Which is exactly the position Mindy Kaling found herself in back in 2003, when The Office hired her as their first female writer on their staff, in addition to creating her memorable character Kelly Kapoor.
In Late Night, Emma Thompson’s talk show host Kathrine Newbury hires Kaling’s Molly Patel in order to have her first female writer on staff.
Initially, as we see above, Kaling had reservations about such a reality.