This was a story, lamenting the damage done to my deck by this week’s crazy wind, but then it turned into a celebration of what I’ve achieved in the last 17 years since I left the UK, so I thought I’d post it too. This is my thought of the day.
Do not be afraid to jump in that sea of uncertainty, and go find your true destiny. I left a reasonably comfortable life in the UK, left everything and everyone I knew behind to go some place where I thought my talents might receive greater recognition. It took 12 years of hard hustle in this country, but everything good is worth waiting for 😜.
I HAVE NO REGRETS. UK’s loss is America’s gain. I’m glad my country of birth failed & continues to fail me. Otherwise I’d still be there, begging for crumbs instead of being out here building my own damn table.
FORTUNE FAVORS THE BOLD!!!
#ginahasspoken #isaidwhatisaid #andwhat #noapologies #ginasrants
As our show @bobheartsabishola comes to an end, some of the frustrations I’ve been holding are coming to the surface. Ain’t gonna lie, I’m furious that our show has been consistently ignored when it comes to emmy season, When we are doing stuff that has never been seen on mainstream television before, & our product is as good as anybody else’s out there.
Our costume department alone have done amazing things & I’m sad that their efforts are not being rewarded, I mean did you see the season 3 wedding episode???
To be also ignored by the @naacpimageawards feels like a kick in the vagina.
I know it isn’t all about awards but it does feel nice to be recognized by your peers, And also bask in the glow of black excellence.
I’ll also be asking the same question to @glaad. I was good enough to host the Glaad awards during COVID, but not good enough to be invited since.
Seriously it’s easy to be disheartened in this industry, tho I won’t let it happen, so I rant.
That’s it. Rant over.
This has to end.
Is what Hamas did in Israel absolutely abhorrent? INDEED.
Do I feel the pain & trauma the people of Israel feel? INDEED.
Do I also feel the pain & trauma the people in Palestine feel, especially after being forced to live the way they do for decades? INDEED
Do I believe in bombing an entire nation of people out of existence for the actions of a few? I DON’T.
Does this make me antisemitic? NO.
I have no answers. Just what I feel in my soul.
I STAND FOR HUMANITY
You know when I have my Brits visiting, they gotta get thrown in the deep end of choons 🤣
Say hi to @lil_bit_of_chiz, my actor mate visiting from LANDANNNNN!!!
NOW …
OO IS IT?
GIMME THE ARTIST!! GIMME THE YEAR!!
#choonsontuesdays #choonsontuesday #noshazam #under30sdontevenbother #thisaintyourgame
Happy burfday to my ride or die, #choonsontuesdays backup dancer, Nina Rose, aka Ninja.
May we have many more years of fun, laughter & love
❤️❤️
Happy burfday to my ride or die, #choonsontuesdays backup dancer, Nina Rose, aka Ninja.
May we have many more years of fun, laughter & love
❤️❤️
GIMME THE ARTIST!! GIMME THE YEAR!!
Come thru my rare groovers!
#choonsontuesdays #choonsontuesday #noshazam #under30sdontevenbother #thisaintyourgame
Come on @djspoony !! I know I got this one
So I’m in Costa Rica to look at buying some land, in case America decides to bring back slavery. Wouldn’t put it past these satanic dickbiscuits.
Anyway, @namugardenhotelspa is stunning. I’ve had some of the best non alcoholic cocktails here I’ve ever had in my life.
Slept like a baby, & LOVE the architecture.
They lose their A over the naked quilt, basins in the bedroom, coz I wouldn’t wanna hear Ninja brushing her teeth, coz she would wanna get up at piss off o’ clock in the morning, & the fact that the wifi in the room is TERRIBLE.
Now the writer’s strike is over, there’s no way I can pretend to be in LA on the zoom, with that bullshit signal 🤣
LEMME KNOW WHAT U GUYS THINK ….
#ginashotelrooms #controlcondom #travelinggermaphobe #stealables
YOU KNOW WHAT DAY IT IS!
OO IS IT???
GIMME THE ARTIST!! GIMME THE YEAR!!
