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Bonus! Natasha Lyonne's fight to survive & thrive
🕑 Added 2025-07-13 16:00:13 +0000 UTCHello there! For this week's bonus video, I wanted to give a little context for why, in this house, we adore Natasha Lyonne -- starting with her adorable early roles in commercials and Pee-Wee's Playhouse, and then of course with her teen appearance in But I'm a Cheerleader. Things took an unpleasant turn for a few years in her 20s: Some people in her life who did not have her best interests at heart; and a health crisis that nearly took her out. But fortunately for her -- and us! -- she's made of tough stuff, and not only survived but thrived.
Comments
Rowena P
SO EXCITED for the But I'm A Cheerleader video!!!!! And while, obviously, you are correct on the misogyny in Hollywood, I think perhaps Natasha's....cis+ swagger, shall we say, is why she's so adept at playing lesbians. The way she carries herself translates well into, I don't know if butchness is really the word I'm looking for, but she reads authentically as a queer woman when playing those characters. At least in a way that is relatable to me haha
Matt Baume
Ok I am certainly not thrilled about that development! She says their goal is to find a way to do it ethically, but ... that seems ... well, if there's a pathway I'm not seeing it.
Adam Pollock
Too bad she’s shilling for artificial imitation now, making it far harder for many other people to survive a future she has no credible reason to endorse
