1) Lesbian, feminist comic KATE CLINTON. Last night she hosted a gay ball in Washington D.C., celebrating the inauguration. She tackles social taboos and politics without putdowns, name-calling, or abusive behavior. One of her jokes: "To me, the avant-garde means not knowing when to clap." She also often tackles touchy subjects like menstruation, men-bashing, and people in wheelchairs. She's been doing comedy since the early 1980s. Before that she was a highschool English teacher. And before that she was raised in a Catholic household. (She now calls herself a recovering Catholic).2) Producer ROGER KENDIS of Noisy Neighbors Productions. He's here in Philadelphia, and he's put together a rap recording with clips from Clinton's speeches. It's called It's About Hope
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