Issa Rae’s Memoir + Behind the Bangs: The Power in Crafting Your Story

Glamorous Trash: A Celebrity Memoir Podcast

Chelsea Devantez

Society & Culture, Arts, Books

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

When someone has the courage to tell their own story, it empowers others to embrace their own. Chelsea and Executive Producer Jordan Moncada unpack Issa Rae’s journey from “The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl” and how her DIY journey has inspired Glamorous Trash’s new project: Behind the Bangs, a year-long program designed to help you craft, pitch, and share your story alongside a supportive creative cookie community. Sign up for Behind The Bangs and join the cookie community: Become a member of Behind the Bangs Behind the Bangs Syllabus Apply for a Behind the Bangs scholarship Follow Chelsea: Instagram @chelseadevantez Show Notes: Gabourey Sidibe Memoir Episode Where to find our EP: Jordan Moncada Instagram *** Glamorous Trash is all about going high and low at the same time— Glam and Trash. We recap and book club celebrity memoirs, deconstruct pop culture, and sometimes, we cry! If you've ever referenced Mariah Carey in therapy... then this is the podcast for you. Thank you to our sponsors: Visit Brooklinen.com and use code TRASH to get $20 off your order of $100 or more. Libro.fm - Click here to get 2 audiobooks for the price of 1 with your first month of membership using code TRASH. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:06.0	Hello and welcome to a very special episode of glamorous trash. This is a celebrity memoir podcast where we dig into all of the glamour and all of the trash.
1:14.8	I'm your host, Chelsea Devontes.
1:16.3	I'm a TV writer, comedian, filmmaker, author, and sometimes I'm in stuff too.
1:20.8	And this is a very special episode because we are going to cover two things.
1:25.8	First, we are going to cover highlights from Issa Ray's memoir,
1:30.0	The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, which was published in 2015. We're going to have a special
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