#is everyone hanging out without me
“You should know I disagree with a lot of traditional advice. For instance, they say the best revenge is living well. I say it’s acid in the face—who will love them now?”
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Here’s an old pic of Mindy Kaling and I, taken a few years ago at the premiere of Despicable Me in Los Angeles. Love her and her show!!
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Here’s an old pic of Mindy Kaling and I, taken a few years ago at the premiere of Despicable Me in Los Angeles. Love her and her show!!
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“I’m only marginally qualified to be giving advice at all. My body mass index is certainly not ideal, I frequently use my debit card to buy things that cost less than three dollars because I never have cash on me, and my bedroom is so untidy it looks like vandals ransacked the Anthropologie Sale section. I’m kind of a mess,“ proclaims star Mindy Kaling in her book Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?. I disagree, and here are 5 pieces of wisdom she taught me to prove it:
1.Just because someone’s overweight doesn’t mean that they have to struggle with crippling insecurity. “I always get asked, ‘Where do you get your confidence?’ I think people are well meaning, but it’s pretty insulting. Because what it means to me is, ‘You, Mindy Kaling, have all the trappings of a very marginalized person. You’re not skinny, you’re not white, you’re a woman. Why on earth would you feel like you’re worth anything?’” she said in an interview.
2. A non-white male successful person is just a successful person who happens to not be white or male. She doesn’t want to be a female Indian comedian, she wants to be a comedian. “There are little Indian girls out there who look up to me, and I never want to belittle the honor of being an inspiration to them. But while I’m talking about why I’m so different, white male show runners get to talk about their art." "I never want to be called the funniest Indian female comedian that exists,” Kaling said in a different interview. “I feel like I can go head-to-head with the best white, male comedy writers that are out there. Why would I want to self-categorize myself into a smaller group than I’m able to compete in?”
3.Honesty is the best policy. Kaling spoke at Harvard Law school’s commencement and described the class in a brief, honest four words: “You are all nerds.” She went on to describe their futures: “Most of you will go on to the noblest of pursuits, like helping cable company acquire a telecom company. You will defend BP from birds. You will spend hours arguing that the well water was contaminated well before the fracking occurred. One of you will sort out the details of my prenup. A dozen of you will help me with my acrimonious divorce.”
4. Food is, at times, more important than friends. “If I’m at a party where I’m not enjoying myself, I will put some cookies in my jacket pocket and leave without saying good-bye,“ she wrote in her book Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? Not to mention, "I love eating meatballs in a sexy environment” is the caption of her latest Instagram picture. What’s not to love?
5. Girls can code. She hosted Google’s Made With Code event June 19 in New York City to encourage more women to pursue careers in coding. “I don’t think that coding has been packaged in a way that necessarily would make girls interested in [it], especially if you’re traditionally girly the way that I was,“ she said.
6. You are not the only one who does this. 
