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Awkward Black Girl Web Series is Going Viral

Today’s media is plagued with ignorant shows. Now I like an ignorant show occasionally just as much as anyone else but, you have to admit, after being visually force fed images of women fighting, basing their self worth over who they married or had a baby with, and hoards of other reality shows there is a need for some kind of balance. Furthermore, these ignorant images often times feature African-Americans and in the absence of there being a balance of postive and ignorant images of Black people on television, these images paint a horrible depiction to others in society of what the African-Americans are really about.

…and then I stumbled upon this web series and I was very pleasantly surprised. “Awkward Black Girl” was started by Issa Rae who felt that the shows that featured black women on television were a horrible reflection of herself and the other black women she knew. She took it upon herself to make a web series that is proving to be successful. Issa Rae has been interviewed on CNN, featured in Clutch Magazine and The Huffington Post.  At any given time her web series garners 60,000 plus viewers.
The show follows her awkward character J through everyday life situations in the office, in relationships, and in friendships making the show not just a “black thing” but  a good and relatable web series period.
Even more compelling is the story of how this whole web series was made possible.   Jobless, Rae, who couldn’t even afford not  a $1.25 cup of coffee set up a paypal account that ended up raising over $44,000 in revenue from people who wanted her to continue the web series.
Check out an episode below (some curse words so may not be safe for work):

Like that?  Watch more at http://www.awkwardblackgirl.com

Theresa Sanders

About Theresa Sanders

Theresa Sanders is a young up-and-coming creative writer. Her thought provoking and uninhibited work can be found on her shock topic discussion blog “Y SUGARCOAT?” (http://www.ysugarcoat.com). While she received a Bachelor’s degree in Biology from the well acclaimed Xavier University of Louisiana, she is passionate about writing and turning her hobby into a career. Her work is often featured as a guest segment on the radio show H2Flow on WAEC Love 860 AM radio on Saturday’s from 4pm-6pm EST. For Theresa, writing is her form of iconography and a way she can interact and communicate with the world.

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One Response to Awkward Black Girl Web Series is Going Viral

  1. Tyrone Reply

    January 27, 2012 at 10:36 pm

    I watched all ten episodes posted on Your Black World. Great Work!

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