Writer, musician, actress, and former BUST covergirl Carrie Brownstein is perhaps our favorite sentient being. And, as a sentient being, she understands you perfectly.
She understands you when you’re on your period:
![[screaming and crying: I don't want to feel like this anymore!]](https://24.media.tumblr.com/274345c79daf6295b68ee15210588cb6/tumblr_mpo99eMDBW1qjn2h6o1_500.gif)
And when you’re SO OVER some sexist bullshit about school dress codes, but also lookin’ bad as hell:
![[messy hair, serious look]](https://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbsgtd79yT1qk3wwco1_500.gif)
When it’s another beautiful day to smash the patriarchy:
![[on bike: I made a homemade quesadilla!]](https://31.media.tumblr.com/691c9da72cc3460724365328b223b484/tumblr_mn95istUdB1qjn2h6o1_500.gif)
When someone criticizes Beyonce:
![[screaming]](http://ak-hdl.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr01/2013/6/13/14/anigif_enhanced-buzz-25341-1371146775-9.gif)
When the new season of OITNB came out:
![[jumping up and down]](https://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltlf5qBW3S1qa8b8jo1_500.gif)
When Texas lawmakers continued to restrict women’s access to abortions:
![[I need this to end, and I wish it had never started]](https://media.tumblr.com/8110bb31ca319b6ca3a38557272ee71b/tumblr_inline_mhaxiyZUQG1qg82hj.gif)
When Hollywood is super sexist:
![[this fact seems very unremarkable]](https://24.media.tumblr.com/1959c90a17c2f9a2383021bf2309f08b/tumblr_mwjfe9Ewb81qf9upko1_500.gif)
When someone says that they “don’t see color”:
![[exhausted]](https://24.media.tumblr.com/1ca13c733e1de00a5f22143750f3681f/tumblr_mlu4xu9R691qjn2h6o2_r1_400.gif)
Image: Portlandia
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