Ngokukhawuleza nje ukuba ndifumanise ukuba ndingubani, ndifuna ukukugcina oko, uQuintessa Swindell uxelele uMbonisi.Umzekeliso: Julia Cherrualt / Braganca; Ifoto: UCharley Gallay / imifanekiso ka-Getty yeNetflix Njengomlingisi omncinci wobuhlanga ochonga njengongafaniyo nesini esingahambelaniyo (i-GNC), uQuintessa Swindell wayengazange alamkele uluvo lokudlala umlinganiswa onje ngoThabitha Foster ovela Iitrinki -I-posh kunye ne-queen queen ecebileyo ebonakaliswe ngokwembali ngabafazi abamhlophe be-cisgender e-Hollywood. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, uSwindell, osebenzisa bona / bona / izimelabizo zabo, waye waphicotha iindima zikaMoe noElodie — abanye ababini ababephambili — phambi kokuba bafumane amacala ophengululo lukaThabitha.
Umdlalo weqonga wolutsha, owabonisa ixesha lesibini nelokugqibela kwiNetflix kwinyanga ephelileyo, ulandela uhambo lwabahlobo abathathu besikolo esiphakamileyo-uElodie (uBrianna Hildebrand), uMoe (Kiana Madeira) noTabitha (Swindell) -abakha ubuhlobo obungenakulindeleka emva komhlangano. kwintlanganiso yoShicilelo engaziwayo ePortland.
Ngokukhawuleza ndakuba ndifumene uThabitha, bendithanda, 'Hayi, ayizukwenzeka. Baza kumphosa njani umntu ofana nam, ngubani ukuba ndingubani, kule ndima ikoluhlobo lwendlela enye kunye nolunye uhlobo lwentombazana ngokubanzi? 'USwindell uxelele uMbonisi. Kwaye xa ndiyifumene, bendifana, 'Uyazi ntoni? Ndiza kuvavanya nje yona, ndiza kuthumela iteyipu kwaye ndiza kwenza konke okusemandleni am. '
Ngokukhawuleza nje ukuba ndifumanise ukuba ndingubani, bendifuna ukuyigcina kwaye ndibambelele kuyo kuba kubonakala ngathi yeyona nto iqinileyo ebomini bam. Ke bendifana, 'andifuni kuphulukana nayo ngenxa yomsebenzi. Oko kuya kuba ngonaphakade. '
Nditsho nasemva kokufumana umdlalo wabo wokuqala kumdlalo bhanyabhanya, oneminyaka engama-23 ubudala uyavuma ukuba ekuqaleni babenengxaki yokuchonga uThabitha, onomdla kwi-cisgender kwaye kunyanzeleke ukuba aye kwiintlanganiso ezigunyazisiweyo zokuthintela umkhwa ombi wobusela ezivenkileni. Nangona kunjalo, emva kokufota amaxesha amabini anzima ngokweemvakalelo zolu ngcelele, uSwindell wafumanisa ukuba babelana ngokufana ngakumbi noThabitha kunokuba ehlangana neliso.
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Ukukhula kwikhaya elinomzali omnye, uSwindell uthi uthando lwabo lokuzonwabisa lwaqala xa utata wabo weza ekhaya nomabonakude omdaka, ebavumela ukuba baye eBlockbuster bayoqesha iimuvi ezathi ekugqibeleni zandikhuphela ngaphandle kwendalo yam zaya kwinto eyahluke ngokupheleleyo. Ngexesha labo leentsuku zomdlalo weqonga kwisikolo esiphakamileyo sobugcisa eVirginia, uSwindell ucacisa ukuba ngelo xesha ndaqala ukuqonda ukuba yayingeyiyo imidlalo yeqonga endiyithandayo kodwa yayiyifilimu, kwaye kwabonakala ngathi kunje kwakungekho sicwangciso B [sokulandela omnye umsebenzi]. 
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Emva kokuphumelela kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo, uSwindell uthathe isigqibo sokufudukela kwisiXeko saseNew York eyokufundela ukubamba inkqubo ye-BFA eMarymount Manhattan College, apho bafumana inkcubeko engalindelekanga yokubandakanya. Ekubuyiseleni, umdlali weqonga oselula ubonga amava abenawo njengomfundi eNew York ngokubanceda ukuba bahambisane nobuzwe babo kunye nesini.
