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oliviaabaker · 1 year

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My random thoughts ( might be spoilers idk idc sorry):

Jordan and Simone being soft as fuck with their current relationships bc they did that with each other first. HELP! They brought that out of each other. It’s a little fast for some of these lines but… some how it’s fitting bc Jordan was always the girl obsessed boyfriend. Now PLEASE PLEASE! Send both Limone and Jordan / Layla on a damn date in a public setting. If I see that studio one more time.

I truly want to see Layla with an actual storyline. Like I am so serious. A stan got mad that I asked but like what is it??? She’s been doing music since what s2??? She had the depression one / almost dying one but outside of this music, what else is there??? Give her something! Sure there is Jordan but come on now. Girls can be more than a love interest!

I want to see her connect with Liv again and work on rebuilding their friendship. It just feels like they are roommates. Even Layla didn’t believe Liv 😭

I want to see her maybe explore college even if it’s just online or night classes. I want her to go to therapy for her issues with JP’s raggedy ass. We need to see it on screen. It just feels like she had lost herself then found herself again then it just stopped. These are 18 / 19 year old young adults… who was career orientated at that age lmao.

It was great to see Patience do something. However, her story line still sucks and she still has no love interest. why does coop get one?! I do not trust that fan girl. It’s giving Carrie 2.0 and VORTEX FANDOM? Nasty. They need to dead that work immediately, I am so serious. It’d be nice to see Patience bond with Jaymee or something.

She is mostly seen with Layla obviously ( Latience rights granted it will never happen!) but we need to move on from Catience and have P do whatever she wanna do musically bc a tour?? When the album flopped does not make sense. If they want drama for Patience, have Clay snatch her up.

I need all the girls to flourish and have fun on this show ( HC too! Coop too!) bc the men having fun / throwing parties / having story lines etc is very very annoying at this point. I get it’s necessary for Spencer and I am so happy that my baby girl Simone has found a potential sister hood in her line sisters but the beginning scared me bc simone and hazing? NO! SHE HAS BEEN THROUGH ENOUGH!

Back to my babies, Jimone not have been the ideal relationship to some shippers but they had so many soft moments and it was just as cute being that it was a fast burn. She altered his brain and made him grow up no matter how you spin it. I love that for him, we need to see more mature Jordan bc WHEW!

Funny, I can accept their current relationships with new people but Alicia and Noah??? Oh girl!

IMMEDIATELY NO.

Matter of fact, give Jabrielle and Limone a double date.

Interested to see how this plays out considering Spencer now knows about Jordan’s relationship and also Nate caught Simone and Lando in 2.08. I think they need to build new sets or something. We need to see them somewhere other than the dorms / tennis court / salusons and that damn studio.

Matter of fact burn the studio actually. And the beach house.

#they can never lose me #even if I accepted both of their relationships #except Dimone that is where I draw the line #but limone and jordayla are growing on me so bad #but like Jimone still holds priority over them in the long run in this house #Alicia and Noah however? immediately no

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I...think I had a bad idea :D @cod-dump @stuffireadandenjoy

Maybe not that bad, I don't know

Let's picture a mission where the Shadow Company and Team Charlie are together at it, maybe before Las Almas or maybe afterwards. Anyway, Graves and Marchant definetly don't have this weird co-parents dinamic. Actually, they don't trust or like eachother, she just likes Moose and Swift, and he just likes Luke and Jackie at most.

Then, what if something happens and the mission goes south?

Bullets flying around them, explotions all over the place and a lot of smoke, and they call retreat. However, the problem is that their teams are lost, the lines are off, they don't know where they are or if they are hurt or worst...if they are captured. Alicia starts to feel a big bad fear, remebering that mission in Angola, maybe she'll loose another team under her command. Graves on the other hand feels anger, complete blastful, boiling fury, if even one of his men is hurt...God forgive him.

Obviously they start looking around, but they can only find eachother in the middle, and when they look at the other there's something. Nothing good tho, no love, no simpathy, no friendship. Just a primal recognition, they are equals at that moment, both wanna kill, wanna take back what is theirs.

