“In what is arguably the greatest love story of our time, or at least this week in particular, “Orange Is The New Black” writer Lauren Morelli has broken up with her husband and since begun dating Samira Wiley, the actress who plays Poussey on the show.

According to Morelli, it was writing scenes for Piper and Alex that gave her clarity on her own sexuality. “I found a mouthpiece for my own desires and a glimmer of what my future could look like,” she wrote in an essay for Mic.”* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.

*Read more here from Lauren Duca / The Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/14/orange-is-the-new-black-writer-poussey_n_5818660.html