100 Women We Love: Class Of 2019

Samantha Irby

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If you ask Samantha Irby, she’d tell you her bio is pretty short: she writes a blog called “bitches gotta eat.” But she writes books, too. Good ones. Her non-fiction book “We are Never Meeting in Real Life” made the New York Times Best Sellers list, and her memoir, “Meaty,” is being developed into a television show on Comedy Central. She also wrote an episode for the show “Shrill,” starring Aidy Bryant. But, she says, it’s the blog people remember. Started in 2009, “bitches gotta eat” is a chronicle of Irby’s personal life touched up with her particular brand of sharp, honest humor. “No matter how many times my books end up on the New York Times Best Sellers list, people are like, ‘Hey, remember how you have a blog?’” Still, her success does have a bright side. It’s landed her a “smoking hot wife.” Plus, she takes some pride in the fact that her humor has brightened readers’ days. “The best part of having poured my feelings into the black hole of the internet for all these years,” she says, “is the feedback from people who have read my work and feel a kinship with me. It’s just good to know that I’ve made someone laugh or have made a person’s day even the tiniest bit better.” —RK


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