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Essential for my sanity nowadays. >> for sure. you know, i think of sarah silverman, and i think of issa ray, and i think. >> oh, yeah. >> all the folks who are -- who persevered and were -- kathy griffin. she has a great thread on twitter right now about her experiences with betty white that i encourage everyone to read. and i think that, you know, look at the women who are in come kyi -- comedy now, and i would say look at betty's work and look at some of the older comics who are are ut out there now, people in their 40s and in their 50s who have had the experience of knowing betty, and the ...

>> i issa ray has an interesting point of view, whether it's approaching sex and relationships a black woman who is awkward about things is very interesting. they haven't quite seen that approach. >> i love her because she does what every woman do. we tand in the mirror and pump ourself up. we get through it and she shows vulnerability. she shows i hate his ass but if he come over here i'm going to let him bang me out on the sofa. that's honest. >> used with a dish rag. >> every woman, i don't care what color you are, has experienced broken pussy. >> every woman at one time or another has call...

>> that was a sustain from the award-winning and hit web series, "the misadventures of awkward black girl," which its creators, issa ray's third web series. talk to me about this awkward black girl, what is the market there that is so different than the market for reality tv? >> i haven't seen anyone many mainstream media, and black women especially, that are flawed that's not depicted in a way that's glamorous or cool. and that's me. i'm a consumer of all content. i watch everything. i was kind of frustrated that i would watch certain shows like seinfeld and not see it in people of color. >> ...

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To be focusing on those social determinants of health. >> so when you talk about the kind of complexity, everything from our behaviors to our interactions with our doctors, to our social and, literally, our environment, with the air that we breathe, the water we drink, and i think, tanya, for me, the most appalling of the health disparities is the infant mortality one. but even for middle class african-american women, with health insurance, the likelihood of our children dying before the age of 1 is 1.5 to 2 times that of white infants. why in the world such a disparity on infant mortality? >>...