The needle Kamala threaded tonight as a black woman needs to be acknowledged. How we're perceived is based on a short list of "permissible" behavior. She was strong, uncompromising and authentic without falling for bait meant to cast her as an "angry black woman." I'm in awe.
Yell. Scream. Get mad. Cuss. Pout. Be pissed. Talk shit. Write your think piece. But support the nominee and vote democrat. We have to get out of this mess.
Make no mistake,
@realDonaldTrump
’s video was a call to arms. He’s inciting violence, stoking xenophobia, promoting Islamophobia and calling upon his white nationalist base to attack a WOC because he believes himself to be genetically superior to her.
#IStandWithIlhan
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Can we all agree now to chill on sending 3k follow-up emails tomorrow? Nobody did shit since Wednesday. Let’s all ease back into the week and circle back Thursday.
My thoughts on Louis CK might be controversial but I really feel like Flint still doesn't have clean water; Caged children are dying at our border; and our so-called president is a straight up psychopath attempting to dismantle democracy and destroy our country for personal gain.
My thoughts on
#MaliaObama
might be controversial but I feel like Flint still doesn't have clean water; Puerto Rico hasn’t received sufficient support to rebuild; the judicial system is being corrupted through presidential appointments; and the POTUS is a racist sexual predator.
Today, Facebook Reality Labs revealed details about Codec Avatars, its new project that can generate photorealistic virtual characters that look JUST like you—and animate them in real time. 1/
PSA: If you've been performing a pre-pandemic version of yourself, STOP. You're doing yourself and others a disservice by perpetuating the myth that everything's okay and feeling otherwise is some how a moral failure.
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Mitchell McConnell’s net worth is estimated at $34,137,534 million. He has no idea how meaningful $2,000 can be because he is blinded by privilege and only motivated by self-interest.
@IvankaTrump
You are pure racist trash with a fake job that has left you morally bankrupt enough to hold up a can of beans— that you didn’t buy yourself, and that you don’t know how to cook— just so you can pretend to support a community you prefer to keep in cages, all to make daddy happy.
I'm gonna regret this but here are my thoughts on
#Adele
: Each and every one of us has to look at ourselves in the mirror and ask: Am I registered to vote? Am I registered to vote by mail? Are my friends and family registered? Too much is at stake not to:
Eight days after I was fired from SNL I saw Jason Isbell play in Brooklyn. Yesterday he gave me a shoutout for my work in The White Lotus. This full-circle moment is a reminder that good music is medicinal, and when you’re at your lowest and filled with doubt, never ever give up.
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@realDonaldTrump
At the break of dawn I watched as steam rose from my dog’s feces and I thought of you. As the rank vapors turned into nothingness I offered up a prayer that you, too, would become a memory whose stench would evaporate under the sun of justice.
Also, fuck you.
I attributed a recent success to hard work because, well, I work INCREDIBLY hard. But a friend offhandedly remarked, “Sure, but remember you’re successful because you’re good.” Two weeks later and I can’t stop thinking about what she said.
PSA: If you cast a POC— And thank you for doing so!—you also have to hire someone who knows how to do ethnic hair. Not someone who's "comfortable with it" but someone who actually knows how to style ethnic hair types.
Congratulations on advancing to the next level of inclusion!
Most black actresses come to a new set w/ their hair done (me) or bring their wigs & clip-ins w/them. It’s either that or take a chance that you will look crazy on screen. Many of us also bring our own foundation. One too many times seeing no shade that matches you will learn ya!
The last two years for Lent, rather than give up something, I committed to 40 Days of Kindness. Here are the daily “rules” I try to follow:
1. Lead with kindness.
2. Be actively kind to yourself.
3. Do something for someone else.
Who will join me?
#40DaysOfKindness
PSA: Everyone’s first day back at work is basically the January 10th. This week folks are just trying to get organized, make sense of their inbox, and finish their vision boards. So, everybody chill.
Don’t interview him. Don’t have him on your show. Don’t give him a book deal or a platform of any kind. Just keep believing and fighting for his victims—hold space for them, and continue to hold him accountable until his body is committed to the ground, then dance on that shit.
I don’t know who needs to hear this but you’re doing the best you can right now, and your best is going to look different than it did before the world caught fire— and that’s okay! So, be kind to yourself. ❤️
I want the ego of someone who can look at a democratic field of NINETEEN presidential candidates and think, "Ugh. Alright. Fine. I'll do it. I'll run."
Yeah, no. I REFUSE to support a man who proudly supports a racist, homophobic, xenophobic, transphobic, Islamaphobic, anti-Semitic president whose policies endanger the very people who subsidized his career just because he's selling redemption dressed up in church clothes. GTFOH.
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@realDonaldTrump
Hey, I'm super sorry that I call you trash every day.
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JK!!! APRIL FOOLS!!! YOU'RE STRAIGHT GARBAGE AND YOU HAVE NO PERCEIVABLE USE. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Sometimes I forget we’re in a pandemic and I start to feel like shit for feeling like shit. So, ICYMI:
A WHOLE-ASS PANDEMIC HAPPENING.
IT’S OKAY NOT TO FEEL OKAY.
YOU’RE DOING YOUR BEST.
ASK FOR HELP.
BE KIND TO YOURSELF.
YOU WILL GET THROUGH THIS.
YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
Now that the “Insecure” chapter of
@natasharothwell
's life has closed, she’s ready to be the lead in her own show and in a rom-com she wrote during quarantine.