Whatever tension or hate they had, is now forgotten, they must work together for the time being. Marchant knows that Graves was a Marine, he's made for that kind of missions too, is a good ally and a terryfing enemy. Graves knows how Marchant works in that kind of enviroment, she's a Lancero after all, the mountain and jungle might be nothing new. They need to use the other.

The hours continue running and also do they. Whoever they encountred and was a threat to them, it was eliminated. Maybe brutally if Graves found they hurt a Shadow, or cold and efficiently if Marchant is quicker that the Shadow himself. Soon enough they leave a body trail behind them, they have become something else, wilder, more dangerous.

Some kilometers north, they found someone and rush to see who is that. Graves just curses down his breath when he sees Meerkat unconcious, with blood leaking from his legs and his face contorted in pain. But surprisingly Alicia rush to him, already tearing up her jacket to make an improvised bandage, muttering encouragement words like the Shadow was concious.

Graves: How do you...?

Alicia: In the Amazonas base, they teach you how yo survive, how to save yours

Those were the first words said to eachother since the beggining, after that they continued in silence. The half colombian carrying Meerkat on her back, meanwhile Graves cleaned up the path.

More hours passed and they hear something, a conversation and for worst, a gun loading. Marchant hisses a "fuck" when she recognize Cobalto's voice, he's the one being interrogated and the one in mortal danger. Then Graves goes first in absolute silence, taking out his gun while hearing the angry questions in a bad english. He got near enough and place the gun cannon against the enemy head.

Graves: A movement and you are gone *growls* weapon down, three steps aside, now

The enemy follow the order, then without a trace of doubt, he shoots for the first time since the beggining of that little new mission. Graves put down the gun and help Cobalto to get back on his feet, helping when the other cannot keep his body up.

Noah: Commander Graves? If you're here, the Captain...

Alicia: Over here, García

Noah: Ma'am! Are you okay?!

Alicia: That's my line, you good? How's everyone? Is someone hurt?

Noah: We are good, our people and the Shadows are fine, did...they follow you?

Alicia: I don't reckon *looks at Graves*

Graves: They didn't, i made sure of it

Alicia: Then we're free to go, our friend over here needs medical atention urgently

Soon they followed García's instructions and found the refuge, all of them were there, trying to create a plan to find him and her. They noticed immediately how low on ammo they were, it would have been a suicidal operation if they tried to do it.

Moose: Graves?

He was the first one on notice them, getting up to help Cobalto and then hugging Graves, hearing the little laugh coming form the blonde one. From there it was just a matter of seconds, Swift and Jackie helped Meerkat in an instant, the Charlie Team medic calming down the Shadows medic when he got pale. Luke practically ran to hug his Captain, relieved of seeing her alive, and she just hugged him back with a smile under her mask.

Jackie looked up from where he was attending Meerkat, instantly worried when he saw them covered in blood from head to toe.

Jackie: Are both of you good, Captain?

Alicia: Affirmative, it's not our blood

Jackie: Good to know

Some time later they got back to the base, tired and covered in bandages, but alive. Eager, Charlie Team pilot, was ranting furiosly until no one understood him once he heard about what happened. Now was time to go back to their bases and get ready to another mission, so the leaders talk near the planes. They look at eachother silently, analizing the new part of the other they just discovered.

Luke is nervous, he knows how bad they dislike eachother, maybe they're gonna slice the other's throat with words. Big surprise he feels when both of them just shake their hands without any hate.

Alicia: Seems like your company was better that I thought

Graves: Right back at ya' *smiles* your people is more skilled that other teams I've worked with

Alicia: Ha! We're the best in what we do

Graves: I wonder if that's true, Mama Bear

Alicia: *snickers* Fuck off, Graves

Then both of them just go back to their transports, with Luke absolutely confused, did they managed to like eachother while MIA? When he asked the Captain, she doesn't say anything, just smiles and goes to the plane.

Luke: Captain! C'mon, what was that?! Do you really like Commander Graves?!

She laughs, please, don't missunderstand her. Neither Graves nor her trust eachother even after what happened, but maybe they were more similar that they first thought. Now she's wondering if they'll work good with them, even if Price says and advices other way.

