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Lena Waithe started her career as a TV writer for Bones & How to Rock. She was a producer on2014's Dear White People and wrote and appeared in the web series Twenties. Variety named her one of its "10 comedians to watch" for 2014. In 2015 she appeared in the Netflix series "Master of None."
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00:01Dear Lena, this is your older self talking. I know that's weird, but I'm
00:08writing to talk to you about love. And real love is something you know very
00:12little about, because you never have the joy of receiving unconditional love from
00:16someone you found irresistible. And seeing as how you find beautiful women
00:20very irresistible, you are in for a world of trouble, hurt, and pain. And you'll
00:25endure a lot of pain and heartbreak. It will be a necessary part of your
00:30beautiful journey. You will have a lot of fantasies about your dream woman, what
00:34she'll sound like, look like, walk like, smell like. You will walk around and think
00:39about who she could be for hours. You will see a picture-perfect life, and she
00:44will be a picture-perfect wife. You will spend most of your 20s comparing most of
00:48the women you pursue to this image in your head. None of them will compare to
00:53this image, this fantasy you've created. This will bring you a great deal of
00:58sadness. But what I want you to understand is that eventually you will
01:02meet a woman who will fulfill all of your fantasies. She will finally love you
01:06unconditionally. She will love all of you. She will make you feel like your whole
01:10self. She will teach you what it feels like to be normal. She will never know what
01:15she means to you. One day you will write your younger self a letter about her. She is
01:21your happy ending. She's what you've always wanted. She will bring you to new
01:27heights. She will teach you how to fly. This is your older self talking. I'm a lot
01:34wiser than you, which means I'm someone worth listening to. With love, Lena.

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