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Atriz, produtora e roteirista americana (nascida em 1984)
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Join the roomLena Waithe é uma atriz, produtora e roteirista americana. Ela é a criadora da série dramática The Chi da Showtime (2018–presente) e das séries de comédia da BET Boomerang (2019–20) e Twenties (2020–21). Ela também escreveu e produziu o filme de crime Queen & Slim (2019) e é a produtora executiva da série de antologia de terror Them (2021–presente).
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“Being black and gay, having dreadlocks, having a certain kind of swag, and dressing the way I do…‘That’s dope, you’re cool.’ I don’t feel validated by that. . . . I don’t want to be White. I don’t want to be straight. I don’t want to blend in. . . . I try to wear queer designers who happen to be brown and makin’ shit.”
“Stop giving a s— what other people think of you. We make decisions too often based on that…When we start to live for ourselves, and be a little bit more selfish, I think we’ll lead more fulfilling lives. So I think what we need to do, is stare at ourselves in the mirror a little bit longer, and really own who we are and not try to be what we think others want us to be.”
“I'm a person that documents the lives of people of color…So that way, when we're gone, no one will forget we were here.”
Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.