#call of duty #call of duty modern warfare #cod mw2 #call of duty mw2 #ocs #shadow company moose #oc #cod oc #shadow company oc #poor luke #he's so confused #maybe soon he'll understand the weird tolerance bound between phillip and alicia

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Best Romantic Movies on Netflix

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Romance movies are not that different from horror movies. Both are incredibly hard to pull off, are heavily watched during a cold time of year, and hopefully end with every character covered in blood.

With that in mind we present to you a list of the best romantic movies on Netflix. Because romance deserves it, damn it. Virtually every song ever written is a love song but poor romance can’t get a fair shake at the movies. Whether it be a rom-com or just a straight-up soul-enlightening/crushing romance, our list of the best romantic movies on Netflix will get you back in touch with your cold, dead heart.

Set It Up

Set It Up is Netflix’s most accomplished original romantic comedy yet.

Zoey Deutch and Glen Powell star as overworked assistants Harper and Charlie. Harper is an assistant to Kirsten (Lucy Liu) the woman behind a sports media empire. Charlie works for finance maven Rick (Taye Diggs). Harper and Charlie realize that their respective workloads might lesson if their bosses were more focused on their love life and less focused on work. So they…set them up.

Set It Up is a fun, novel high-concept romance movie positively filled with chemistry on all sides.

Outside In

We embrace every kind of love on our list of the best romance movies. Sometimes that includes some questionable, and some would say “icky” kind of love. So…Outside In is a teacher-student romance. But don’t panic! It’s ok.

Jay Duplas stars as Chris, a man who was wrongly imprisoned at age 18 and who is relased at age 38. When Chris is released, he immediately meets up with his old high school teacher, Carol (Edie Falco), who was his penpal when he was in prison. He wastes little time before he declares his love for her.

Despite its subject matter, Outside In is a mature, well-handled exploration of love and what it means to love someone for themselves as opposed to what they do for us.

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

With a name as long as The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, the movie better be good to justify how many times we poor cultural commenters must type it out. Thankfully Guernsey is quite good!

Based on a book by the same name, Guernsey is a historical love story set in 1946. Lily James stars as British writer Juliet Ashton. Juliet begins exchanging letters with residents of the islands of Guernsey, which was under German occupation in WWII (so like two years before the movie starts). While there she meets the dashing Dawsey Adams (Michael Huisman) and romance begins to blossom.

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is an excellent, watchable classical romance

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before

Oh hey! Another Netflix original with a long title based on a book. Like the Potato Peel Pie Society, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before is another effortlessly enjoyable romantic romp – this time of the teen variety.

Lara Jean Song Covey (Laura Condor) experiences every young person’s nightmare when private love letters to five boys she has or has had crushes on suddenly and mysteriously become public. But fear not. This is a romance movie, not a horror movie. So this sudden reveal has to go well for Lara Jean, right? RIGHT?!?

To All the Boys P.S. I Still Love You

The To All the Boys team returns for a sequel that teaches kids the harsh lesson that there’s no such thing as happily ever after! OK, so that’s a bit harsh, but To All the Boys P.S. I Still Love You does bring back its characters for another round of romantic angst.

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Lara Jean (Lana Condor) is now officially Peter’s (Noah Centineo) girlfriend. But before they can relax and enjoy their lives together, an old flame of Lara Jean enters the frame. That’s right, John Ambrose (Jordan Fisher) is here and he wants to steal your girl, Noah Centineo.

The Danish Girl

2015’s The Danish Girl tells the story of a kind of love nearly unprecedented for its early 20th century time. Eddie Redmayne stars as artist Lili Elbe, who was born Einar Wegener and is believed to be one of the first individuals to receive sexual reassignment surgery. The film follows Lili’s journey and her love with wife Gerda Wegener (Alicia Vikander).

When Gerda asks her husband to stand in for a female subject in her painting, Einar does so and quickly comes to terms with the gender identity he’s been suppressing. The newly confirmed Lili and Gerda navigate this new dimension of their relationship and Lili continues her work as a subject for Gerda’s now very much in demand paintings.

