Jessica Fostekew review " punchy polemic about gender stereotyping by Brian Logan

Monkey Barrel Comedy, Edinburgh The standup rails against old-fashioned ideals of femininity, the diet industry and society's policing of women's bodies. It's strong stuff. Who decides what's womanly? Culture, you might say, or tradition, or the patriarchy. Or Jessica Fostekew, whose show Hench is delivered with the kind of welly that beefcakes reserve for the biggest punchbag in the gym. It certainly gives culture a…

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