[2015097] Kirsty Mac – Feminazi
Kirsty Mac @ Gluttony – Pigtails
9:50pm, Sun 1 Mar 2015
So I’m one of those guys who likes to think of himself as a feminist… and I’m also one of those guys that feels very nervous doing so, simply because I know I can’t experience the female perspective. So I’m always interested when someone who does have a “purer” feminist perspective comes along with something to say.
Kirsty Mac is one of those people.
Whilst she kicks off proceedings proclaiming that she’s been (perhaps inappropriately) called a “feminazi” so often that she’s decided to own the term, she soon migrates to the type of material that I’d expect from a feminist comic: calling out misogyny, gender inequality, and men’s inability to purchase tampons. But whilst a lot of her vitriol is aimed at men, women – especially the patronising mothers who decry her feminism as outlandish – cop a serve, too.
Much is made of dating pressures that are put on her due to her age (mid-thirties), with the assumption that she’s seeking a mate for procreation (which, she assures us through song, she most certainly is not). There’s also a brief wander into politics (with vicious insight into the rise and fall of Julia Gillard), and a curious (but patchy) Q&A session with the audience about feminism.
I really enjoyed Feminazi: I like Kirsty Mac’s style, and the fact that she can casually drop c-bombs with extreme precision. The fact that her material is genuinely funny – as well as being gender political – is icing on the cake.
(97) Kirsty Mac – Feminazi: Great style, presence, & material. Q&A – some funny, some not – from audience was nice touch. #ff2015 #ADLfringe
— Pete Muller (@festivalfreakAU) March 1, 2015