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Survival of the Thickest: Essays
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If you’ve watched television or movies in the past couple of years, you’ve seen Michelle Buteau. With scene-stealing roles in
,
, and
; a reality TV show and breakthrough stand-up specials, including her headlining show
on Netflix; and two podcasts (
and
), Michelle’s star is on the rise. You’d be forgiven for thinking the road to success—or adulthood or financial stability or self-acceptance or marriage or motherhood—has been easy, but you’d be wrong.
Now, in
, Michelle reflects on growing up Caribbean, Catholic, and thick in New Jersey, going to college in Miami (where everyone smells like pineapple), her many friendship and dating disasters, working as a newsroom editor during 9/11, getting started in stand-up opening for male strippers, marrying into her husband’s Dutch family, IVF and surrogacy, motherhood, chosen family, and what it feels like to have a full heart, tight jeans, and stardom finally in her grasp.