Michèle A'Court

thumb|Michele A'Court 2018 (cropped) Michèle Edith A'Court ONZM (born 1961) is a New Zealand comedian, writer and feminist. She has toured New Zealand and international venues with her standup comedy shows and in 2010 was awarded the Female Comedian of the Decade at the NZ Comedy Guild Awards. A'Court has appeared in many TV shows since the late 1980s including What Now, 7Days and The Project. She is a regular columnist with The Spinoff and the author of two books. She was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the entertainment and comedy industries, in the 2023 New Year Honours. Quotes “I heard someone explain once why people buy books. They said when people buy a book, they are not just buying that book, they are also visualising that they are buying the time to read it. So when you hold that thing in your hand you are not only anticipating the story between the covers, you are picturing the kind of life that allows space for you to lie about and read. Those unread volumes on your shelves represent a glorious future moment when you will spend time with them I had thought, as many parents do, that ‘one day I am going to sit down and talk to you about this, but right now, we need to get you to dance class, then I have to go to a show or we have to go to school, Michele A’Court on parenting, life lessons and raising a strong and stroppy daughter And then it turns into, ‘Another day I will talk to you about tattoos or pay equity – I’m sure that day will come.’ But then she was gone. Michele A’Court on parenting, life lessons and raising a strong and stroppy daughter It resonated with them as they were or had been on the same journey,” You have this idea of what parent-hood is going to look like. Then it comes along and you haven’t even been able to finish a sandwich without someone taking a bite out of it. Being a parent is busy. Michele A’Court on parenting, life lessons and raising a strong and stroppy daughter It was kind of strange, really, seeing it all unfold,, who lives in Auckland with husband comedian Jeremy Elwood. “These were a lot of issues that I talk about in my book, the gender pay gap being one of them. And now we’re finally saying, ‘Actually, we know what fair is and this isn’t it. Michele A’Court on parenting, life lessons and raising a strong and stroppy daughter I always love having Holly in the audience because I’ve always done stand-up about her. My first stand-up set in 1993 was about giving birth and breastfeeding. Michele A’Court on parenting, life lessons and raising a strong and stroppy daughter I don’t know if you’ve met anyone to whom nothing bad has happened. They are the most tedious people in the world. Michele A’Court on parenting, life lessons and raising a strong and stroppy daughter I’d like to be a primary school teacher one day, but right now, I am happy being a mum Michele A’Court on parenting, life lessons and raising a strong and stroppy daughter External link Category: living people Category:Women born in the 1960s Category:Women authors from New Zealand Category:feminists