The treasures we’d never leave behind. The mighty, yet mundane, tokens of a life well lived that we carry with us so that when you’re holding it, even for a brief moment, you can close your eyes and see them sitting beside you.
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Introducing the #REELWOMXN Series
Balanced representation has always been my passion. This will be a channel that challenges mainstream entertainment and marketing and demands more than performative allyship. We’ll continue to feature stories of triumph and inclusive media that’s representative of humanity in all its beautiful and complex forms. We will highlight people, art, solutions, communities, campaigns, brands, services, and products we think are pushing for progress. We will create, champion, and celebrate media made by or with womxn from diverse backgrounds, and share positive and powerful imagery and messages that endeavor to establish equality for all.
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Let’s Talk About White Feminism and Anti-Racist Work
so you want to talk about White Feminism, a visual guide by @soyouwanttotalkabout, which expertly explores and critiques white feminism dating back to the suffragettes to more recently the Women’s March against Donald Trump, inspired me to dig deeper into where I’m currently struggling in my feminist-meets-anti-racist work. One of the biggest challenges I face as a feminist, who is also a white woman striving to be an ally in movements for equality, specifically but not limited to the Black Lives Matter movement, is to not center my experiences in these movements (the irony of centering myself in this example is not lost on me).
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The Evolution of M@L
I built the first half of my career working in corporate marketing, communications, philanthropy and foundation giving. There are wonderful people who work in those sectors who truly want to make a real difference in empowering women, uplifting LGBTQIA+, low income and communities of color, while also providing for themselves and their families. Many use their salaries and connections to give back, manage what’s within their power to level the playing field of gender and racial equality, and model respectful behaviors in the workplace.
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I’m with Her!
“It takes a village to raise a child.” This is the era many of us were raised in. It is the basic principal that we leave no one behind in this collective idea that is America. As I’ve learned this first year building Marlin@Large and producing our latest film, it definitely takes a village to achieve the American Dream. Whether that dream be attending college, owning a own home, or starting your own business, it takes hard work, financial planning, humor, grit, sacrifice, humility, and a strong community of friends, family, and the alchemy of unforeseen forces behind you.
New Beginnings
While working at Citi Community Development, I had the great privilege of helping build the programs, branding and communications for their company wide Military and Veteran’s initiative Citi Salutes. Whether it was educating veterans on how they could transition their military skills into the civilian workforce through interview strategies and training videos, developing a veteran small business entrepreneurs shark tank or simply sharing stories of the brave men and women and their families who served and were now employed at Citi, I was truly inspired by their strength, courage and sense of duty. (more…)
Welcome to M@L Productions
At the beginning of my career, I was working as a marketing assistant and during a lunch break the conversation turned to that age old 20-something musing, what do you want to be when you grow up? For as long as I can remember I had a very clear picture of what that was. But like most young women looking to break into producing, it was a complicated road to finding the right opportunities to someday run a major studio like Sherry Lansing, write and direct like Nora Ephron all while exhibiting the tall girl confidence of any Geena Davis role with Mary Richard’s comedic timing, wardrobe and spunk.