Ukuba ngumntu oNtsundu ongadibanisanga ngaphakathi kwaye eyona nto yayinzima kakhulu, ngakumbi ukukhula eVirginia apho kunje, 'Owu, ndimnyama kakhulu kweli qela, [kodwa] ndimhlophe kakhulu kweli qela. Okanye ndi-punk kakhulu kweli qela okanye andiluthandi olu hlobo lomculo kunzima ngokwaneleyo ukuba ndikweli qela. 'Ke, yayihlala iphela kwaye ihamba phakathi kwabo ndandinguye ngelo xesha kunye nento endiziva ndikhululekile kuyo, ziyabonakalisa.
Xa ndafudukela eNew York, ngokunyanisekileyo ndandingazi nokuba abantu abanjengam babekhona okanye abantu abaziva ngendlela endandiziva ngayo nokuba ndixoxe ngokuphandle ngayo kuba eVirginia yinto nje engekhoyo. Ke, ndicinga ukuba abantu endandingqongwe nabo eNew York bandiboleka loo mandla kunye noburharha, ngokuba nje bangobani, batsho. Kwaye ubuncinci kum, kwakamsinya nje ukuba ndifumanise ukuba ndingubani, ndifuna ukugcina loo nto kwaye ndibambelele kuyo kuba kubonakala ngathi yeyona nto yomeleleyo ebomini bam endiyifumeneyo kwaye ndaziva. Ke bendifana, 'andifuni ukuyenza le nto yenzelwe into kwaye andifuni kuphulukana nayo ngenxa yomsebenzi okanye ngenxa yethuba. Oko kuya kuba ngonaphakade. '
Baqhubeka: Kunzima [kwishishini], kodwa ndicinga kwangaxeshanye, bekungekho nto idlulileyo inkulu [ngokuvulekileyo] yabantu abangadibanisanga okanye abadlulayo kude kube liLaverne Cox. Ndicinga ukuba nje ukuba ndiqale ukuza kunyaka okanye emibini eyadlulayo, kwabakho ukuthontelana okukhulu kwabaqondisi be-trans kunye nabadlali nayo yonke into enjalo, ke ayisiyongxaki kweli nqanaba. Kufana nokuthi, 'Sikhona!'
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Kwiziqendu ezingama-20 kuphela, ukubonakaliswa okunyanzelekileyo nokukhuthazayo kukaThabitha Foster kuye kwachukumisa uluhlu olubanzi lwezihloko ezinzima, kubandakanya ubuhlanga, uqhawulo-mtshato kunye nokuxhatshazwa. Ekuhambeni kwawo omabini la maxesha, kuye kucace gca ukuba ubomi bukaThabitha obebubonakala bungabubomi, yayiyinto nje eshiyekileyo — eyayisithe umthwalo wokufezekisa ulindelo lomntu wonke kunye nezikrelemnqa zalowo wayethandana naye owayephethwe gadalala ogama linguBrady (Brandon Butler). 
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Ngenxa yokuba babefundiswe esikolweni ukwenza nayiphi na indima abayidlalayo, uSwindell ucacisa ukuba babenakho ukuzisa amava abo okuphila kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo kunye nolwazi oludlulileyo lobudlelwane obuhlukumezayo ukuxelela ibali likaTabitha ngendlela eyiyo.
Ndandinabahlobo abaye baphathwa gadalala ngokwasemzimbeni nangokweemvakalelo, nokuba bekuza kuvela kwiqabane okanye bekuya kuba kujolise kusapho, bayachaza. Ukukhula kwindawo esemaphandleni eVirginia, akuqhelekanga. Ndandijikeleze kakhulu, ke ndiye ndayiqonda ukuba ivela phi kwaye yeyiphi indlela ekhathazayo eyavela emva kwayo. Imvakalelo yokungazi nokuba ungaphuma ngayo nangaliphi na ixesha okanye nokuba kufanelekile ngamanye amaxesha. Kuninzi kakhulu ukuqhubekeka ngokweemvakalelo ukuba kudlule, ke ngokuqinisekileyo kunzima.
Kuloo mfanekiso: Ndicinga ukuba sikwenze amaxesha angama-50 kuba bendifana, 'Hayi, simelwe kukuyifumana ngokuchanekileyo.'
UThabitha, ngokudibana kwakhe ngokungathandekiyo namanye ama-kleptomaniacs u-Moe no-Elodie, uyakwazi ukwenza utshintsho olukhulu ekufumaneni ilizwi lakhe, eqala ngesimo uSindell avumayo ukuba sasinzima kakhulu xa sayidubula.
Embindini wexesha lesibini, uThabitha ufunda iivenkile kwivenkile ephezulu kunye nonina, uLori (Joy Bryant), xa elandelwa ngumthengisi omhlophe kwaye ekugqibeleni wacela ukuba akhuphe iipokotho zakhe. Emva kokubona ukuba intombi yakhe ikwinzala yayo, uLori ungenelela kwangoko aze akhuphe uTabitha aphume evenkileni. Kwindawo yokupaka, aba babini banencoko emsulwa ngobunyani bobuhlanga obuhlasele abantu bebala kangangeenkulungwane.
