Broad City's Abbi and Ilana on Being Back and Better Than Ever: Season 3 Was When We Thought, Let's Own This

Glamour: How would you rate her as an actress?

Jacobson: Well, she's not really an actress. She's not doing what Kelly Ripa did and playing a heightened version of herself. She was just being herself. If she turned out to be a really phenomenal actress, it would've been so bizarre.

Glazer: It would have been like, "What? You can do this, too?" She was herself and killed it.

Glamour: Y'all are killing it, too. When you first started, you had a showrunner guiding you, but at the start of season two, you started running things yourselves. How was that transition?

Glazer: It was interesting. Just looking back at everything, I totally understand why Comedy Central wanted to pair us with a showrunner, who was Tami Sagher. [She is] a hilarious writer, but at the end of the day, this is the kind of show where the creators should be running it, so it was a little weird. But we needed to have that first season where we learned how everything worked—and acquiring skills to be able to do this on our own was very valuable. It allowed us to become showrunners, and I don't think that would have happened if we didn't have the opportunity to learn.

Glamour: Since we're taking a little trip down memory lane, I want to go back even further to when the show was a web series. A few years ago, fellow Glamour writer Megan Angelo said you guys were doing "sneak attack feminism" in a story for the Wall Street Journal. [Ed Note: Megan's always had a good eye for talent! Read her past articles here.] I've known you both since you started doing the web series. For me, it always felt like you were pretty upfront about your feminism. Do you agree with that or do you think you've grown into your feminism?

Jacobson: I mean, that was crazy that Megan was writing about our web episodes. We met for breakfast in Dumbo when we were working at Lifebooker.

Glazer: Oh, that's right! It was before we had to do the job that Ilana Wexler does on Broad City at Deals, Deals, Deals. Everyone has ripped that quote from her. Part of it I like because, "Sneak attack. Yeah!" But...I don't have to sneak being a feminist. I think as the show and the platform has grown, it has become increasingly important to define what we do.

Glamour: Because you guys are feminists and because we are in the middle of a comedy duo boon, do you think ever think about your impact? A lot of people look to you as symbols of both categories.

Jacobson: I don't know. That's a cool conversation, but there have been duos before us, so it's just really nice to be included. It really does feel like the comedy landscape is changing right now, which is exciting. We're happy to be a part of that change.