Shrill Notes from a Loud Woman

So, by the way, when I think about trolls, I always think about the amazing writer, Lindy West, who both has this American Life episode about confronting her troll.

And she writes about it in her book, Shrill, as well. The series Shrill is based off of her writing.

And I think that gives a far better description of trolls than I may be able to give.

She had a troll who would intentionally dig stuff up about her family and send her harassing emails, harassing phobic emails, and would talk about her mom dying and stuff like that.

It's based on Lindy's like work. Yeah, her book.

I feel like the first season especially we were like a lot tighter to the book and now the second season we definitely like are a little bit looser.

And then when you're, when you're doing it, like, and like when you're like acting like the experience that you've already had, is it, does it, does it like scramble your brain a little bit to be like, I got to like stick to like what this authentically was or?

And so there's pieces of, you know, that, and that's what a writer's room is. It's like you're breaking the story together and adding little pieces to build a whole thing.

And definitely, I mean like in the second season there's a scene where I like barf and then we like say spoiler, like say I love you to each other. And that was like something that did happen to me.

I just bought Lindy Westbrook shrill for 250 outside on my way in here and I was so excited to buy it for 250 but then I thought it just came out why sit on sale for 250

When you were saying as a little girl, I knew very clearly what I was not: small, thin, pretty, girlish, normal, weightless, or a "one-of-a-kind writer."

For me as a kid who felt lonely, ugly, simultaneously visible and too visible, comedy felt like a friend. It's greatest magic, more than any other art form, it forces you to interact with it, forces you not to feel alone because you can't be alone when someone's making you laugh, physically reaching into your body and eliciting a response. Comedy is also smart. It speaks the truth. It was everything I wanted to be. Plus, if you're funny, it doesn't matter what you look like.

When you were saying as a little girl, I knew very clearly what I was not small thin, pretty girlish, normal, weightless, one on a writer.

for me as a kid who felt lonely, ugly, simultaneously visible and too visible comedy felt like a friend that it's greatest magic more than any other art form it forces you to interact with it forces you not to feel alone because you can't be alone when someone's making you laugh physically reaching into your body and eliciting a response comedy is also smart.