By Anne Brodie Friendship’s the thing in Pamela Aldon’s ribald and hilarious Babes, starring co-writer Ilana Glazer and Michelle Buteau as two best buds as they become mothers. Dawn (Buteau) is married with a toddler and is expecting another child any second now. Eden (Glazer) is deeply single, preferring Dawn’s company and her own to anyone else’. Their bond is… View Post
Jason and Nikki, played by Rafe Spall and Esther Smith jump from infertility to adoption and become parents to two kids. And in Trying S4 on Apple TV+ they are teenagers! It’s six years later and those kids grew up, and became functional human beings, despite their parents’ anxieties who usually thought they were messing up. We see things differently this… View Post
After taking the long weekend off—a rare treat for those of us who are self-employed—I’m feeling refreshed and incredibly motivated. I was a good reminder for me to step away and recharge, especially when the demands of work seem unending. If you missed out on a break this weekend, I highly recommend penciling in some downtime for the next one…. View Post
In the most recent interview in What She Said’s ongoing series with Ontario’s Pay Equity Office,I asked to have pay equity versus equal pay explained to me. I’m not even a little bit embarrassed about this, mostly because there are governments around the world that still struggle with this concept. In my mind though, I always assumed it was like… View Post
British actor Imogen Poots squatted on the Abbott’s massive Wyoming ranch and became family in Prime Video’s Outer Range last season. She found God and is about to land major, life-altering surprises. Poots spoke with What She Said’s Anne Brodie about this outstanding series and her growing, changing role.
By Anne Brodie Sweetland is the second film in a couple of weeks about the devastation that fell on Newfoundland and Labrador’s cod fishers’ industry when corporate trawlers emptied the waters locals had survived upon for hundreds of years. It focuses on a small, tight island community offered large government cash payouts to move to the big island. All must… View Post