She fell in with what she’s described as a ‘clique of impossibly stylish and cool lesbians in their mid-30s.’ One of these super cool lesbians was Nora Jansen (real name Catherine Cleary Wolters, who is Alex Vause in the show) who herself was involved with a drug-trafficking ring. Published in 2010, it’s all about Piper’s money laundering and drug trafficking conviction and the year she spent in jail as a result.īut how did this privileged American woman end up in federal prison for smuggling narcotics? Well it all started in 1993 when Piper was a 24-year-old Smith College graduate. What is Orange Is The New Black based on?Ī lot of the crazy shit in OITNB actually did happen to Piper Kerman, and she wrote a book about it called Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison. It’s not a docudrama, but lot of what happens in the show is inspired by an American woman called Piper Kerman’s memoir, which leads us to. OITNB was initially based on real life events. Is Orange Is The New Black at true story? Like - is Piper real? Is prison actually like that? In between binge-watching the new season 7 episodes, let us tell you all. If like us you’re pining for those long lost pals, then let us tell you a bit about the real story behind OITNB.

We miss Red’s hair, Pennasatucky’s new teeth, Crazy Eyes’.eyes… We miss their GSOH, their scariness, their next-level name calling. This is not a drill: Orange Is The New Black is back for it's 7th season as of last Friday, and it's just the thing to pull us out of mourning since the last episode of Killing Eve aired.Īm we the only ones who feels like years since we last got to binge watch OITNB? And boy do we miss the weird and wonderful inmates of Litchfield Penitentiary.

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