Author: Stacie Kiselman

Nikki Bella is a reality star, a podcasted, and a WWE champion. If you’re a fan, you might remember that she was previously in a relationship with John Cena, another former WWE champion and actor. They broke up due in 2018 because Cena is someone who doesn’t want to ever have children, whereas Bella always desired to have children one day. Following the breakup, Bella reconnected with her former ‘Dancing With The Stars’ partner, Artem Chignitsev. She got everything she wanted – the child and a marriage. Since then, Bella has filed for divorce after a domestic dispute that happened between them on August 29, 3 days after they celebrated their 2 year wedding anniversary. The divorce is nasty. And so it begs a question: is it better to marry the wrong person and have a child with them, or marry the right person and sacrifice having children with them to be with them?

Even though Maya and Zig were the main couple of ‘Degrassi: The Next Generation’ from seasons 11 and onwards until they graduated in ‘Degrassi: Next Class’, they weren’t the most pivotal couple of the show. Instead, Maya and Campbell were. Campbell was a student at Degrassi. He was also a hockey player at the school. His time at Degrassi was short, and so was his relationship with Maya. After Zig told him to ‘go away forever’, he did. Though Campbell wasn’t physically present. His spirit was felt through Maya’s journey with suicide grief. It was a long and a complex one to say the least. But just like suicide is complex, so is suicide grief. Here, we analyze the psychological and emotional effects of suicide grief, how to handle it in a healthy way, the similarities and differences between Maya and Esme, Zig’s girlfriend during the time that he and Maya took a break from their relationship. and why Maya should’ve gotten a different ending to her story after graduating high school. Let’s discuss…

Allie Bhandari is a very interesting ‘Degrassi’ character. She’s first introduced as Sav’s little sister, a rebel…but with a cause. She’s a young high school student, but is shown to have gone through so much by the age of 18. Her most pivotal and life-altering event in her life that we, the viewers, witnessed was her abusive relationship and later marriage with Leo, a man she met whole on a school trip with her friends in France. It was a turmoil waiting to happen. At one point in the relationship, Leo tells Allie, ‘I’m broken. Fix me, Allie. Please.’ It’s not her job to make him feel like a man, but she tries to anyways. Here, we’ll analyze why Allie’s relationship with Leo was so pivotal for her character’s growth, what actually led to the storyline, and why it didn’t surprise me at all. Let’s discuss…

Mary (Fitzgerald) Bonnet is a real estate agent at the Oppenheim Group, the brokerage that revolves around the Netflix hit, ‘Selling Sunset’. Mary has been an agent there from the very beginning. She even dated her boss, Jason, at one point and they even shared custody of their dog that they got together. Throughout her time on the show in the 8 seasons, we’d seen Mary go through numerous changes in her life. She had friendships end, she got engaged, she got married, she got pregnant, and then she miscarried. She’s the most interesting person on the show, and she’s one that is women needed to see and hear from the most. It all starts from the very beginning; from the time that she was a 16 year old teen mom from a small town. And I’m not just talking about the show itself, but her book, ‘Selling Sunshine: Surviving Teenage Motherhood, Thriving in Luxury Real Estate, and Finally Finding My Voice‘. Let’s discuss…

The 8th season of ‘Selling Sunset’ was recently released, and it showed new, promising, and yet brief developments between Bre and Chelsea’s ongoing feud. In March, Chelsea filed for divorce from her husband, Jeff, and now we got to see exactly what the reason behind it was. In hindsight, Bre made it all happen. But what exactly was the motive behind her action? Was it to act it actually do the right thing and tell or woman-to-woman, or was it to destroy Chelsea’s life completely because she hates her? Here, we analyze whether or not Bre is a good businesswoman and a good friend, and whether a better understanding of emotional intelligence IS what makes a woman a better entrepreneur and vice versa – all based on Bre Tiesi and what we know about her so far. Let’s discuss…

Dave Bautista plays the character of Eddie in ‘The Last Showgirl’. It was very surprising to see him in such a small film and in such a small role. He’s a retired WWE fighter. A strong heavyweight. That’s the type of characters he usually plays. But he took on the role because he wasn’t happy where he was in his career. This is what came to him when he spoke to his agent, as per what he said himself during the movie’s Q&A at TIFF, where the movie premiered. This drastic change in pace made me think a lot about men like Eddie – manipulative, cowardly, and weak in the knees – why women are down to them, what they represent, and the long-lasting effects they have on women’s lives – the good, the bad, and the very, very ugly. Let’s discuss…

‘The Last Showgirl’ is a beautiful movie that really showcased the constant battle a woman faces to be seen as good enough, no matter the age or what phase in her life she’s in. Pamela Anderson’s character, Shelley, makes an entire speech about it to a man that couldn’t give a f*ck about it at all when she’s turned down during an audition. We learn a lot about Shelley throughout the movie and how her life turned out the way that it did. We learn that she didn’t necessarily choose for her life to turn out the way that it did. This, as well as Jamie Lee Curtis’ recent podcast interview with Kevin Hart, made me think a lot about the harsh truths of a woman’s battle to be seen as good enough. Let’s discuss…