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Beauty and the Beast

2017’s live-action version of Beauty and the Beast isn’t the best depiction of the classic fairy tale ever but that’s ok. It doesn’t have to be. All Bill Condon’s Beauty and the Beast really needed to be was a fun little dip into nostalgia with sumptuous visuals and a believable romance. On that front, everything goes according to plan.

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Emma Watson stars as Belle and Dan Stevens is her beast. Belle heads off from her small French town to the Beast’s castle to rescue her father. What follows is Stockholm Syndrome: The Movie. But sexier. Beauty and the Beast really does look good and Watson and Stevens have just enough chemistry to make this a worthwhile romantic experience.

50 First Dates

50 First Dates has a somewhat disappointing Rotten Tomatoes score. Ignore that. It’s probably partially due to many critics’ distaste for at least one of the actors in the above screengrab. Not that they can be blamed. The presence of Adam Sandler or Rob Schneider in any comedy is rarely a good sign. In 50 First Dates‘, however, it’s not an issue at all.

50 First Dates is a legitimately funny and romantic romantic comedy. Drew Barrymore stars as Lucy Whitmore, a woman with short-term memory loss. Due to a car accident, every day she wakes up believing it is October 13, 2002. Sandler’s character Henry Roth meets her in Hawaii and the two must overcome this bizarre condition to establish a lasting relationship.

Carol

Todd Haynes, director of Carol and Far From Heaven knows longing. And if there’s an element that makes for an excellent romantic movie experience its longing. That desperate sense is baked into nearly every frame of Carol. Based on a 1950s romance novel, Carol is the story of a young photographer (Rooney Mara) and an older woman going through a divorce (Cate Blanchette) undertaking a forbidden affair.

Forbidden because, you know, ’50s. And that’s where the longing comes in. Nothing is more romantic or sexier than a forbidden romance. Carol channels that romantic energy into something mature, fascinating and heartbreaking.

Silver Linings Playbook

Silver Linings Playbook is all about how generally terrible it is to be a Philadelphia Eagles fan. OK, fine – it’s only a little bit about that. This star-studded 2012 film from David O. Russell is more about the challenges in finding love when one isn’t sure they even love themselves.

Bradley Cooper stars as Pat Solitano Jr., a young man with bipolar disorder living with his parents after being released from a psychiatric hospital. Pat is determined to win back his ex-wife and to that end enlists the help of young widower Tiffany Maxwell (Jennifer Lawrence). The two become closer as they train for an upcoming dance competition and share their respective damages with one another.

Silver Linings Playbook works because Lawrence and Cooper have a real crackling chemistry. And they both just happen to be devastatingly, almost supernaturally attractive.

Runaway Bride

From stars Richard Gere and Julia Roberts to director Garry Marshall to conspicuous usage of enormous cell phones – Runaway Bride is an intensely ’90s film. And to the rightly organized mind, that just makes it the platonic ideal of a low-stress romantic comedy.

Roberts stars as Maggie Carpenter, an alluring young woman who has made a habit of leaving multiple fiancé’s at the altar. Gere is Ike Graham, a New York columnist seeking to tell the definitive story of this “runaway bride.” Runaway Bride is a charming experience that will make you think long and hard about how you really like your eggs prepared.

Loving

It feels reductive to call Loving a “romance” movie, as its more of a historical exploration of the very real, very tragic legacy of American racism. At its center, however, the film is about love.

Loving tells the story of Richard (Joel Edgerton) and Mildred Loving (Ruth Negga), a mixed-race Virginia couple challenging their state’s law against interracial marriage in the Supreme Court. The details of the Lovings struggle for basic human rights are astonishing. Edgerton and Negga’s empathetic performances make sure the film never loses sight of the humanity at play amid all the legal drama.

Always Be My Maybe

Everyone always talks about “the one who got away”, but what about “the one who was always kind of around”? 2019’s Always Be My Maybe tells of one such story.

