Ahead of its final season, I want to do a thread of what @SchittsCreek has meant to me!

I am a proudly black, bisexual, disabled woman. But I wasn’t always. I struggled to accept myself for a long time but I do now! Anyway, Schitt’s is a very white centric show. Ronnie is the only black woman in the small town. And yet, when I think of the show my heart swells.

I came to the show late, but I binged the first two seasons and every season after when they hit Netflix and I was mesmerized immediately. I fell in love with the Roses, Stevie, Ronnie, Jocelyn, Ted, and eventually, Patrick but we’ll get there!

Through Schitt’s I realized I was bisexual. Season after season it felt like a secret between friends. It felt like they were cheering me on & supporting me even if they didn’t know it.

When I came out as bisexual this year things were not easy. I began rewatching episodes of @SchittsCreek again, Schitt’s allowed me to see why I did it in the first place. Not because I want a love like David and Patrick or Alexis and Ted (even though it would be nice!)

I came out because I wanted to be my best and most honest self and I was tired of hiding. In Schitt’s Creek, I found encouragement, support, care, love, and understanding even before I did.

In The Roses, in Stevie, in Ronnie, in Ted, and especially in Patrick, who I see so much of myself in, I found a safe space, I found a window into who I could be and the love I could have.

Thank you for giving me and so many others the courage to live out loud and to love out loud, too @danjlevy . I love you so much @SchittsCreek miss you already.

I definitely did writing it.