Uploaded December 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
A virtual event with comedian and actress, Michelle Buteau, launching her new collection of comedic essays, "Survival of the Thickest," with fellow actress, Tessa Thompson! This event was pre-recorded.
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From the stand-up comedian, actress, and host beloved for her cheeky swagger, unique voice, and unapologetic frankness comes a book of comedic essays for fans of "Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me" by Mindy Kaling and "We’re Going to Need More Wine" by Gabrielle Union.
If you’ve watched television or movies in the past year, you’ve seen Michelle Buteau. With scene-stealing roles in "Always Be My Maybe," "First Wives Club," "Someone Great," "Russian Doll," and "Tales of the City;" a reality TV show and breakthrough stand-up specials, including her headlining show "Welcome to Buteaupia" on Netflix, and two podcasts ("Late Night Whenever" and "Adulting"), Michelle’s star is on the rise. You’d be forgiven for thinking the road to success—or adulthood or financial stability or self-acceptance or marriage or motherhood—has been easy; but you’d be wrong.
Now, in "Survival of the Thickest," Michelle reflects on growing up Caribbean, Catholic, and thick in New Jersey, going to college in Miami (where everyone smells like pineapple), her many friendship and dating disasters, working as a newsroom editor during 9/11, getting started in standup opening for male strippers, marrying into her husband’s Dutch family, IVF and surrogacy, motherhood, chosen family, and what it feels like to have a full heart, tight jeans, and stardom finally in her grasp.
A virtual event with comedian and actress, Michelle Buteau, launching her new collection of comedic essays, "Survival of the Thickest," with fellow actress, Tessa Thompson! This event was pre-recorded.
Strand Events: strandbooks.com/events
Shop The Strand: strandbooks.com
Follow us! @strandbookstore
instagram: https://www.instagram.com/strandbooks...
twitter: twitter.com/strandbookstore
tik tok: tiktok.com/@strandbookstore
facebook: facebook.com/strandbookstore
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From the stand-up comedian, actress, and host beloved for her cheeky swagger, unique voice, and unapologetic frankness comes a book of comedic essays for fans of "Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me" by Mindy Kaling and "We’re Going to Need More Wine" by Gabrielle Union.
If you’ve watched television or movies in the past year, you’ve seen Michelle Buteau. With scene-stealing roles in "Always Be My Maybe," "First Wives Club," "Someone Great," "Russian Doll," and "Tales of the City;" a reality TV show and breakthrough stand-up specials, including her headlining show "Welcome to Buteaupia" on Netflix, and two podcasts ("Late Night Whenever" and "Adulting"), Michelle’s star is on the rise. You’d be forgiven for thinking the road to success—or adulthood or financial stability or self-acceptance or marriage or motherhood—has been easy; but you’d be wrong.
Now, in "Survival of the Thickest," Michelle reflects on growing up Caribbean, Catholic, and thick in New Jersey, going to college in Miami (where everyone smells like pineapple), her many friendship and dating disasters, working as a newsroom editor during 9/11, getting started in standup opening for male strippers, marrying into her husband’s Dutch family, IVF and surrogacy, motherhood, chosen family, and what it feels like to have a full heart, tight jeans, and stardom finally in her grasp.
