North Carolina is an amazing place. It has the best food, and also has folks fighting really hard for what's right.

I've always considered myself a feminist, I always considered myself somebody who is a reproductive rights activist, and I've spent the past 25 years of my life speaking truth to power. And using humor to do that.

In an odd way, my parents were proud of me. When they saw me do stand-up, I'd see them looking around the room and watch them taking in the people laughing. On some level, that comforted them.

Every era in history has needed, and will need, reproductive health services.

By laughing, it helps take our power back.

My curiosity is not a choice. It's always been part of me. I think of it as a vital organ.

By some fluke, my folks forgot to ask me the question most crucial to ensuring a lifetime of self-doubt: 'What if you fail?