I got hired to write for Jimmy Kimmel Live. I was one of three women on a staff of over a dozen writers. At the time I was hired, there were more female supreme court justices than on every other major late night writers room combined (Letterman, Leno, Conan, Daily, Fallon)

But "Fuck That Guy," right? I worked very, very hard to keep my job. I was 25 years old with no comedy experience in a city where I knew nobody and had no connections. I left my boyfriend in another city and moved into a pool house of a house with no pool. My fridge was outside.

I woke up and wrote monologue jokes and bits, I came home from the office and worked on my next assignment. I ate every meal at my laptop. I would go to sleep at midnight while still writing jokes and bits. I was terrified I would be fired every Friday. But "Fuck That Guy."

Eight years later I was still at Kimmel. It was time to leave. And I had an idea for an all-female comedy special. I met with @RachelBros and her production partner Paige Simpson and pitched it to her. She got it immediately. She set up a pitch meeting with Amazon Studios.

Yearly Departed premieres on Amazon tomorrow, December 30th. It's written, directed, performed, and edited entirely by women. I hope you enjoy it. Fuck that guy. #YearlyDeparted

So many women made this possible. Thank you to @WeTheWomenColl who brought this to life before it got to @ScrapPaperPics and Amazon.

The reason it’s so funny is @karencheee @akilahgreen @jocelynrichard and @chescaleigh, the best writing team in the business possibly ever???

I started this thread with one screenshot, and I’ll end it with another. Here’s the writers room that answers Christopher Hitchens’ thesis with a resounding “Aww!”