Samantha Irby is a Chicago writer and comedy juggernaut who makes jokes about marginally-attractive dudes and raging diarrhea on the internets at bitchesgottaeat.com. In addition to co-hosting The Sunday Night Sex Show, a sex-positive live lit show, she has performed at Essay Fiesta, Write Club, This Much is True, Grown Folks Stories, The Paper Machete, and Story Club, among others. Samantha and writer Keith Ecker are launching their own lit show called Guts & Glory in September. She opened for Baratunde Thurston during his How to Be Black tour and has been profiled in the Chicago Sun-Times as well as in Time Out Chicago. Her work has appeared on The Rumpus, In Our Words, and Jezebel. Samantha and partner Ian Belknap write a comedy advice blog at irbyandian.com, advice for jerks written by assholes.
