Those who go into The Shimmer often dont return.
The role fit Rodriguez like Anyas well-worn fatigues.
It felt like butter.
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The disease, though treatable, has no cure.
Eventually, she realized something had to give: [Hashimotos] affects so many aspects of your life.
Ive had it for so many years…that rebellion of not taking care of myself cant exist anymore.
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Im OK in both of those, she says.
Im notless thanbecause Im 10, 15, 20 pounds more.
When she stays away from them, she says, so many of my ailments are gone.
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It feels like freedom.
It’s taken me a while."
A raft of most-craved foods rolls off her tongue with ease.
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I want the burger and the ice cream and the red velvet cupcakes.
I want the croissant with my coffee, even thoughgluten doesnt do me justice.
Or what we ate yesterday," she laments.
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“It makes me feel shame.
I don’t want him to think that I’m not remembering our special moments together.
And that stinks.”
Rodriguez rose to fame in 2014 onJane the Virgin(where she and LoCicero met).
The show introduced enthusiastic swaths of America to the delicious drama of Latin American soap operas known as telenovelas.
It has everything: murder, romance, and Janes accidental artificial insemination as a virgin, to boot.
Janeis just the greatest thing that ever happened to me, Rodriguez says.
But she is quick to point out that she works her ass off to help itand herselfsucceed.
It was just other people.
That knowledge primed her to advocate for herself.
Especially women, and especially women of color, really have to fight for equal pay, she says.
My white sisters definitely have a higher starting point, my black sisters as well.
Latinos really do live in thelower end of pay.
It doesnt take away from anyone or anything.
It just makes everything easier and clearer and kinder and makes room for more possibility.
When I ask about her biggest professional goals, she doesnt hesitate.
Whether that means success or failure, Im ready to go for it.
Obviously I come from a very specific lens and a very specific perspective, she says.
Thats going to be a part of my fight.
Ive just recently started getting really debilitatingpanic attacksandanxiety, she tells me.
She lowered her dosage, and the attacks went away.
It is really important for us to be super self-aware, she says.
I wasnt banking on that.
I dont want to be super aware of myself all of the time.
I think about bad bitches going into action, both on and off the screen.
