Lauren Speed
@Need4LSpeed
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Creative | Entrepreneur | Author | TV Personality | Podcast Host @netflix 🎥✨ AS SEEN ON TV
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😭😭😭 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 thank you @netflix so happy to represent so many women ... well PEOPLE while telling my story authentically and at times uncomfortably. Thank you for not watering it down and keeping it beautifully relatable and real. Forever grateful 🙏🏾❤️
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About last night 🫶🏾✨ Thank you #BkackGirlDigital awards for the Legacy award. I’m so motivated to keep creating spaces where our stories are told and celebrated 💚
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🚨A brand new episode of #TheLoveSeat is here 🚨and we’re joined by the dynamic duo, @theshelahmarie + @acehood!✨ We dive into their journey of embracing the ‘unruly’ philosophy, balancing family, and prioritizing emotional and mental wellness. Watch: https://t.co/DIahipmhz0
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Thank yall for all the kind words on the Podcast! I’m soooo glad yall love it! ❤️
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🎉 The LOVE SEAT DROPS TODAY! 🎉 We’re kicking things off w/The Barnetts: Amber & Matt from #LoveIsBlind Season 1! 👀💍 We caught up to clear the air, spill some tea, and dive into the BTS moments. 🔥 🎧 Watch now: https://t.co/nGEqUB15e5
#TheLoveSeatPodcast #AmberAndBarnett
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The @NatUrbanLeague Town Hall: Reclaim Your Vote for Democracy was amazing 🙌. @Need4LSpeed shares why with less than 40 days until #ElectionDay, your voice—and your vote—matter more than ever! #ReclaimYourVote #Election2024 #PowerThePolls #LULJustice #DefendDemocracy
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Oooh I’d love this too! Let me try to make this happen 👀
@Need4LSpeed Can’t wait for this!! Would also LOVE LOVE for yall to sit down with Serena and Kordell from Love Island USA S6.
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It’s almost time! 🙌🏾 The LOVE SEAT drops Tuesday 10/8 at 12pm EST, and we’ve got some #FRIENDS joining us ❤️🛋️✨ Y’all know we had to tap in with our #podsquad fam 😏 Catch all the fun on #HangingWithTheHamiltons YouTube or listen wherever you get your podcasts. 👂🏾🎧 #LoveIsBlind
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Oooh good one.
@Need4LSpeed I don't think interests changed, but I think the willingness of ppl 2B overtly ratchet changed since those shows aired. A show like runs house, if aired today, ppl would find fault in... nowadays, normalcy is heavily picked a part, while ratchetness is rationalized and excused
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@Need4LSpeed People tune into these drama shows to feel better about their own lives and laugh at the pain of others, and its a bonus if the people are attractive. Look at how many variations of "dating"/hooking up shows Netflix has.
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@Need4LSpeed Both. Look at LIB. The ratings for Season 6 significantly increased due to the amount of drama. Specifically, drama involving a black woman. People tune in to what they want to watch and unfortunately, the audience for healthy, relatable content is very small.
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@Need4LSpeed Was just talking about this in Spaces. I definitely wanna see black women getting loved on reality tv.
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I’ve never watched Love Island. But i hear about it a lot. Believe it or not i don’t tend to watch much dating reality.
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There has been successful black reality that was more positive: TI family hustle, runs house? Are we past that? Is that stuff of the past? No one is interested?
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None of them have an oversized personality. Same with the millions of real estate shows on Netflix (outside of the selling sunset franchise) real milktose.
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It really makes me think of the Kardasiams for example. you definitely can’t knock their hustle. They’ve created an empire however, their storylines on the show are dramatic in someways, but clearly overly produced no one has to be overly loud, start fights.
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What do y’all think?
@Need4LSpeed Unfortunately, people like drama filled traumatic stories. They don't want to see people come out the other end healed and making it. They love watching people living in their trauma daily. 😒 To answer your other question, Uruguay and Panama. 😉
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It just really baffles me that black women are probably one of the biggest consumers in the media market. Yet our stories are the most marginalized
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The things I’ve learned, heard and experienced in this industry… man yall have no idea. It’s really motivated me to one day have a network of my own. We were hoping for the best from Oprah , but…
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