Issa Rae Hosted an Extremely Fun-Looking Yacht Party Before the 2018 Emmys
FOMO ahead.
Issa Rae is a visionary writer, performer, and all-around icon, and when she says she wants to do #yachtshit, she means it. Ahead of the Emmys, Rae hosted a pre-Emmy party celebrating the record number of people of color nominated for the awards this year—including her! She’s nominated for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for Insecure. Hence the massive blow-out celebration, featuring her coworkers, fellow writers, and beyond. Because is it really a yacht party if Tiffany Haddish isn’t there? (I have no idea, but if I had a yacht she’d be literally the first person I’d invite.)
To be fair, Issa did warn us that she would be doing yacht shit well into the future—she tweeted about it just last year:
I want to do YACHT shit this summer. For no reason."Whatchu doin girl?""Just yachting. Y'all tryna yacht?"May 19, 2017
But this year, the photos from this year really speak for themselves. Warning: You will get FOMO from these pics:
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Tracee Ellis Ross! Secret: When I'm nervous before a meeting or a date, I like to picture Tracee Ellis Ross pep-talking me about what a warrior goddess I am. That's probably normal, right?
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Amanda Seales! I can feel the littyness from here!
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Scandal writer Raamla Mohamed! Gotta love that Issa invited the writers who bring these characters we love to life.
Tiffany Haddish is the captain now!
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Okay, I need to stop looking at these because they’re making my existence feel pointless. Good luck at the Emmys tonight, everyone!
Cady has been a writer and editor in Brooklyn for about 10 years. While her earlier career focused primarily on culture and music, her stories—both those she edited and those she wrote—over the last few years have tended to focus on environmentalism, reproductive rights, and feminist issues. She primarily contributes as a freelancer journalist on these subjects while pursuing her degrees. She held staff positions working in both print and online media, at Rolling Stone and Newsweek, and continued this work as a senior editor, first at Glamour until 2018, and then at Marie Claire magazine. She received her Master's in Environmental Conservation Education at New York University in 2021, and is now working toward her JF and Environmental Law Certificate at Elisabeth Haub School of Law in White Plains.
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