Talking food, feminism, and Jill Soloway with TakePart. The website that gives shits about real things. Written by the badass Jewess Jenn Swann
“The Skinny” pilot is being produced by Wifey.TV. Jessie is on Kickstarter to raise enough funds to finish post production. Show your support by donating to this worthy cause. Learn more about Jessie’s campaign here as well as at the end of this Q&A.
‘The Skinny’ Is a Comic Web Series About Eating Disorders
Produced by Jill Soloway’s Wifey.TV,The Skinny, currently kickstarting, will feature comedian Jessie Kahnweiler exploring the humorous side of eating disorders, specifically bulimia. Kahnweiler is most known for her viral take on being a survivor, “Meet My Rapist,” a perfect example of female-driven rape comedy that uses laughs to achieve a kind of catharsis.
Of “Meet My Rapist,” Lindy West wrote, “This is using humor to grapple with the horrors of life. This is laughing on the gallows. This is ‘edginess.’ The toxic inanity that most free speech warriors have in mind when they fiercely defend ‘rape jokes’ — you know, stuff like this— is tepid, spoiled pap compared to Kahnweiler laughing in her rapist’s fucking face. More of this, please.”
Hopefully that’s what The Skinny will offer us with its look at bulimia. “What some may see as bruises I see as the places where we truly shine,” Kahnweiler says.
