Phoebe Robinson
| Phoebe Robinson | |
|---|---|
 Robinson at the 2016 Texas Book Festival | |
| Born | September 28, 1984 |
| Medium | Stand-up, television, podcast |
| Nationality |
 United States |
| Genres | Race, gender, popular culture |
| Website |
phoeberobinson |
Phoebe Robinson is an American comedian, writer, and actress based in New York City.
Early life
Robinson grew up in Bedford Heights and Solon, Ohio. She attended high school at Gilmour Academy. In 2002, Robinson went to college at Pratt Institute in New York City where she studied screenwriting.[1]
Biography
Robinson was a staff writer for MTV's Girl Code and a consultant on Season Three of Broad City. She is a regular contributor to Glamour, and has been published in the New York Times, Bitch, Vanity Fair, and many other venues. Her blog, Blaria (named for "Black Daria"), has been featured in the Huffington Post,[2] and Robinson has regularly performed a live version, Blaria Live, in Brooklyn and Washington D.C.[3] With Jessica Williams, she is the creator and cohost of the 2 Dope Queens podcast, and she created and starred in Refinery29's web series Woke Bae.[4]
She has made numerous television appearances, including on NBC's Last Comic Standing, the Today show, Late Night with Seth Meyers, and Last Call with Carson Daly, Comedy Central's Broad City, @midnight, and The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, FX's Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, VH1's Big Morning Buzz Live, and others. She has been named by Vulture, Essence, Esquire, Flavorwire, Brooklyn Magazine, and SF Sketchfest as a comedian to watch.[2][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Her solo podcast, Sooo Many White Guys, premiered on July 12, 2016, and will continue through the summer. As a response to the predominance of white males in comedy, the podcast features women, people of color, and LGBTQ people. Ilana Glazer of Broad City serves as an executive producer.[11][12]
Her book You Can't Touch My Hair (And Other Things I Still Have to Explain) debuted on October 4, 2016.[13]
Robinson lives and performs in Brooklyn, New York.[14]
References
- ↑ McIntyre, Michael. "Comedian Phoebe Robinson, Northeast Ohio native, gets her big chance on late-night TV Thursday". cleveland.com. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
- 1 2 "25 Female Comedians Everyone Should Know". Flavorwire. February 18, 2014.
- ↑ "‘Daily Show’ star Jessica Williams and ‘Blaria’ creator Phoebe Robinson bring Brooklyn to D.C.’s Bentzen Ball". The Washington Post. October 1, 2015.
- ↑ "About". Phoebe Robinson.
- ↑ "Phoebe Robinson". SF Sketchfest.
- ↑ Finley, Taryn (September 28, 2015). "Jessica Williams And Phoebe Robinson Want Comedy To Stop Ignoring Black Women". The Huffington Post.
- ↑ "The 50 Comedians You Should Know in 2015". Vulture. March 30, 2015.
- ↑ "Jessica Williams, Phoebe Robinson Debut New Podcast, '2 Dope Queens'". Essence. April 6, 2016.
- ↑ "The Greatest Jokes Ever Told". Esquire. May 28, 2015.
- ↑ "The 50 Funniest People in Brooklyn". Brooklyn Magazine. May 25, 2016.
- ↑ "Let's Intro This Bad Boy". WNYC.
- ↑ "Phoebe Robinson’s New Podcast 'Sooo Many White Guys' Will Be Your New Summer Obsession". Bustle.
- ↑ You Can't Touch My Hair by Phoebe Robinson | PenguinRandomHouse.com.
- ↑ "About Blaria". Blaria.