Shonda Rhimes Is an Unstoppable Force, and Here's Why

Shonda wasn't afraid to express her opinion when The New York Times referred to her as an "angry black woman."

Apparently we can be "angry black women" together, because I didn't know I was one either! @petenowa #LearnSomethingNewEveryday

— shonda rhimes (@shondarhimes) September 19, 2014

Final thing: (then I am gonna do some yoga): how come I am not "an angry black woman" the many times Meredith (or Addison!) rants? @nytimes

— shonda rhimes (@shondarhimes) September 19, 2014

Wait. I'm" angry" AND a ROMANCE WRITER?!! I'm going to need to put down the internet and go dance this one out. Because ish is getting real.

— shonda rhimes (@shondarhimes) September 19, 2014

What's more, while the industry treats her diverse, eclectic casting as groundbreaking, Shonda thinks it's nothing to sneeze at. In an earlier interview with The New York Times (you know, before they called her an "angry black woman"), she said, “I think it’s sad, and weird, and strange that it’s still a thing. It’s 2013. Somebody else needs to get their act together. And, oh, by the way, it works. Ratings-wise, it works.”