Then tag her 😉
#choonsontuesdays #choonsontuesday #noshazam #under30sdontevenbother #thisaintyourgame
BEFORE YOU ASK:
Glasses custom from @gel_p_s
Leggings Devil Amazon
Tee random prezzie from the Ninja 🤣
My lie detector came up empty. Funny that…..
Mother Nature needs to do a HARD RESET on this planet.
A full fuckin REBOOT. Wipe that hard drive & start from scratch.
Human beings, once we get into groups whether it be based on religion, race, land, whatever. WE ARE A SCOURGE.
We have one group of people who believe they are superior & have subjugated everyone else for centuries.
You have groups of people who are essentially THE SAME, fighting over dirt. Shalom/Salaam. COME ON!!
You have people who should know better, killing another group of people, using the same dehumanizing language that was once used against them. Because God….
I truly believe that religion is THE WORST thing ever to beset this planet, after humans. I’m here for NONE OF IT.
I believe in a higher power, but guess what? I don’t feel the need to kill others whose beliefs are different from mine. You know why?
Coz they’re only FUCKING BELIEFS! NOBODY KNOWS!
I have lost faith in the human race, & the possibility of peace on this earth.
Leave this shit to to the tigers.
I’m gonna continue to find the little joy I can, till it’s time for me to move on to the next realm, & I really hope it’s a planet full of humming birds or some shit …
And that’s the last I’m gonna say on this subject. Gonna need to protect my mental health. PEACE. SHALOM. SALAAM.
#ginahasspoken #isaidwhatisaid #andwhat #noapologies #ginasrants
I’ve had no time to get to my barber @kgsuperstar, as I’m back in the writers’ room for @bobheartsabishola.
YES! Thank you @wgawest! & all my picket buddies. WE WON THAT SHIT! Now we gotta have scripts ready for when the actors win, so we can get everyone back to work.
All this to say, I’m cutting my own hair for my show tomorrow in DC at @kennedycenter with @dnice, and my book signing at @octavias_bookshelf on Saturday 6pm in Altadena, my home town!
Come hang, & laugh at my bad fade 🤣
DON’T ASK ME SHIT!! ginayashere.com for deets
Eye patches from @boldenusa
#buyblack
Out in these streets again…
My mate @therealchrisspencer throws an amazing #influencerbrunch at the SLS Beverly Hills, so we goin to eat & revel in #blackexcellence
Another outfit thrown together courtesy of @asos for the jacket, my Bulgarian lady on @etsy for the onesie, glasses #philipplein via @gimme_props_eyewear, & shoes from some Italian joint. Bottega something… 😜
Nina’s onesie from …. She has no idea, she’s had it for years 🤣
PS. @cedtheentertainer
& @kenyabarris got the green memo.
Watch the stories.
Out in these streets again…
My mate @therealchrisspencer throws an amazing #influencerbrunch at the SLS Beverly Hills, so we goin to eat & revel in #blackexcellence
Another outfit thrown together courtesy of @asos for the jacket, my Bulgarian lady on @etsy for the onesie, glasses #philipplein via @gimme_props_eyewear, & shoes from some Italian joint. Bottega something… 😜
Nina’s onesie from …. She has no idea, she’s had it for years 🤣
PS. @cedtheentertainer
& @kenyabarris got the green memo.
Watch the stories.
ANOTHER #ginashotelrooms for ya!
So I took the pups on a road trip to Palm Springs this weekend, where I played some pickleball & headlined a great night of music & comedy, put together by @sweetbabyjai.
Fun show, but Palm Springs needs to step up their hotel game 🤣
#ginashotelrooms #controlcondom #travelinggermaphobe #stealables
And another #ginashotelrooms for ya!
I’m here again DC!
See ya tonight at The Kennedy Center with @dnice @tishacampbellmartin! @therealchrisspencer, @flexaforeal, Michael Che, @sherrieshepherd, and @zainabjohnson!
Then @octavias_bookshelf tomorrow 6pm with @ibet_inyang to talk about my book.
COME GET THESE LAUGHS!
#ginashotelrooms #controlcondom #travelinggermaphobe #stealables
Ugggh. The fuckwittery continues….
I thought the studios were past these dumb tactics.
WITHOUT WRITERS THERE IS NO CONTENT.
