West's outspokenness sometimes comes as a surprise to those who have known her, and even to West herself. West lives in Seattle, where she was raised, with her husband (musician, writer, and comedian Ahamefule J. It's something West describes in her memoir, Shrill: Notes From a Loud Woman (Hachette Books), which was adapted into a TV show that premiered on Hulu in March 2019.
It puts her in the crosshairs of trolls, people who post hateful and abusive diatribes online. But West's visibility-she has more than 90,000 followers on Twitter-comes at a price. You have to work on finding your voice and finding who you are as a writer.A contributing writer to GQ, Jezebel, The New York Times and The Guardian, West is well-known for remonstrating against online misogyny, racism, and hate. I made myself into a product that no one else could replicate, because no one else is me. If you can make yourself into a pure individual, where your voice is coming through so clearly and so strong, I feel like this is where all my success came from. “I was too scared to write about anything but myself. Some people are afraid to write honestly about themselves. Do you think your success is proof that writers need to be more open?Ī.
It’s like an economic force in Portland.” This started with me sitting on the couch in my house in Seattle writing about my feelings and now it’s this huge production that employs hundreds of people. When I get emotional, it’s more about the bigger picture. If anything Aidy toned down the humiliation of my life to give the character some dignity. She has so much Aidy in her and that was welcome for me. But we definitely created a character who is not me. A lot of stuff was straight from the book.
Is it hard to watch things you have done portrayed, even in a fictionalized version?Ī. Aidy Bryant plays a character inspired by you.
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