‘Nashville’ was a TV series originally aired between 2012 and 2018. It starred Connie Britton as Rayna Jaymes and Hayden Panettiere as Juliette Barns. Rayna Jaymes was a 40 year old woman trying to keep up with a music career in an industry that viewed women over 40 as unworthy. At the same time, she was also the glue of her family, with her two daughters, Maddie and Daphne, played by the Stella sisters, her husband Teddy, played by Eric Conrad, later her first love and second husband, Deacon, played by Charles Esten. Just as she got everything she ever wanted and more – both personally and professionally speaking, Rayna died in a car crash. Here, we break down Rayna’s entire character arc, even in death, throughout the entire six season run of the show, and we break down how her death proved the initial premise of the show to be wrong. We explore what Rayna represented to women in the workforce during the time of the show’s run, and how ageism and sexism has evolved in the years since the show’s original run by comparing Rayna’s story as a woman in the business and compare it to the worldview of ‘aging’ women now. And we explain why the ‘Nashville’ had overstayed its welcome, and why it actually should’ve ended on season 4. Let’s discuss…
Alex Rose: All The Things About Her That Make Her So Relatable – And The One Single Change ‘The Life List’ Could’ve Made To Make It Even Better
‘The Life List’ is a newly released Netflix film based on the 2013 novel of the same name by Lori Nelson Spielman. It stars former Disney starlet Sofia Carson as Alex Rose, and Connie Britton as her deceased mother. Alex is introduced as very much lost in her life. She’s not happy at where she is, and feels stuck. And then her mother dies of cancer. She’s lost in her grief, but she becomes even more devastated when she finds out she won’t be getting an inheritance, but a DVD instead. Alex then realizes that her mother left her to complete a ‘Life List’ that she jotted down when she was just 13 years old, and to find out what her actual inheritance is, she must complete everything on the list. She’s hesitant at first, but decides to go ahead and do it. And in the process, she learns more about herself than she ever signed up for. Here, we break down ‘The Life List’ to its entirety. We explore the one single thing filmmakers could’ve done differently to make the movie even better. And we give a thorough insight of Alex Rose herself, and how there’s actually an Alex Rose in all of us. As Sofia Carson herself said, ‘I just felt like I had been Alex Rose, and more so that we’ve all been Alex Rose at one point in our lives. Like, alive, but not living. And she awakened something in me. And I think that’s what we hope this film will do to you when you watch it. It kind of awakens us to life again in a really simple but powerful way.’ Let’s discuss…
Dove Cameron: The Realities Of Witnessing A Parent Struggle With Depression As A Child – And What A Parent Can Do To Teach Their Child On Their Brain Health
Dove Cameron is a talented actress and singer who initially got her beginnings as a Disney starlet, having starred in hits ‘Live & Maddie’, as well as ‘Descendants’, with Sofia Carson, Boo boo Stewart, and Cameron Boyce, who tragically passed away in 2019 at age 20 following him suffering an epileptic seizure in his sleep. The death of her friend, whom she considered to be her brother, hit her hard, but it wasn’t the first loss she ever experienced in her life. Her father passed away of suicide when she was just 15 years old and just started her career in the limelight. While recently appearing on the ‘Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard’ podcast, Cameron opened up about that time in her life. She said, ‘I didn’t really learn how to navigate, um, like, sort of fan attention or public attention for many years. I couldn’t have prepared. I also think like I surprised myself by being more introverted than I anticipated. You truly don’t know until you’re put into that situation. And then you’re like, ‘Oh, I’m very introverted.’ There was so much going on in my personal life… That’s gonna affect any kid. When you’re 15 and that happens, it changes the course of your life. There was no way for me to wrap my head around it. Understand it, conceptualise it. We were at his funeral, and then like, on Bainbridge Island. I would come to work every day and some days would be good and some days would be bad, and everybody was super protective of me. It was kind of like a volatile time in my life in general, just being a teenager, being on TV was a great escape.’ Here, we break down Cameron’s struggle with depression and anxiety, as told in her own words. We explore what having to witness a parent’s own struggle with depression and anxiety at a young age can do to a child and then into adulthood. And finally, we redefine mental illness as brain health, and we analyze what one can do to better the next generation. Let’s discuss…