Ali Wong (who wrote the film) stars as Sasha Tran and Randall Park stars as Marcus Kim. Marcus and Sasha grew up next door to each other and also embarked on a brief, ill-fated relationship in their teenage years. When Sasha returns to San Francisco to open a restaurant, she discovers that romantic energy remains between her and Marcus. But is that enough to spark love in the busy, chaotic adult world?

Always Be My Maybe has a lot to say about family and growth. It also features a truly winning performance from Keanu Reeves playing…Keanu Reeves.

The Kissing Booth

There’s an interesting dynamic at play in teenage romantic comedies. Oftentimes, the worse they are, the more watchable (and rewatchable) they become. The Kissing Booth is a prime example. Based on a book by the same name from Beth Reekles, The Kissing Booth isn’t exactly celebrated for its realistic portrayal of American teenagers.

Thanks to charming lead performances from Joey King, Jacob Elordi, and Joel Courtney, however, that doesn’t really matter. The Kissing Booth is all about how one girl’s first kiss turns into an emotional minefield of teen angst. That alone is enough to support 105 minutes of pure high school drama…and two sequels!

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WHEN: Saturday, August 1st. WHERE: Sapphire (Neutral) HOSTED BY: Mia Costello TIME: 7:00 PM CST DRESS CODE: Assigned Costume OOC TIME: 6:00 PM CST

Chanel Albright, the Costello’s notorious publicist, is turning 29 and all of Chicago’s elite, spontaneous, reckless and eyebrow raising are invited. Hosted and thrown by one of Chicago’s former news headliners, Mia Costello. This is a private event where two things allow you entrance into Sapphire, a personalized VIP pass and being dressed as the 90s or 00s artist listed on said pass. Failure to meet the dress code or to arrive in costume as someone other than the name on the pass results in not only a denied entry but immediate escorting from Sapphire’s premises.

Liquor, food, 90s/00s nostalgia and music will be in abundance. Drinks are practically free and the night will be wild and one to be remembered. Cell Phones and digital cameras are traded in for polaroid and disposable cameras. Sapphire has been transformed from the club of the present to that of the past with classics of each era and a few modern amenities provided for guests entertainment. Costello and private security are heavily in attendance to make sure things do not get too out of hand.

A/N: A special THANK YOU to Isa for putting this all together. She assigned every character a 90s/00s icon to dress up as – even the ones who aren’t taken! Everyone’s costumes will be listed below. She also made a playlist (listen here) and typed everything up. I didn’t have to do much work for this at all! Thank you for coming up with such a fun idea for everyone to participate in!

With that being said, I think I can trust everyone here to write and do replies however they see fit. If you want to write interactions via Chatzy/Discord, that’s fine, just make sure to post them on the dash if anything important happens so that we can all read! Try to stay on top of replies (this especially goes for ME, I suck). Have fun, make sure to check out the assigned costumes below! And make sure your character shows up in costume or they won’t be let in. Don’t make Mia mad, plz, thank you.

Chanel Albright: Posh Spice

Leon Costello: Justin Timberlake

Ezra Costello: Adam Levine (Maroon 5)

Mia Costello: Ginger Spice

Sofia Costello: Baby Spice

Luca Costello: John Mayer

Natalia Cardoza: Christina Aguliera

Camila Perez: Mariah Carey

Jackson Sinclair: Nick Carter

Margot Sinclair: Britney Spears

Noah Sinclair: Matthew Bellamy - Muse

Paityn Sinclair (Costello): Courtney Love

Sebastian Sinclair: Eminem

Felicity Sinclair: Avril Lavinge

Matthew Dunne: Aaron Carter

Tristan Sullivan: Marky Mark from the Funky Bunch

Joaquin Aleman: Enrique Iglesias

Eva Calderon: Shakira

Alondra Aleman: Beyonce (Destiny Child’s Era/Early Solo Career)

Livia Moreno: Gwen Stefani

Ambrya Mardin: Jennifer Lopez (JLO)

