'Issa stands out as a bold outlier in the industry in a time when it’s a lot easier to pander to a white gaze.' –tayobero
— has felt like even more of a victory for her. “It’s an ‘aha!’ to the people I was trying to sell scripts to in the past that were like, ‘You need to be broad' or 'You need to add a white kid, that’s the gateway,’” she said.
, Issa’s breakthrough web series, sowed the seeds of that defiance, even at a time when she was still trying to build an audience. A predecessor to the now widely beloved HBO property, the 2011 YouTube series followed lead character J as she navigated friends, relationships, and increasingly uncomfortable workplace dynamics with much of the same raw honesty that Issa moves through the world with now.
Focused on the lives of Issa and her group of Black, twentysomething friends and lovers living in Los Angeles,often feels like the inside of a familiar group chat brought to life by characters that audiences have grown to love. From theto the existential burden that often comes with navigating career moves, Issa has an uncanny way of filtering out the most nuanced aspects of the Black experience and mapping those onto characters who are just like us — messy, complex, and often deeply insecure.
on social media and sparked renewed conversation about the lack of female representation at the awards, particularly in more prestigious categories like best director.at the Brooklyn Museum, Issa took the opportunity to make a powerful statement. The first Black woman ever to host the awards, she hit the red carpet in a sparkly blue jumpsuit/gown meld with a belt that had the title of Boris Gardiner’s famous song “Every N***a Is a Star” embroidered into it.
And although some of these gestures have drawn criticism, she continues to be a voice for Black people, starting conversations about issues
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