So over the weekend, I have been binge-watching the web-series Awkward Black Girl. It was fun, light, and definitely entertaining. I felt guilty for not knowing about the web series all along. In fact, I recently learned about the web series after watching its sister adaptation Insecure just this year.
The Black Sex and The City?
I started watching Insecure for a class. After three episodes in, I was hooked. Although it’s a bit raunchier for my taste, I still love it. I saw an article comparing Insecure to Sex and The City and the writer came to the same conclusion that I did: Insecure is just much more relatable mainly for black women. I am a bit bias saying this as a black woman, but Insecure presents the hardships black woman face while dating. With four white women easily finding dates in every episode, it’s safe to say the show lacked representation and overall an unrealistic point of view towards dating. In Hollywood, we barely get to see the black hardships com into
Awkward Black Girl
Although entertaining, the first few episodes of this web-series were obviously not up to par in terms of quality. However, you can see the difference from season one to season two. Assuming that season one got a bunch of support and donations, the camera work was upgraded and the series nevertheless continued to flourish. The series debuted in 2011 and Insecure debuted at 2016. Seeing how long it took for Issa to acknowledged is a bit frightening. But, seeing her make it and still create more to this date is even better. Success takes time. I know she has a new project coming out and I can’t wait to check it out.
Sometimes it takes us creating from scratch our own project to get the acknowledgment we deserve. I very much learned that from Issa. I also learned that black women can have their blessings and change the Hollywood scene. We can very much take charge in