Tracee Ellis Ross is not a boss-ish, she’s a boss.
In a recent episode of the LA Times TV podcastCan’t stop watching, Ross spoke with LA Times staff writer and showhost Yvonne Villarreal and recalled the time she spoke on behalf of her character Rainbow “Bow” Johnson, when she once realized that Bow was transformed into typical sexist sitcom wife tropes.
Ross says:
‘What I was talking about from the beginning,’ Why did I wash? ” Why am I the person in the kitchen cooking now, when this has nothing to do with the scene? ‘ Even sometimes when it has something to do with the scene. And I started counting them as’ ladies’ yachts’. “Why do I do the ladies’ work?” ‘Can not [co-star] Anthony [Anderson] auntie the lady? ‘Because I do not believe they are’ ladies ”. I believe they are homework. And I do not think we should assume, because I believe that every relationship is a negotiation between two people about what each of them feels comfortable doing, and I think the more we portray that on television, the more that the reality becomes out in the world, or corresponds to the reality that the world actually is. ”
It is important to note that this is not an inherent blow or shame homework (in fact, feminism supports the right to choose), but that these things should not be slaughtered in the first place. Goals are tasks. Work is work. There is no such thing as male work or female work.
Speaking of work, Ross has been the political circuit! They recently facilitated Night 2 of the Democratic National Convention.
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‘As a Black woman, I find myself at a crucial crossroads in American politics. For too long, Black female leadership … has been used without recognition or appreciation, but we are turning the tide, ”Ross said Tuesday night..
Ross is indeed turning the tide in both her art and life.
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