Tiffany Midge

         Tiffany Midge has a very dry, sarcastic humor. She does not overshare and invite the reader into

 parts of her life which would not be deemed socially acceptable. She does not center her humor around

 herself, but around white society at large. I feel like I compare everything to Samantha Irby, but only

 because Irby writes so flawlessly. Midge's humor differs immensely from Irby's. I see the value in

 Midge's humor, and her essays provide great representation for Indigenous Americans, but her comedy is

 not entirely inviting. It does not need to be! But in the articles about comedy having the ability to change

 the world, the caveat is that a wide audience needs to feel connected to the comedy in order to listen to

 the message. In my opinion, Midge's work does not do that. 

        Midge's goal does not seem to be to save the world with her comedy; it seems to just be

 representation for Indigenous Americans. This is also perfectly okay! In fact, her non-Indigenous

 audience then learns something while reading her work. Two of her essays from the second half, "Feast

 Smudge Snag" and "Eight Types of Native Moms" were clearly not written for a non-Indigenous

 audience. There were a lot of references I did not get (generationally, pop culture wise, and culture wise),

 and it made it a little bit more difficult to be engaged. Obviously Indigenous Americans should have a

 voice in comedy. However, the audience Midge writes for appears to be a mainly Indigenous audience.

 She differs in this approach from Irby, where Irby invites non-Black readers in to see that Black women

 are people too. Midge does a lot less of this bridge building, which-- again-- is totally okay, but is

 something that should be recognized.