Jenny Slate is the epitome of the word "endearing. My obsession could be because she's from near where I grew up in Massachusetts and I feel that faux-kinship thing. It could also be because she's a charming actor, hilarious comic, and the originator of the ultimate cuteness that is Marcel the Shell.
She's also the only celeb who's ever Insta-racted with me, so basically we're BFFs as you can see below. Her career is super inspiring, but so is her boss lady romantic life. I was always loved the adorable fact that Slate and her ex-husband made art together, I admired her graceful split from Chris Evans , and I straight up freaked when I heard that she and Jon Hamm went to the movies together and thus are totally, undeniably dating I may not know who Jenny's spending her time with outside from tabloid rumors, but I do know the ways in which she posts so candidly about her feelings on Instagram, ignores haterade from jealous fan girls about the men she dates, and stays true to her feminist self are all things I can apply to my life when it comes to being better at dating.
Jenny, if you're out there, I hope you're down with me making these sweeping generalizations to inspire some lady power. Slate's Instagram is so delightfully honest and full of posts that recognize all emotions, good or bad, that I recently recommended it to a friend going through a particularly tricky heartbreak. Without being totally obvious, I feel like she's shared her ups and downs through relationship land, which is super generous and makes me feel all the feels. It resonates because it's heartfelt and feels personal.
It's refreshing to see the not-so-sunny and more open and honest version of things on social media. The reason I had been rooting so hard for Chris Evans and Jenny Slate was mostly because of the adorable recording of Anna Faris' podcast, Unqualified, they did together and not just because Evans is a Boston boy.
By the time I listened to the episode, they were dating, but during the podcast they weren't "public" yet. I remember Jenny specifically mentioning her armpit-hair growth attempts and feelings that females shouldn't conform to what men conventionally find attractive. She was with the typical jock, muscled-up movie star she was woo-ing or already dating , and telling it like it was anyway, no worries about what he thought.
