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So if it's "the worst", why don't people kick off more? Like Ivan, Lucy believes your mum jokes rarely hurt feelings because they are so ritualised. As long as they are creative and told in the right context, they can escalate to a place that erases any feelings of intent. "If I was to say to you, 'Your mother's really fat,' then that's just rude. But if I were to say, 'Your mother's so fat she's got her own zip code,' it's absurd and it's exaggerated and you know it's a joke."One criticism of "your mum" jokes is that this brand of humour is totally sexist. To my discredit, I've never really considered it when I'm taking the piss out of a friend via his mother – it all seems too impersonal. When I asked Ivan about it, he alluded to that same pointed, saying the joke is "directed at the other protagonist in the conflict", not the mother herself. I asked Lucy what she thought.ON BROADLY: Photos of the Drama of Womanhood
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