You know it can't just be a sincere truth. They're trying to lose weight, or they're having a makeover montage, or they get whacked over the head and believe that they're beautiful because it's a delusion. If there's a fat character on TV they are sad. You don't see fat people being happy on TV. We're going to make the show that we needed when we were younger.'

When West was writing her memoir, she'd ask herself one question whenever she got lost or stuck: 'What's the book that I needed to read when I was younger?' That was the guiding principle for West and Bryant as they shaped the screen adaptation, too: 'Aidy and I just said over and over. 'Annie' is not exactly Lindy, but there are some obvious parallels, like being an aspiring writer at an alternative weekly newspaper in the Pacific Northwest. SNL's Aidy Bryant plays West's character in the show. The only problem, West says, is that at every turn, society says 'you should apologize for just living in your body.' 'It's that you're trying to live the same kind of complicated, exciting, fun, beautiful, difficult life as everyone else.' 'The reality of being a fat person isn't that every moment of your life is about being fat,' she says. The new Hulu show Shrill, based on her 2016 memoir about being feminist and body positive, is not 'all about the message,' she says. Lindy West did not set out to make an after school special.

Presented by: Town Hall and University Book Store, as part of the Arts & Culture series.Īnd and the Seattle Office of Arts and Culture.Shrill executive producer Lindy West enjoyed making a fictionalized version of her life: 'You can work out all your grudges and your resentments against everyone you've ever met, except with this plausible deniability because it's fictional,' she says. Not just for fans of Lindy (although, you’ll probably want to come, too) this event is for anyone interested in having their own opinions in the age of the internet. She’ll share her thoughts on #ShoutYourAbortion!, being a fat woman, being loud, being a feminist, Planned Parenthood, and more in this first Seattle event for her book. Her memoir Shrill discusses this and other stories from her life. Two years ago, her confrontation with a particularly nasty internet troll became a model for fighting back via technology. In particular, being a woman (especially an outspoken woman) can be difficult on the internet. A limited number of standby line tickets may be available night-of. In the digital age, online persecution has become commonplace.

Shrill notes from a loud woman