedy club stages." Very nice!


If you would like to nominate a digital innovator for Talented Tuesdays, please let us know in the comments, or email us at ForNerdyGirls [at] gmail [dot] com.

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