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"When Franny Stands Up," Eden Robins' debut novel
In Robins' world, the advent of World War II and the rise of woman comedians (filling in the vacuum left by the departure of all the men) reveals the existence of Showstoppers: involuntary psychic reactions that woman comedians can induce in female audience members when they're really cooking.
https://pluralistic.net/2022/11/01/eden-robins/#alt-history-comedy