Issa Rae
The Beautiful Brilliance of "Insecure": Issa Rae's HBO Series is a Treasure of a Show
The show centers on young Black women who we’ve never seen on television before.
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Issa Rae Points Out A Problem With the TV Industry: It's Very White
Issa Rae, the thirty-year-old writer, director, and star of hit webseries The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, has millions of fans. Two years ago, HBO hired Rae to write a pilot for a show starring her. But since then, the show hasn’t become a reality. Unfortunately,... Read more »
Young, Awkward, and Black: The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl's Issa Rae Gets Comfortable With Success
“Should I say hi again? She knows I’m here.” J slinks along the hallway of Gutbusters, the diet-pill company she works for, to avoid seeing the new hire she keeps running into. Growing impatient with the situation’s awkwardness, J wonders, “Does this girl live in the hallway?”
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