Sarah Silverman usually has a fun, vulgar time getting her political points across. On Wednesday, the comedian dropped her latest video, titled, “Sarah Silverman Closes Her Gap.” The NSFW video shows Silverman solving the gender pay gap by “becoming a dude” and getting a sex change. The project, mounted by Manhattan-based ad agency Droga5, raises money for the National Women’s Law Center to help close the combined gap of “30 TRILLION FRICKIN DOLLARS.”
“Hey, could you give me two really big balls?” Silverman asks the doctor. “Or make it three. It’s gonna take a lot of balls to tell women that the wage gap is fair.”
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Silverman has something of a history when it comes to engaging in liberal, pro-woman, and/or vagina-related activism. During the 2012 election, Silverman made the following video offering to torridly “scissor” casino magnate and Romney mega-donor Sheldon Adelson in exchange for his defection to Obama and the Democratic Party:
Here’s Silverman gleefully raging against Republican-backed voter ID laws: “Hey, black people, old people, poor people, and students, guess what you all have in common?” she asks rhetorically. “Lawmakers are trying to fuck you in your assholes.”
She was featured in a Meryl Streep-starring PSA for the Center for Reproductive Rights:
She made her case in a “bro-choice” Funny or Die video:
Silverman also released a video earlier this year in which she discusses the national debate over abortion and watches an NCIS marathon with Jesus Christ:
“[Haters on the internet] call me ‘Jew’ and wish me murder and rape and it scares the shit out of me,” Silverman told Adweek, regarding negative reactions to her political content. “That’s why I try not to look. I don’t wanna be scared out of doing junk like this. Especially not by the faceless boogymen that spew threats with no accountability. Pussies, I think.”
She continued: “Look, this couldn’t be worse for my career—trust me, I get no money for this, no paid work comes from alienating potential movie and TV consumers. I do it because I’m like the scorpion from The Scorpion and the Frog. I may drown in the process, but I can’t help it. It’s my nature.”
