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160. Fortune Feimster: A Queer Debutante Walks Into a Hooters . . .
About this episode
1. Fortune’s life as a debutante without a couch and her first coming out party.
2. Fortune’s 21st birthday, and her family’s complicated relationship with Hooters.
3. The joys and perils of growing up as an 80s kid, and the shock of moving to LA from a small Southern town.
4. What Fortune was watching when she finally realized she was queer, and how she built community when she realized she was the only gay person she knew.
5. How she learned to let go of being someone she’s not – and starting living to please herself.
About Fortune:
Fortune Feimster is a standup comedian, writer, and actor. Her first Netflix special, “Sweet & Salty,” was nominated for a Critics Choice Award, and her new comedy special – “Good Fortune” – is streaming now on Netflix.
Fortune was a writer and panelist on the hit show “Chelsea Lately” and starred in “The Mindy Project”. She has also appeared in “2 Broke Girls,” “The L Word: Generation Q,” “Glee,” and “Life In Pieces”.
TW: @FortuneFeimster
IG: @fortunefeimster
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