(April 17, 2019 – Source: MIKE COPPOLA/Getty Images North America)
*Emmy-winning writer/actor Lena Waithe is teaming with ATTN: on “Girls Room,” an original anthology series as part of Dove’s Self-Esteem Project for young women.
The scripted series will “explore the pain and power of female adolescence as told through the eyes of an inter-connected group of girls,” Deadline writes. The project is currently in production and slated to premiere in early 2020.
“I’ve admired Dove and its mission to educate young women through their Self-Esteem Project for a long time,” said Waithe. “Crafting a story that’s purposeful and relevant to our shared values was exciting to me on a deeply personal level. I want girls to watch this show and feel like they’re not alone.”
Waithe will produce the series via her Hillman Grad Productions alongside ATTN:.
“ATTN: is thrilled to be working with Lena, Dove and Unilever Entertainment to inspire the next generation of girls to be more confident,” said ATTN:’s Taryn Crouthers.
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In related news, Waite was all about reppin’ Black drag queens during this year’s Met Gala, with the theme “Camp: Notes on Fashion,” inspired by Susan Sontag’s 1964 essay Notes on Camp.
Sontag described camp as a “love of the unnatural: of artifice and exaggeration… style at the expense of content.”
“The Chi” creator hit the red carpet in a Pyer Moss suit with a message on the back: “Black drag queens invented camp”… Although, “Invented” is spelled wrong.
Pyer Moss designer, Kerby Jean-Raymond, accompanied her and had a statement on his suit: “Fix your credit. Pool money. Buy back the block.”
As always… @LenaWaithe with a lesson. #MetGala pic.twitter.com/geYkD1lElo
— Johanna Fuentes (@jfuentes) May 7, 2019
Meanwhile, Waithe, who recently signed on to star in season 3 of HBO’s “Westworld,” teamed with MTV for their “Save Our Moms” campaign for Mother’s Day, a special PSA highlighting the rise of maternal mortality.
Via Complex:
The statistics are frightening: every day, two-to-three women die in the U.S. from pregnancy-related complications, doubling in the past 30 years. The risk for these complications is three-to-four times higher in black women than white women, and what’s even worse is that 60 percent of these deaths could be preventable.
“Every mother deserves the right to go home with their child,” Waithe says in the clip, which you can watch below.
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