Not Taken Characters Roles: Who are invited to the party

Violet Costello: Scary Spice

Leo Amari: Marc Anthony

Gabriel Aleman: Jay Z

Charlotte Sinclair: Nicole Scherzinger

Abel Costello: Kurt Cobain

Aaron Kumar: Lenny Kravitz

Angela Webber: Alanis Moresett

Adam Davenport: Rob Thomas

Ben Lowell: Nick Lachey - 98 Degrees

Alex Alverez: 50 Cent

Avery Mercer: Alicia Keys

Liam Edwards: Gerard Way

Corinna Sutter: Whitney Houston

Damon Kent: Jason Maraz

Yvonne Santiago: Sheryl Crow

Jessa Westbrook: Kylie Minogue

Katrina Patani: LeAnn Rimes

Holden Estrada: Lil Bow Wow

Thalia Montoya: Aaliyah

Nicholas Farley: Usher

Mateo Lujan: Sting

Thomas Sinclair: Billie Joel Armstrong - Green Day

Juliet Carmichael: Celine Dion

Dennis: David Beckham

#pb event: 004 #thank you again isa!

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'Awards Chatter' Podcast — Laverne Cox ('Orange Is the New Black')

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'Awards Chatter' Podcast — Laverne Cox ('Orange Is the New Black')

“The past four years I have been working like a dog,” says Orange Is the New Black actress and activist Laverne Cox as we sit down at the offices of The Hollywood Reporter to record an episode of the ‘Awards Chatter’ podcast in mid-July. Cox, the first openly transgender person ever to receive an acting Emmy nomination — she was nominated three years ago and again last month for her work on Orange — and the first openly trans person ever to appear on the cover of Time also starred this season in the Fox TV movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s Do the Time Warp Again and on the short-lived CBS drama series Doubt. What makes all the effort worth it, says the actress, is feedback that suggests she’s not only excelling onscreen, but also making a difference off it, as well. “When I meet young transgender people who say that their lives have changed because of my work,” she says, “that they decided not to commit suicide because of my visibility, that they decided to pursue their dreams of being actors, or to transition or to come out to friends or family, that means the most to me.”

(Click above to listen to this episode or here to access all of our 161 episodes via iTunes. Past guests include Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Meryl Streep, Eddie Murphy, Lady Gaga, Robert De Niro, Amy Schumer, Will Smith, Jennifer Lopez, Louis C.K., Emma Stone, Harvey Weinstein, Natalie Portman, Jerry Seinfeld, Jane Fonda, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Nicole Kidman, Aziz Ansari, Taraji P. Henson, J.J. Abrams, Helen Mirren, Justin Timberlake, Brie Larson, Ryan Reynolds, Alicia Vikander, Warren Beatty, Jessica Chastain, Samuel L. Jackson, Kate Winslet, Sting, Isabelle Huppert, Tyler Perry, Sally Field, Michael Moore, Lily Collins, Denzel Washington, Mandy Moore, Ricky Gervais, Kristen Stewart, James Corden, Sarah Silverman, Michael B. Jordan, Kate Beckinsale, Bill Maher, Lily Tomlin, Rami Malek, Allison Janney, Trevor Noah, Olivia Wilde, Eddie Redmayne and Claire Foy.)

Cox’s journey to this point has been anything but likely. Born and raised near Mobile, Ala., in a religious home and conservative community, she grew up looking like a boy but feeling like a girl, and was subjected to constant shaming by classmates, teachers and even relatives. “How feminine I was was a problem that had to be solved,” she recalls. By the age of 11, her inner turmoil drove her to attempt suicide, but she survived and found motivation to go on in dance, through which she could express herself. A desire to pursue that passion and live more freely led her to an arts high school and then, after a brief stint at Indiana University, to Marymount Manhattan College in the Big Apple, where acting first entered the picture.

Life in Manhattan was a mixed-bag for Cox, who by that point was publicly presenting herself in gender non-conforming ways. By day, her appearance provoked cruelty and abuse (“I never felt safe on the streets of New York,” she says), but by night it led to an unprecedented sense of freedom and acceptance (in the downtown club scene, she discovered other trans people and became a “mini-celebrity”). Her rollercoaster of an existence ultimately brought about “a full-on nervous breakdown,” after which she resolved to fully transition. “When I claimed trans, it was just empowering,” she explains. “It was, ‘This is what I am.'” Not that her problems went away: “For many years, I wanted to blend in and wanted to sort of be stealth and to quote-unquote ‘pass,’ but there was invariably always someone who knew I was trans, and that was very difficult for me,” she explains. “It was really shaming, and I felt like a failure.”