WITHOUT ACTORS THERE IS NO CONTENT.
How many episodes of ‘I got engaged to someone without seeing them, while naked, singing, dancing, pulling off a Bitch’s weave, & eating bugs in a forest’ reality shows can you use as filler before you realize YOU NEED US.
#ginahasspoken #isaidwhatisaid #andwhat #noapologies #ginasrants #sagaftrastrong #wgastrong
Ugggh. The fuckwittery continues….
I thought the studios were past these dumb tactics.
WITHOUT WRITERS THERE IS NO CONTENT.
WITHOUT ACTORS THERE IS NO CONTENT.
How many episodes of ‘I got engaged to someone without seeing them, while naked, singing, dancing, pulling off a Bitch’s weave, & eating bugs in a forest’ reality shows can you use as filler before you realize YOU NEED US.
#ginahasspoken #isaidwhatisaid #andwhat #noapologies #ginasrants #sagaftrastrong #wgastrong
Ugggh. The fuckwittery continues….
I thought the studios were past these dumb tactics.
WITHOUT WRITERS THERE IS NO CONTENT.
WITHOUT ACTORS THERE IS NO CONTENT.
How many episodes of ‘I got engaged to someone without seeing them, while naked, singing, dancing, pulling off a Bitch’s weave, & eating bugs in a forest’ reality shows can you use as filler before you realize YOU NEED US.
#ginahasspoken #isaidwhatisaid #andwhat #noapologies #ginasrants #sagaftrastrong #wgastrong
Ugggh. The fuckwittery continues….
I thought the studios were past these dumb tactics.
WITHOUT WRITERS THERE IS NO CONTENT.
WITHOUT ACTORS THERE IS NO CONTENT.
How many episodes of ‘I got engaged to someone without seeing them, while naked, singing, dancing, pulling off a Bitch’s weave, & eating bugs in a forest’ reality shows can you use as filler before you realize YOU NEED US.
#ginahasspoken #isaidwhatisaid #andwhat #noapologies #ginasrants #sagaftrastrong #wgastrong
Ugggh. The fuckwittery continues….
I thought the studios were past these dumb tactics.
WITHOUT WRITERS THERE IS NO CONTENT.
WITHOUT ACTORS THERE IS NO CONTENT.
How many episodes of ‘I got engaged to someone without seeing them, while naked, singing, dancing, pulling off a Bitch’s weave, & eating bugs in a forest’ reality shows can you use as filler before you realize YOU NEED US.
#ginahasspoken #isaidwhatisaid #andwhat #noapologies #ginasrants #sagaftrastrong #wgastrong
Ugggh. The fuckwittery continues….
I thought the studios were past these dumb tactics.
WITHOUT WRITERS THERE IS NO CONTENT.
WITHOUT ACTORS THERE IS NO CONTENT.
How many episodes of ‘I got engaged to someone without seeing them, while naked, singing, dancing, pulling off a Bitch’s weave, & eating bugs in a forest’ reality shows can you use as filler before you realize YOU NEED US.
#ginahasspoken #isaidwhatisaid #andwhat #noapologies #ginasrants #sagaftrastrong #wgastrong
New photo art.
Gonna call this one:
‘Can’t eat my lunch in peace’ or ‘For God’s sake don’t make eye contact with the dog’
HAPPY MONDAY
So much fun was had at my local black owned bookstore @octavias_bookshelf, talking #cackhanded with my fellow @bobheartsabishola writer @ibet_inyang, .
If you live locally, go see them & grab a signed copy! Or you can get a personally signed copy at ginayashere.com
Or listen on @audible
GET TO IT!
Happy Sunday!
Me & one of my @bobheartsabishola writers, the foetus @ibet_inyang are gonna be in my local neighbourhood at our favourite black owned bookstore, @octavias_bookshelf talking #cackhanded this Saturday.
Come thru & get a signed copy! And if you already have it, come thru & I’ll sign it!
And if you don’t know who the hell I am, come thru anyway, COZ IT’S FREEEEE!!
BRING YOUR QUESTIONS
BRING YOUR POSITIVITY.
I’LL BRING THE GAB & THE LAUGHTER.
Let’s go #altadena