Ndicinga ukuba siyenze amatyeli angama-50 kuba bendifana nokuthi, ‘Hayi, simelwe kukuyifumana ngokuchanekileyo.’ Maninzi amaxesha ebomini bam endiye ndacaciswa ngokobuhlanga, kwaye kwenzeke nje kutshanje. Ayikhe ime ngandlela ithile, nakwimozulu yangoku, uSwindell uyaphawula. Kodwa ewe, lo mbono wawumangalisa. Sasinayo, loo bhloko yeziqendu ezibini esazidubulayo, umlawuli oMnyama [ogama linguAyoka [Chenzira]. U-Ayo wayeyinto emnandi kakhulu kuloo nkqubo, kunye no-Joy [Bryant], umama wam (on-screen), nababhali nabo. Sonke siyayazi indlela evakalelwa ngayo kwaye ndicinga ukuba ukuba noluntu olujikeleze useto luyitshintshile indlela ebenokuba yiyo ukusuka kwiskripthi ukuya kwikhamera. Xa unabantu abaseti abanjengawe, bekuxhasa, bekuphakamisa, akukho ndlela esihogweni yokuba umsebenzi uza kuba mbi.
Ngelixa uTabitha eqala ukushukunyiswa ngamava, ekugqibeleni uwusebenzisa njengomzuzu wokucaca ukuba amkele ilifa lakhe emva kokuthetha nomfundi ofunda naye oMnyama ogama linguMarquise (Austin Crute). Emva kwesiqendu, uThabitha uya kwi-salon yeenwele ezimnyama emva koko abonise ii-braids zakhe ezintsha kuMoe no-Elodie, umzuzu ongathandabuzekiyo othi, uSwindell uthi, uye wahlangana nabalandeli abaninzi kwimidiya yoluntu.
[Isazisi senkcubeko sikaThabitha] khange siboniswe ngokwenyani kwisizini yokuqala kwaye ukuba nale mpendulo ngoku kuyathuthuzela kwaye kuyonwabisa, ngakumbi ngayo yonke into eqhubekayo e-U.S ngoku, ziyabonakalisa. Ndivakalelwa kukuba umboniso uthetha inyani kumandla.
Ngokuzithemba kwakhe okutsha, ukukhula kobuqu kukaThabitha kubonisiwe kwakhona kwinqaku elinamandla lokugqibela. Kwindlela yokuhamba eya kwabasindileyo, uThabitha usebenza noMoe noElodie ukubhengeza ukuphathwa gadalala ngokweemvakalelo nangokwasemzimbeni awayekuso ezandleni zikaBrady, esenza umboniso weemvakalelo zokufota kwindawo yokutyela yesikolo.
Sasidubule into kwangoko ngala mini kwaye sabuya sabona abasebenzi bexhoma yonke into, bezidibanisa zonke ezi foto ndizikhumbulayo ndizithatha kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, kwaye ndicinga ukuba yandizisela iinyembezi, ukhumbula uSindell. Yeyona itafile intle yohambo kunye namandla kaThabitha kwaye ngakumbi laa foto yakhe yokugqibela eneebraids zakhe nayo yonke into. Andiyena mntu ovulekileyo, kodwa ukubona uThabitha unalo mzuzu kunye nomzila wamandla kwaye ekugqibeleni uya kumelana nobani kunye nento ahamba ngayo, kwaye ekugqibeleni afike kwindawo apho angavuka khona kwaye Ukuqhubeka nokuxoka kubahlobo bakhe okanye ukuba ngumqondiso wakhe nabani na bekunyanga nje.
Ngelixa uSwindell wayelindele ukuba uThabitha aqale uhambo olutsha lokuthandana noLuca (uHenry Zaga) okanye umntakwabo Moe uBen (Andrew Jacobs) kwiXesha lesi-2, oneminyaka engama-23 uthi bayasiqonda umnqweno kaTabitha wokufumana ubungqina ngaphakathi kwakhe ukuyifuna kwabanye abantu. Xa wayeqhekeza uBen, ndandifana, 'Oku iyanya ngenxa yokuba ndimi, kodwa ekupheleni kosuku, wenza into yakhe ngeyona ndlela igqwesileyo. ’Ndothukile kwaye ndinemincili ngaye, bongeza ngoncumo.
