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Navajo/Mex/Showrunner: Rutherford Falls. Writer: Loot, Brooklyn 99, Superstore, Happy Endings. Hey, you're great and I'm sure you're doing your best. she/her
May 10, 2023 13 tweets 3 min read
Gather round the fire! Auntie Sierra's gonna tell you about Network TV in 2010! I had never been in a writers room, I was a dirtball state school grad with little to no connections. But by some miracle, I staffed as the Disney Fellow on a new show called Happy Endings. Season 1, we had 17 writers. Including me there was 7 staff writers. SEVEN. A seasoned writer called the show “America’s Next Top Staff Writer”. But I didn’t care, I was in, baby! On the Paramount lot, eating free food and living my dream.
May 3, 2022 8 tweets 2 min read
I've never had an abortion. But there’s no way I’d have the life I do without one. I was a really curious kid, always asking my parents questions and even though they were always busy working, they took the time to answer them. Once I asked my mom, “What if I got pregnant?” 1/ My mom said “If you wanted to keep it, we would help you. And if we didn’t, we would help you get an abortion.” I was kinda shocked she said it so matter of factly. We lived in AZ and people didn’t talk like that. My mom proceeded to tell me a story. 2/
Aug 7, 2021 12 tweets 3 min read
Not sure if unvaxed folks follow me, but there’s been a lot of scary stories about people in the ICU, you’ve been told how bad this can go. I wanted to share something, idk, positive I guess? Still to try and get you vaxed. So my brother was on a ventilator for 50ish days. 1/ And he is my best friend. Before he went under, he only worried about us, his loved ones. Processing that he might not come back made me wail and wail. (This gets better, I promise) So 50ish days of facetiming him, trying to look up podcasts he’d suggested to tell him about it.