Hey boo boos! We caught up with multi-talented comedian, writer, and publisher, Phoebe Robinson to discuss stand-up comedy, pandemic baking, and her new book imprint, Tiny Reparations. tinyreparations PhoebeRobinson britishbaekoff blackgirlmagic
While everyone else was slowed down by COVID, comedian, bestselling author, producer, and actor Phoebe Robinson was busy taking over the world. Between her HBO Max special, her production company, and her third book marking the debut of her new imprint, Robinson is making big moves and bringing other marginalized creators with her. Since the COVID-19 pandemic limited everyone’s ability to assemble in person, I initially met Phoebe Robinson on a rainy evening last March at a Zoom Happy Hour.
"Comedy can change people’s opinions about things. It just absolutely can. You can wield power in the political arena [with comedy]." Robinson says her goals back then were to get a set on Letterman and to get her own HBO Comedy Special—the latter of which came to fruition in October when her first solo comedy special, Sorry, Harriet Tubman, premiered on HBO Max. Throughout the cleverly irreverent set, Robinson weaves through bits about civil rights films, Michelle Obama, interracial dating, reparations, therapy, bathroom humor, and more.
Consequently, it was this experience navigating the publishing industry for the first time that motivated Robinson to start her own imprint. With Tiny Reparations, she aims to ensure that diverse voices have a better experience than the one she had six years ago.
Alongside her deep commitment to being the change she wants to see in the world, Robinson says she is equally invested in creating spaces for “quirky Black people, silly Blackness, and joyful Blackness.” Grinning, she elucidates her point with more context. “I think that there’s an expectation of Black women who do anti-racism work to just be miserable all the time,” she says. “We’re supposed to be ‘saving the world’ while everyone else is just out at brunch eating their avocado toast.
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