Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kim Elsesser covers issues that impact women in the workplace. There's no shortage of advice for female leaders, and the latest is ...

I’ll admit it. When I go to an improv show and I see a woman on stage, I brace myself. “Please be funny, please be funny.” Why do I do that? I’m a feminist! Why do I internalize this idea that women ...

To all you aspiring Mrs. Maisels out there, I've got bad news: Don't try to be funny. Certainly not in the workplace. Because if you tell jokes or deploy humor in a business setting, you will lose ...

“In the history of the motion-picture business, the number of beautiful, really beautiful women — a Lucille Ball — that are funny, is impossible to find,” former Disney CEO Michael Eisner said in a ...

Kathy Griffin is a hilarious, hardworking and provocative woman. I was thrilled (and had trouble not laughing as we talked) to be able to ask her about her work, freedom of speech, women in humor and ...

WASHINGTON — The difference between the sexes has long been a rich source of humor. Now, it turns out, humor is one of the differences. A new study concludes that women seem more likely than men to ...

Researchers in a study analyzed how men and women react to humor in the workplace. The study found both high and low-status men, as well as high-status women, were viewed more positively when using ...

“In the history of the motion picture business, the number of beautiful, really beautiful women — a Lucille Ball — that are funny, is impossible to find,” former Disney CEO Michael Eisner said in a ...

Female superhero films are few and far between, and they usually bomb. But this week things may change as DC’s leading female superhero, Wonder Woman, gets a film of her own with a woman director.