on girls (running the world)

Beyonce is the best at her job.

I love me some Gaga (not so much the current album, but the woman breaks ground with a sledgehammer on the regular, so I'm not gonna kvetch too hard about this 90s Ultimate Dance Party thing she's doing), and Katy Perry is my roommate's boss...and she's pretty damn cool too. The thing I admire most about the women of Pop nowadays is how HARD these chicks WORK. They are round the clock circle the globe hustlers. Respect.

Watch Beyonce do ANYTHING pertaining to being a lady pop star, and you are watching the true master. I will default to Gaga or Rihanna when I'm pop-rockin in my car, but once in awhile, when I get on a youtube binge for inspiration, it is Beyonce all the way...



The mark of mastery is that effortless grace she's got. You can still see the blood & sweat in other pop work. You KNOW B is workin, she has been for years. But lights camera action and she is smoother than smooth.

THAT is what I aspire to. To be a woman who conquers the entertainment industry, and doesn't let the effort show. It's not a weakness thing, and it's beautiful when certain celebrities show vulnerability, or cry in regards to their passions. I simply desire to be so comfortable and so deeply satisfied by what I'm doing that when I'm elbow-deep in the weeds of creation, or juggling 20 projects at once...the look on my face is one of serenity and joy.

I'm putting together this music video for Hell&Lula, and I'm really excited by the diversity of our creative team. We have a beautiful, multi-ethnic mix of girls & guys pooling their talents together to make this little film a knockout.

And what I love most about it is the way this whole project treats women.

This all-guy band is letting me, a woman, direct & exec produce. I am calling the shots (with their input, of course!), and our star is a woman. This star is going to dance on a pole...

But there will not be a moment where this comes across as degrading, or exploitative. She will have ALL of the power.

I briefly participated in meetings for an organization called 50/50 in 2020. I should catch up with them again. Their goal was to achieve parity in playwriting by 2020 - the ratio of produced plays written by men vs. by women right now is truly disgusting. It feels like the right time for this to change.

The comedy world - by the hands of Tina Fey, Amy Pohler and Kristin Wiig - is transforming. The pop world is FINALLY full of female artists who call their own shots.
It's time for the rest of the arts world to join the party.

More on this later.