Hannah Gadsby: Nanette Page #4

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And when I first started doing

the comedy, over a decade ago,

my favorite comedian was Bill Cosby.

There you go. It's very

healthy to reassess, isn't it?

And I built a career out

of self-deprecating humor.

That's what I've built my career on.

And... I don't want to do that anymore.

Because, do you understand...

... do you understand

what self-deprecation means

when it comes from somebody who

already exists in the margins?

It's not humility.

It's humiliation.

I put myself down in order to speak,

in order to seek permission... to speak.

And I simply will not do that anymore.

Not to myself or anybody

who identifies with me.

And if that means that my comedy

career is over, then so be it.

I got a letter... on Facebook recently.

And I say "letter," 'cause

I'm very bold. Controversial.

But I call it a letter, because it said,

"Dear Hannah," comma, new line...

Bit of feedback.

And it said, "You owe

it to your community

to come out as transgender."

All jokes aside, I really do want

to do my best by my community.

I really do. But that

was new information to me.

I'm not...

I don't identify as

transgender. I don't.

I mean, I'm clearly

"gender not normal," but...

I don't think even lesbian is

the right identity fit for me,

I really don't. I may

as well come out now.

I identify... as tired.

I'm just tired.

There is too much hysteria around gender

from you gender-normals.

You're the weirdos. You're

a bit f***ing hysterical.

You're a bit weird, a bit

uptight. You need to get a grip.

You gender-normals...

Seriously, calm down, gender-normals.

Get a grip.

"No, a man in a dress,

that's f***ing weird!"

No, it's not. You know what's

weird? Pink headbands on bald babies!

That's weird.

I mean, seriously, would

you put a bangle on a potato?

No, that's organic. I

paid a lot for that potato.

Of course I understand

why parents do it.

Clearly they're sick and tired...

of their beautiful baby girl...

being mistaken for a boy baby

because of the no hair

situation. I understand that.

But the thing is, I don't

assume bald babies are boys.

I assume they're angry feminists,

and I treat them with respect.

How about this?

How about we stop

separating the children

into opposing teams from day dot?

How about we give them, I dunno,

seven to ten years to

consider themselves...

on the same side?

Did you know human men and human

women have more in common...

than they don't? Did you know that?

I don't think many people do know that

because we always

focus on the difference.

The difference between men and women.

They're very different. Now,

dogs are heaps different to...

"Men and women are very different.

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