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Jenny Yang

Writer, Actor and Stand up Comedian

Jenny Yang is a Los Angeles-based writer, actor and stand up comedian who produces the first-ever, mostly female, Asian American standup comedy tour, Disoriented Comedy, and The Comedy Comedy Festival: A Comedy Festival, a comedy festival showcasing the best in Asian American comedic talent. Jenny is also the creator of the viral Bad Appetite Magazine comedy videos that skewer food and "foodie" culture with a satirical edge (#HowToEatPBJ / #FoodToWork). In 2016, Jenny was honored as a White House Champion of Change for her leadership in Asian American and Pacific Islander Art and Storytelling. In 2015, she was dubbed one of Los Angele...

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Jenny Yang is a Los Angeles-based writer, actor and stand up comedian who produces the first-ever, mostly female, Asian American standup comedy tour, Disoriented Comedy, and The Comedy Comedy Festival: A Comedy Festival, a comedy festival showcasing the best in Asian American comedic talent.

Jenny is also the creator of the viral Bad Appetite Magazine comedy videos that skewer food and “foodie” culture with a satirical edge (#HowToEatPBJ / #FoodToWork). In 2016, Jenny was honored as a White House Champion of Change for her leadership in Asian American and Pacific Islander Art and Storytelling. In 2015, she was dubbed one of Los Angeles’ “most fascinating people” in LA Weekly’s annual “People” issue.

Jenny is a Creative Change fellow with The Opportunity Agenda and a Google Next Generation Leader.

Taiwan-born and Southern California-raised, Jenny is a frequent collaborator on viral videos with Buzzfeed and Fusion that have amassed over 35 million combined views, and actor in digital projects from Comedy Central, Funny or Die, MTV, Sourcefed/Nuclear Family, and Cracked.com.

Drawing from her former career in politics, Jenny is a regular commentator on politics and pop culture with contributions featured in National Public Radio, MSNBC, The Guardian, NBC News, BBC News, Al Jazeera America, Complex Magazine, Southern California Public Radio, South by Southwest, BlogHer, and numerous college and industry panels.

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An Evening With Jenny Yang

Asian Americans in Entertainment and Media

The Role of Race and Identity In Comedy and Humor, and Using Comedy (art and media) for social change

Overall Experience and Thoughts About How Identity Gives a Different Experience in Career Than Other Identities

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Jenny Yang goes #BeyondTheWall - MTV
When You Realize He Has Yellow Fever
Introducing: Jenny Yang

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