Why Women, Not Just Gay Men, Should Embrace Kathy Griffin

Kathy Griffin, a self-proclaimed D-List celebrity, may be most well-known for her role on Suddenly Susan. She may label herself as a D-List celebrity, but for those who are fans, she is an A-Lister. Her comedy routines leave the audience knowing exactly where she stands on events happening in Hollywood. Kathy bares her celebrity soul to the audience and they laugh with her for it. Not only does she do stand-up routines that are side-splitting, she also has a reality show on Bravo, My Life on the D-List. Anyone who has seen her stand-up and her show on Bravo can clearly see that she is not afraid to open herself up to the world, and she takes a lot of crap for it.

Kathy is avoided by several celebrities out of fear that they will end up in her stand-up routine, and perhaps they are a little afraid that she will insist on getting a picture with them and then will post it to her website. It is because of this though that Kathy Griffin comes off as a normal person who happens to be on TV. She still has this sense of, "Oh my gosh! I can't believe I am standing next to so-and-so!" Even in her stand-up routines, when she is poking fun at a celebrity, she is doing it in a way that shows a sort of admiration. Kathy also does it in a way that makes these celebrities, whom most of the world has placed up on a pedestal, appear more human. She pokes fun of their little quirks, pointing out the fact that even though they seem perfect in their airbrushed magazine photos, they are really only human like me, you, and Kathy.

So, obviously Kathy is pretty fabulous, but for women, there is something extra to be taken away from watching her stand-up routines and her reality show. Kathy doesn't hold anything back and she doesn't apologize for who she is. Even if you don't agree with what she is saying, you should at least be able to appreciate the fact that she is a woman in a male dominated field standing tall and standing out.

There are numerous male comedians who say some very outrageous things and they are very well liked because of it. So why can't we appreciate Kathy for the same thing. In fact, it takes more courage as a woman to say what you want to say without apologies because usually those women are deemed, and please excuse my language (on second thought go ahead and get pissed), a bitch. Many people felt appalled by Kathy's, by now, well-known Jesus comment, but you know what? Many people make appalling religious statements all the time, and isn't our country built on that exact idea? Just because you don't agree with everything that she has to say, and just because you don't like how she says it, doesn't mean that you can't take away something from how she lives her life. Kathy Griffin is a hustler, and where I come from, that's something to be admired.

If you're working that crap job, and they aren't giving you any hours, you gotta hustle them from the employees who don't wanna work. If you got a skill that you can use to make money on the side, you gotta go ahead, and get your hustle on. Kathy Griffin does just that. She arranges dates that seem oddly paired, with A-list celebrities, and then has her assistants call the paparazzi to make sure they make the tabloids. She promotes her own show on the streets. She's even out there trying to sell products that she knows little about to home shoppers. Kathy is, in her own way, telling us women that we need to get our game up. We need to stop talking behind our friends back, if you gotta thought say it. We need to stop apologizing for our own thoughts. We need to stay true to ourselves, even if it means we're gonna live life on the D-list, rather than the A-list.