pgp384: Jessica Williams is WIRED

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“Every day when I wake up, I check Instagram. Then I look at Twitter to see what the One Directioners are talking about. I check Facebook to see how everybody from high school’s doing. I go on Reddit to see what my weirdos are talking about. Then I go on Tumblr to see what my feminists are talking about.”

That’s how Williams opened her feature in this month’s WIRED Magazine where she talks about using celebrity bait-and-switch commentary to engage the masses in informative discussion on society’s relevant issues. In the feature the intellectual comedienne remarks on the lessons she’s learned since she’s become immersed in the media content jungle of this information age we are all swimming in. It’s irreverent and deep at the same time; fun to read and very insightful.

“…there’s something missing in all this new new media craziness, and that is something that uses celebrity news as a way to get into a really serious analysis of our culture. The Kardashians are walking clickbait—but let’s look closer. Do Kim and Kanye affect how society feels about interracial relationships and blended families? What does our obsession with Jennifer Lawrence say about third-wave feminism? Start with a headline that’s superjuicy; a flashy, sexy picture. And then, after the first couple of lines, hit them with some really severe analysis. When they think they’re getting dirt, we give them vegetables…”

Williams was born and raised in Los Angeles. Jessica made her television debut as a series regular on Nickelodeon’s Just for Kicks in 2006 and in 2012, she became a “correspondent” The Daily Show which she sites as an example of her premise of using entertainment to inform.

However her feature never looses it purpose. As she discusses her role as a media junkie and future visions as a content  commentator, Williams’ breezy and whimsical manner is always humorous and oft-times enlightening. In a momentary missive comparing herself to Oprah, that statuesque comic had this to say:

‘We’re a lot alike. I’m black, I love to relate things people talk about to myself, and people think my best friend and I are lesbians! My strength is that I’m more relatable. Maybe I’m missing a shirt button, maybe I have a food stain on my pants. People would grow to find that endearing. (Take that, Mom! I don’t need to “clean myself up” to keep a job!)”

Williams is a frequent performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in Los Angeles. Williams also made appearances on Season 3 of HBO’s Girls. Jessica currently resides in Brooklyn, New York. Check out her performance as correspondent on the Daily Show below.

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Sources of the feature are Wired.com, TheDailyShow.cc.com and Wikipedia.com

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