CF: Yeah, I mean shame has just not really ever been a part of my life in any way. Honestly it’s not something I feel very often. I always talk about how my personality has been pretty much the same since I was a kid. If you met six-year-old Corinne and you met 29-year-old Corinne, you’d be like, “Yeah, that’s just the same person.” I guess when I was in school there was a little while when I gave a shit, but really not very much. I mean, I remember being in kindergarten and the kindergarten teacher left the room and I flashed everyone my boobs. Like, I didn’t even know what that meant and, obviously, I didn’t have any boobs and I still don’t. So it’s like I haven’t been giving a fuck since I was like, what — how old are you in kindergarten — five?

But I also grew up in a house where shame wasn’t a thing. We were always taught to be ourselves. Even to become a comedian, people are always like, “Oh, your parents must wish you were a doctor or something.” No, my parents are so happy that I’m a comedian. Like, I went for it, I did what I wanted to do and that’s what I was always encouraged to do. I mean, I guess the only thing is that sometimes my mom would get on me about what I was wearing, because I always liked to dress quote-unquote slutty. [laughs] But I just did it because that’s what I wanted to wear. If I wanna wear booty shorts a mesh shirt, that’s what I’m gonna wear. I don’t care what other people are saying.

That’s why it kills me that shame is such a big part of other people’s lives because I already don’t have enough time as it is and I can’t imagine if I also had to deal with fucking feeling ashamed about everything. It’s such a time waster and such a suffocater when you could just be living your life. The letters that we get, I’m like, how are you living like this?

TSF: Which female comics do you consider to be your strongest influences? Who should we look out for?