A major moment in Cox’s life came in 2007, when Candice Cayne became the first trans person to play a recurring trans part on a primetime show, ABC’s Dirty Sexy Money, proving to Cox that her dreams actually could become reality. “I just started submitting myself for everything,” she says, and soon she began landing work in off-Broadway productions and indie films; as a bit player on TV series including Law & Order; and as a reality TV contestant, on VH1’s I Want to Work for Diddy in 2008 (“I was never really interested in being P. Diddy‘s assistant, but what I was interested in was advancing my career”) and then, on the basis of her popularity with that show’s audience, a producer and co-host of the same network’s TRANSform Me in 2010. With greater exposure came greater fame, but not much greater security, financial or otherwise. Throughout those years, Cox continued to work at the drag restaurant Lucky Cheng. She also faced eviction notices, and seriously contemplated quitting the business and applying to graduate school. An LBGTQ-focused acting class, however, convinced her to persevere.

Then, in 2012, Cox’s big break arrived — even if it took her a while to realize it — when, following several auditions, she landed the recurring role of Sophia Burset, a trans hairdresser incarcerated for credit card fraud in a women’s prison, on Weeds creator Jenji Kohan‘s Netflix dramedy series Orange Is the New Black, which was inspired by Piper Kerman‘s 2010 memoir of the same name. The show was unveiled in 2013 and quickly became a cultural phenomenon, the most watched original content on the then-burgeoning streaming service, with fans ranging from teenage girls to President Barack Obama. For Cox, the opportunity to depict, for a large audience, the challenges of being a trans person in prison was all the more significant because she had spent years trying but failing to make a documentary about a real trans person, CeCe McDonald, who ostensibly was imprisoned unjustly.

Life for Cox hasn’t been quite the same since the explosion of Orange Is the New Black. For the first season’s third episode, “Lesbian Request Denied,” which was directed by Jodie Foster and explored Sophia’s backstory, Cox earned her first historic Emmy nom; for the fourth season’s fourth episode, “Doctor Psycho,” which depicts what life is like for a trans person in solitary confinement, she earned her second. In-between, she also landed her Time cover and became only the second trans performer ever to be a regular on a broadcast network show with Doubt (though the series was canceled after the airing of just two episodes, additional episodes continue to air on CBS on Saturdays at 8 p.m.). Cox also was the first trans person to appear on the radar of many Americans, and by her very existence — as well as the excellence of her work — she has helped to pave the way for greater awareness and and greater acceptance as well — at least in circles outside of Donald Trump‘s White House.

Cox paved the way not only for other characters in pop culture, like Jeffrey Tambor‘s portrayal of Jill Soloway‘s “mapa” on Amazon’s Transparent, which premiered in 2014, and for which Tambor has won the last two best actor in a comedy series Emmys; but also for real people like Chelsea Manning, the controversial U.S. Army soldier who went to jail, for leaking classified material, as Bradley, but began identifying herself as a woman in 2013; Caitlyn Jenner, who transitioned in 2015; and the list goes on. Trans people clearly still have a long way to go in achieving real equality, as demonstrated by Trump’s ban on trans people serving in the U.S. military, which he announced Wednesday on Twitter. (Cox immediately issued a statement condemning Trump’s decision, thanking members of the trans community for their service and saying, “I’m sorry your ‘commander in chief’ doesn’t value it.”) But as Cox continues to fight for further progress, she also celebrates the progress that has been made. “At one point, for the two weeks that Doubt was on the air, there were two black transgender women series regulars on primetime broadcast television,” she marvels, the other being Amiyah Scott on Fox’s Star. “That’s exciting.”

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#Awards #Black #Chatter #Cox #Laverne #Orange #Podcast

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