Currently, there is a severe shortage of syndicated female, Southern humorists. (Geography, believe it or not, impacts humor in immeasurable ways.) According to the 2005 edition of Editor & Publisher, the majority of humor columnists are men. The women listed as humorists, for the most part, sprinkle their advice, or dissections of serious subjects, with a bit of wit, a smattering of silly. Life’s Little Lessons considers a full buffet of themes simply for the sake of absurdity.
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