Sam Irby
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I'm trying to picture her face if I say I don't want to be fixed all the way, and just imagining that is going to make me keep going. Because I don't want to see it when she's like, don't worry.
I'm trying to picture her face if I say I don't want to be fixed all the way, and just imagining that is going to make me keep going. Because I don't want to see it when she's like, don't worry.
I'm trying to picture her face if I say I don't want to be fixed all the way, and just imagining that is going to make me keep going. Because I don't want to see it when she's like, don't worry.
Cute that you thought that. Cute that you thought you were improving in any way. But you need to keep seeing me. Don't worry.
Cute that you thought that. Cute that you thought you were improving in any way. But you need to keep seeing me. Don't worry.
Cute that you thought that. Cute that you thought you were improving in any way. But you need to keep seeing me. Don't worry.
Yeah. So Shrill is based on Lindy West's memoir of the same name. And Lindy and I are very close friends. TV writing is so weird. It was my first TV job and we're in the room and we wanted to take the character from this place of being kind of meek and putting up with a bad dude and putting up with a job that sucked to this point where she was like, bold, not all the way bold.
Yeah. So Shrill is based on Lindy West's memoir of the same name. And Lindy and I are very close friends. TV writing is so weird. It was my first TV job and we're in the room and we wanted to take the character from this place of being kind of meek and putting up with a bad dude and putting up with a job that sucked to this point where she was like, bold, not all the way bold.
Yeah. So Shrill is based on Lindy West's memoir of the same name. And Lindy and I are very close friends. TV writing is so weird. It was my first TV job and we're in the room and we wanted to take the character from this place of being kind of meek and putting up with a bad dude and putting up with a job that sucked to this point where she was like, bold, not all the way bold.
You know, we wanted to do more than one season. So a little bit more bold and bold. sticking up for herself. And so we were brainstorming ideas for like a big, pivotal experience she could have that would change her. Now, everybody knows like in real life, it takes years and years and years and years of like
You know, we wanted to do more than one season. So a little bit more bold and bold. sticking up for herself. And so we were brainstorming ideas for like a big, pivotal experience she could have that would change her. Now, everybody knows like in real life, it takes years and years and years and years of like
You know, we wanted to do more than one season. So a little bit more bold and bold. sticking up for herself. And so we were brainstorming ideas for like a big, pivotal experience she could have that would change her. Now, everybody knows like in real life, it takes years and years and years and years of like
looking at tumblers of fat bodies, looking at... It's not just an overnight kind of thing, but Hulu wasn't going to give us 700 episodes for the first season, so we had to figure out a transformative experience she could have. And so Lindy and I were talking about All of the different things we had been to that sort of changed our ideas about fatness.
looking at tumblers of fat bodies, looking at... It's not just an overnight kind of thing, but Hulu wasn't going to give us 700 episodes for the first season, so we had to figure out a transformative experience she could have. And so Lindy and I were talking about All of the different things we had been to that sort of changed our ideas about fatness.
looking at tumblers of fat bodies, looking at... It's not just an overnight kind of thing, but Hulu wasn't going to give us 700 episodes for the first season, so we had to figure out a transformative experience she could have. And so Lindy and I were talking about All of the different things we had been to that sort of changed our ideas about fatness.
And I talked about there used to be this dance party for fat girls in Chicago that would meet like once a month. And I would go to that. Clothing swaps. like lots of different like websites and stuff, but there's no way to show that on TV. And Lindy had gone to one of, I think Essie Golden started this party called the Chunky Dunk.
And I talked about there used to be this dance party for fat girls in Chicago that would meet like once a month. And I would go to that. Clothing swaps. like lots of different like websites and stuff, but there's no way to show that on TV. And Lindy had gone to one of, I think Essie Golden started this party called the Chunky Dunk.
And I talked about there used to be this dance party for fat girls in Chicago that would meet like once a month. And I would go to that. Clothing swaps. like lots of different like websites and stuff, but there's no way to show that on TV. And Lindy had gone to one of, I think Essie Golden started this party called the Chunky Dunk.
It may not have been, Essie Golden had a pool party and there were other pool parties and Lindy had gone to a bunch of them. And it was like, let's do that. We have to do that. We want to see that. Showing women who look like us
It may not have been, Essie Golden had a pool party and there were other pool parties and Lindy had gone to a bunch of them. And it was like, let's do that. We have to do that. We want to see that. Showing women who look like us