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A ‘Saturday Night Live’ Veteran Has Some Advice for Texas Girls
When Meredith Walker was working as head of talent at Saturday Night Live, in the early aughts, she and her female coworkers—including Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, and Rachel Dratch—bonded over their respective middle school experiences. It’s a ruthless period of a young girl’s social development, and Walker learned that one of the joys of adulthood is discovering that some of the most talented and seemingly confident women around you—say, SNL cast members—felt just as isolated and uncool during their pubescent years as you did. In 2008, Walker and Poehler, best friends since their days on the SNL set, started the web talk show Smart Girls at the Party, which has evolved into a blog, an online forum, and a host of events and workshops dedicated to…The post A ‘Saturday Night Live’ Veteran Has Some Advice for Texas Girls appeared first on Texas Monthly.