Caitlin Durante (born May 17, 1986, in

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) is an American writer, stand-up comedian, and

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co-host based in Los Angeles. They are a scriptwriter and story analyst, with a master's degree in screen writing from

Boston University Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, but has a historical affiliation with the United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1839 by Methodists with its original campu ...

. They would frequently offer writing workshops in Los Angeles and Boston, which are done online as of Spring 2019. They also teach stand-up comedy to seniors at the Los Angeles LGBT Center. They were the program director for the Nerdmelt Showroom comedy venue at Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles from early 2015 until it closed in April 2018. Durante is the creator and, along with fellow comedian Jamie Loftus, the co-host of

The Bechdel Cast ''The Bechdel Cast'' is a weekly podcast about the representation of women in film. It is named after the Bechdel test. ''The Bechdel Cast'' is hosted by Los Angeles–based comedians Caitlin Durante and Jamie Loftus. In November 2016 ''The Be ...

, a weekly podcast about the representation of women in film. They are also the creator of a podcast titled Sludge, where they detail their

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and the removal of their gallbladder in 2019, along with the issues caused by the US medical system. On June 2, 2022, they announced that they are gender fluid and that their pronouns are 'she' and/or 'they'.

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The Bechdel Cast website
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