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.
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.
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.
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.
