Instead of dealing with impostor syndrome, I accept it

When I was a teenager, my father told me that as an artist, I should be able to walk into any room and say, “I need you. I’m what you’ve been looking for.”

He probably didn’t even remember saying it, but it still had a huge impact on me. It probably put me off doing stand-up comedy for about five years. I’ll never do that. I’m not cut out to be an actor.

For years I thought it wasn’t for me, partly because of my dad and partly because I’d never seen anyone else do it. It took a terrible breakup to finally find the courage to do stand-up. not in my mind.

Early in my stand-up career, the main comment I got from people in the comedy industry was, “I need to be more confident.”

In art, trust is the currency. Being on stage is one thing, but how do you convince a curator to support your project when you think you don’t deserve to be in the room? How do you succeed on social media when you think it’s pointless and your face is trash?

Confidence is the bright and shiny face of self-esteem which is a very clear path to success in all these times of self-love, self-care, self-promotion, self-esteem.. I’m kidding I booked him because he looked like he was (I think the combination of 10% fake and 90% Dutch pulled off this manic farce).

I am learning my anxiety. Not to hide them, but to put them in front of my comedy and love them. To overcome impostor syndrome on the live stage. I joked on the show with Eleanor Roosevelt’s famous line: “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”

If the performance isn’t real, I think the audience can feel it, so there’s no point in hiding my vulnerability. I try to ask, “Is that possible?” I don’t know. I’m an idiot.

Unfortunately, self-loathing seems to be the only form of comedy that people don’t want in women. not now…

In her 2017 award-winning comedy, Nanette, comedian Hannah Gadsby said: Field…this is not modesty. This is a humiliation.

Although clearly Gadsby’s personal statement, it struck a chord and seemed to hold true for all women. I remember a review by a comedian friend.

Nevertheless 2017 was also the year of the #metoo movement, after which audience responses began to change. Suddenly, people began to protest the woman who was humiliated. What was a joke in 2016 about being seen as unwell or unattractive in bed turned into pity and concern in 2018.

Instead of getting the message that women are strong together, many seem to be using #metoo to remind us that individually we are very weak.

I kind of get it, I mean, the jokes are against society itself when white men put each other down. There is some truth to the fact that self-deprecating jokes about inequality can backfire.

In a world that is still terribly misogynistic, people might confirm their sexist bias against me if I joked that I’m an incompetent idiot. I want to do comedy for stupid losers like me.

Being depressed allows us to explore a world far beyond our imagination. I want to laugh at the fact that I saw a beauty influencer’s video on YouTube and ended up buying 11 creams from a company called LookFantastic (I think the name is a threat).

There’s a reason Twitter user Marianne Héloise poked fun at her email etiquette, tweeting “No!!” in 2020. sorry! ! ! Yes! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! number! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! It struck a chord with women everywhere and went viral. In the article, the author himself referred to the tweet as follows: “A self-deprecating insult to one’s miserable brand.”

of course. There is strength in owning your imperfections.

I will suffer from impostor syndrome for the rest of my life. You may never go on stage with the confidence of a ‘real’ artist, but I don’t think that means someone like me shouldn’t.

Jokes are for everyone. That’s what I love about them and that’s why I keep putting myself out there. Is it because I’m not good at makeup? Yes.

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