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Nini Iitrinki Imveliso esongelweyo ePortland ngoDisemba ophelileyo, uSwindell akazange akwazi ukubhabhayisa okomntu ongoyena mntu babekhe bazibonakalisa kodwa wakwazi ukubonakalisa inyathelo lokugqibezela iprojekthi yabo yokuqala. Bacelwe ukuba bachaze into ababezidla ngayo njengomdlali weqonga, uSwindell uyema ngaphambi kokuba aphendule: Inye nje into yokuba bendikwazi ukuyenza kwaye ndiyigqibe.
Ndinebhongo kwaye ndiyavuya ukuba abadali bandinike ithuba lokwenza into ekhethekileyo kwaye babe yinxalenye yento abayithandayo. Ndiyazingca ngam ngokwazi nje ukubamba lo mlinganiswa, ndithembele kukhetho endandilwenza kwaye ndihlonitshwe kwaye ndisebenzele abo banokuthi bahambe ngento efana naleyo ikwiminyaka efanayo okanye ngaphambili. Ndinebhongo kakhulu ngayo. Xa ndijonga ngasemva, ndiye ndifane, 'Senze njalo!'
Kunyaka obonileyo ukuqhubela phambili kotshintsho kwezentlalo phakathi kobhubhane wehlabathi, uSwindell uzibophelele ngakumbi kunakuqala ekusebenziseni iqonga labo kwi-Intanethi ukuthetha ngokuchasene nokungabikho kobulungisa. Njengenzala yabantu abaNtsundu kunye naBemi Bomthonyama, oneminyaka engama-23 ubudala uthi umnqweno wabo wokuzalwa wokuthetha phandle ubonakalisiwe xa ndandifunda imidlalo yeqonga kuba kwakukho nje ukuthontelana okukhulu kwabantu abahlukeneyo kunye nokuchongwa okungafaniyo, kwaye bekusoloko kunjalo lonto. 
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Ekupheleni kosuku, onke amazwi ethu asaqhubeka, inyathelo ngenyathelo. Yonke inkqubo enkulu kunye nokukhuthaza ubulungisa babantu kwihlabathi liphela kuyimfuneko kuba abantu abaninzi khange bavukele kwezi ntlobo zeekhonsepthi ngaphambili, ke ukuyikhuthaza kujonge nje abantu abandijikelezileyo.
Umhlobo wam osenyongweni ekhaya eVirginia-igama lakhe ngu-Angel-ungumfazi oMnyama oTshintshayo. Ke xa ndibona [abafazi] baseHollywood bebethwa kwaye baphantse babulawa kwaye babulawa, ndingathini ukungathethi ngayo? Oko kunokuba liqabane lomntu, umntwana womntu okanye udade. Uhlobo lwesibini nje [kum].
Ngamehlo kwikamva, uSwindell unethemba lokujulisa ukuqonda kwabo imiba yezentlalo ngelixa eqhubeka nokwazisa malunga nokuba kuthetha ntoni ukuba yi-GNC okanye ukungabinambini ngomsebenzi wabo kokubini nokucima isikrini. Liqela labantu abahlukeneyo, kodwa ndicinga ukuba njengolunye uluntu, alufani ne-monolith, bayacacisa.
Wonke umntu ongatshatanga uhluke ngokupheleleyo kwaye akufuneki ube yi-androgynous, akufuneki uchebe intloko, akufuneki ukhule iinwele zakho ukuba awufuni. Ndicinga ukuba into ye-androgyny yeyona nto iphazamisayo [kum] kwifilimu nakumabonwakude kuba ndiziva ngathi xa kukho umlinganiswa ongeyonto ebambekayo ebandakanyekayo, [abaphulaphuli] abanakuyiqonda inkosikazi engeyiyo eyambini. Kuya kufuneka babone umntu ongeyonto yokubini, kunye nomntu ongenamntu apho kungekho mntu wazi kakuhle ukuba ayintoni, kwaye ayisiyiyo loo nto. Ayisiyondlela oziveza ngayo [wena]; yindlela oziva ngayo ngaphakathi, yindlela oziva ngayo entliziyweni yakho kwaye uzisa nantoni na onayo ngaphakathi ngaphandle yile, ndicinga ukuba, ikwenza ukuba ungubani.
Ekupheleni kosuku, uSwindell uyenze yacaca gca into enye: Bakulungele ukuqala iincoko ezinzima malunga nokuzazisa- incoko eyakwenzeka kuphela ukuba iHollywood izimisele ukugcina ilizwi labo kwaye ibeke phambili ukubaliswa kwamabali ohlukeneyo ngakumbi kunye nokujongelwa phantsi. amazwi kwiminyaka emininzi ezayo.
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