Milly Tamarez is a stand-up comedian, writer, and actress based out of Brooklyn, New York. She most recently wrote for ABC's The Celebrity Dating Game, Jason Biggs’ Cash At Your Door on E!, WWE’s Friday Night Smackdown, NPR's weekly news quiz show, Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me. Milly was the co-host for a female-led political and pop culture podcast, The Betches Sup and is currently the creator and co-host of Go Touch Grass on the Headgum network. She was recently chosen as one of a handful of comedic voices to participate in Will Ferrell, Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers produced podcast, Clown Parade: An Anthological Character Piece Carefully Curated by Las Culturistas. Milly has also written for Buzzfeed, Reductress, and MTV and has been featured on Thrillist, Vice, BET, Flama, Above Average, Univision, and Comedy Central. She is one of the creators and producers of Flexx (a satire magazine for people of color) and Diverse as Fuck Festival a festival that highlights diversity in comedy. Milly is also one of the founders of the all-women of color improv team Affirmative Action. Her work has been featured in Vulture, Bushwick Daily, The Daily Dot, HelloGiggles, Galore Magazine, Adweek, and CodeBlack Report.
2022 winner of the Yes and Laughter lab. A social justice comedy incubator sponsored by Comedy Central and The Center for Media and Social Impact
OLD BIO
Milly Tamarez is a stand-up, and writer based out of Brooklyn, New York.
She has written for ABC, E!, WWE, NPR, Buzzfeed, Reductress, Netflix and MTV. She has been featured on Thrillist, Vice, BET, Flama, Above Average, Univision, and Comedy Central. She is the creator of Flexx (a satire magazine for people of color) and Diverse as Fuck Festival a festival that highlights diversity in comedy. She founded the all-women of color improv team Affirmative Action. Milly is also one of the cohosts on the Betches Sup daily podcast where she discusses news, politics and pop culture.
Her work has been covered in Vulture, Bushwick Daily, The Daily Dot, HelloGiggles, Galore Magazine, Adweek, and CodeBlack Report.
Milly can be seen performing at theaters and venues across NYC.
Milly is one of the creators of the Diverse as F*** Festival, a festival that highlights diversity in comedy and partners with The Onion to organize a series of free workshops for systemically excluded people to learn satire writing.
Milly is one of the founders of Diversify Social Media, a 501c3 non profit that teaches people of color professionall social media management skills.
Featured works
Netflix
Betches
Expedia
Carrol’s Daughter
ABC
E!
NPR
Comedy Central
2022 Finalist of the Yes and Laughter lab. A social justice comedy incubator sponsored by Comedy Central and The Center for Media and Social Impact
This episode is brought to you by Olipop, a new healthy brand of soda. Go to https://drinkolipop.com/ and use code Marcela15 at checkout to get 15% off your first order. This episode is brought to you by Shopify. Shopify can help you take your business to the next level. Click HERE to set up your Shopify shop today and watch your business soar! This episode is brought to you by BranditScan, the best defense you have against social media fraud. Click HERE to get started with BranditScan today and get your first month for free. There is no better service to protect your social media accounts and your name and likeness. This episode is brought to you by Skillshare. Click HERE to start exploring all the courses Skillshare has to offer, from drawing and music, to graphic design and marketing, start expanding your knowledge today. This episode is brought to you by Fiverr. Click HERE to start hiring professionals to help you in various areas and take your business to the next level.
Merch & More
Get our podcast merch HERE
Check out Marcela’s Amazon Shop HERE
Subscriptions
Subscribe to Marcela’s Patreon HERE
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices