Is weed the new “wine” for moms? As cannabis products become widely legally available across the U.S., women are finding themselves exploring everything from edibles to vapes to sublingual sprays.
Self Care In The Digital Age: With Callie Schweitzer
Are you addicted to your phone? Do you want to sleep better? How much of your joy or pain is related to social media? These are the questions Thrive Global is aiming to help you navigate. Callie Schweitzer is the Chief Content Officer for Thrive Global, Arianna Huffington’s new company. I loved hearing about the behind the scenes of a company that strives to improve our lives.
Periods & Hormones: With Dr. Sherry Ross, M.D. (Women’s Health Series Part 1)
The Curiosity Hour: With Katie Ward
Dan and Tommy from The Curiosity Hour Podcast were kind enough to invite me on their show! They asked me all about what inspires me (Beyoncé), the evolution of my religious beliefs, and so many deep things. If you haven’t yet heard their show, I highly recommend it.
Talking Women’s Health: With Dr. Sherry Ross, M.D.
Disabled And Cute: With Keah Brown
Keah Brown is not here to inspire you. What she is here to do is be a beacon of self love, professional success, and next level cuteness. She’s also willing to call out people who don’t respect the intersectional experience of disabled people of color. By starting the hashtag #DisabledAndCute on twitter, she’s giving a platform for the disabled to celebrate themselves.
Surviving Grief: With Kate Spencer
Kate Spencer knows everyone cool, and everyone cool knows Kate Spencer. This is what I’ve come to realize after getting to know this woman. The writer and Upright Citizens Brigade alum is the kind of person who is both wildly clever and fiercely self-deprecating. The two of us recently teamed up on a bus full of women activists helmed by Jane Fonda (YES, THE JANE FONDA) to electrify voters who normally sit out of mid-term elections. Kate held the map and kept the ledger. I knocked on the doors and did most of the chatting. We stayed in our respective lanes and were a good team!
Taylor Swift, Silicon Valley, & Fighting Sexual Harassment: With Tammy Cho
When Taylor Swift, one of the biggest celebrities in the world, has to fight tooth and nail against harassment, we know there’s a problem. Or how about Tig Notaro addressing the years long allegations against Louis CK? I still shudder to think about Ellen Pao, working incredibly hard to move up the ladder at work, only to be trapped on a plane with a CEO talking about porn. Then, she lost her case while the whole nation watched.
What We Can Learn From Charlottesville: With Summer Martin
On Saturday, an acquaintance of mine posted in a private Facebook group of which we’re both a part, that she was both angry and scared about the events in Charlottesville, VA. She’s an African-American woman in a group where the majority of the other women are white. The rest of the group told her we heard her, we support her, and we were scared by all of it too. But that didn’t feel good enough for me.
Moms In Film: With Heather Denton & Christy Lamb
The successes of Wonder Woman and Girls Trip are giving us a glimmer into what could happen when more women are included in film. One of the biggest hurdles to an equal playing field for us is how motherhood is handled by production behind the scenes and how it is depicted on-screen. I wanted to hear from my friend Heather Denton who has worked as an first and second assistant director on all kinds on films, including ones for Jill Soloway and Quentin Tarantino. She gives me the skinny on how she has managed motherhood with her career behind the camera and how she makes an effort to support female directors.
Representation In Storytelling: With Nicole Blades
Nicole Blades is many things. She’s a journalist. She’s an author. She’s a podcaster. She’s a mom. She’s a bundle of talent and insight partnered with the gentle spirit we’ve come to expect from Canadians. Luckily for the U.S., she lives here now, and is coming out with her 3rd (!!!) novel this fall.
GLOW: With Kimmy Gatewood, Rebekka Johnson, & Britney Young
The Netflix series GLOW is a delicious feminist masterpiece and a certified smash. The show is an imagined re-telling of the first all-female wrestling show G.L.O.W. (Gorgeous Ladies Of Wrestling) that dominated about 3 months of my childhood. Kimmy Gatewood and Rebekka Johnson play comedy duo Stacey and Dawn. They’ve been working together on and off-screen for years.
First Family Of Drag: With Detox and Patty Sanderson
RuPaul’s Drag Race changed both the landscape of television and mainstream gay culture. One of the biggest stars to come out of the show is Detox. One of my favorite moments in all the seasons of Drag Race was seeing Detox perform with her sister Heather, a friend of mine since we were kids. Not only did they win the challenge, they won the hearts of fans.
Well-Adjusted Child Stars: With Christine Lakin
Christine Lakin was the first child star I met as an adult. Like a lot of kids of the 90’s, I spent every Friday watching ABC’s TGIF lineup including Step By Step, the show that launched her career. When we first met about 15 years ago, I remember being surprised by how NOT crazy she was (and is). Christine is instantly likable and self-aware.
Treating Thyroid Cancer: With Dr. Naifa Busaidy
The cancer with the highest and fastest rise since 1970 is thyroid cancer. It is disproportionately affecting women. According to the American Cancer Society, about 56,870 new cases of thyroid cancer (42,470 in women, and 14,400 in men) are diagnosed each year. In 2010, I was one of those patients.