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Roseanne, Roseanne, and Where We Stand

By Beeble Borp on October 5, 2011 | 3 Comments

Photo of Roseanne Barr by Monterey Media

What did I do the summer after I earned my master’s degree? I spent the better part of my free time on the couch watching Roseanne reruns. An F4 tornado unceremoniously concluded my last semester at the University of Alabama, and the frightful costs associated with cleaning up my life and property kept me solidly out of vacation mode. Things had been rough even before that. Those closest to me were experiencing layoffs, long-term unemployment, and bankruptcy. My own medical bills were piling up, and to top it all off I was growing out my bangs.

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Posted in: Blue Collar, Class, Current Events, Feminist humor, Laughing to Keep from Crying, penalty of humor, Political Humor, Roseanne, seriousness, women in humor | Tagged: humor, Humor Studies, Roseanne, Roseanne Barr, Sitcoms

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