Eva Erickson: What Her Autism Story And Seeing Joe Helping Her During Her Time Of Need Taught Us About Disability And Awareness – And Why Disability Representation Done The RIGHT Way On Reality Television Matters So Much
‘Survivor 48’ made headlines a couple of weeks ago, and in the best way possible. Something very special happened on the March 26 episode. It was one that brought Jeff Probst to tears — something he confessed has never happened before in 48 seasons of hosting the show for 25 years. It was a moment between contestants Joe Hunter and Eva Erickson, which involved Eva being overstimulated and having what she called an ‘autism episode’ during an immunity challenge, followed by castaway Joe helping her come back to normal. In other reality television news, Brittany Cartwright recently revealed that her son was diagnosed with autism 6 months prior, and her journey to finding answers to the diagnosis will be showcased in the newest season of ‘The Valley’. Here, we break down the entire moment between Eva and Joe and explain not only it tells viewers of people with autism, but also those who surround people with autism, such as in the case of Joe and the rest of the contestants. We also explore Cartwright’s own story of being a mother and a caretaker to her autistic son, as well as the April 3 episode of ‘The Kardashians’ which saw the family celebrate Amari Thomason’s brother’s birthday. By speaking of these, we break down the importance of disability representation being done RIGHT in media and reality TV. Let’s discuss…
Wendy Williams: An In-Depth Analysis Of How She And So Many Others With Disabilities Are Failed By The System That’s Supposed To Protect Them – And How It’s More Than Just A Women’s Issue
Wendy Williams was one of the greatest television personalities of our generation. She was known for her unfiltered voice of reason. She was funny. She was witty. And she was unstoppable. That was until her world came crashing down in 2022. After going through severe health battles that were chronicled publicly through her hosting her daytime syndicated show since at least 2017, and her asking for a legal guardian, Williams was placed under a conservatorship, which she’s been fighting ever since alongside her family. Luckily, Williams has a good family by her side. They, particularly her niece, have been very vocal on insisting that Williams is mentally capable, contradicting claims made by her current conservator, Sabrina Morrissey. The question was never whether or not she needed a guardian or not, but rather WHO was appointed to be her guardian. In January, Williams tearfully proclaimed, ‘I am not cognitively impaired but I feel like I am in prison. I’m in this place with people who are in their nineties and their eighties and their seventies… These people, there’s something wrong with these people here on this floor. I am clearly not.’ Here, we take a deep dive into how Williams got into this messy situation. We explore the differences between a conservatorship and a legal guardianship of an adult. And finally, we explore how people with disabilities, like Williams, are failed by the government and society that claims to help them when placed under these circumstances. Let’s discuss…
Brett Cooper: How A Young Woman’s Childhood Trauma Can Shape Her Career – And The Advocacy Of The Health And Wellbeing Of Someone Struggling With A Mental Illness After Witnessing The Business Of The Medical System
Brett Cooper is thriving in her career as a Youtuber and podcaster. After leaving The Daily Wire’s ‘The Comments Section’ YouTube channel and seeing her former best friend, Reagan Conrad take over her role, she risked it all by starting her own YouTube channel, The Brett Cooper Show. Within its first ever release, the channel gained much traction and success that couldn’t have been predicted by anyone; not even Brett Cooper herself. In recent weeks, she appeared on Sean Ryan’s show, where she was on the other side of the wall being the interviewee. During their 4 hour sit down interview, Brett spoke on such things as leaving ‘The Comments Section’ and the end of her friendship with Reagan, of her husband and the positive influence on her life following surviving the endless amount of turmoil in her life, how her trauma shaped her acting career, and much, much more. Say what you will about Brett Cooper; one thing’s for sur, however, and it’s that she’s no normal 23 years old young woman. At age 5, Brett experienced her first heartbreak when her older brother died suddenly. By age 13, she’d witnessed her other older brother’s first psychotic break, as well as her parents’ divorce and her father’s suicide attempt. And now, at 23, she’s a legal guardian to her much older brother, is a married woman, and is thriving in her career. After watching her interview on Sean Ryan’s show to its entirety, what I can honestly and truthfully say is that she really doesn’t give herself enough credit. She’s a strong-minded, independent woman. She’s a risk-taker. She’s an empath. It’s really no wonder that so many people come to her for life-advice. Here, we break everything down to a tea. let’s discuss…
Reagan Conrad: The Harsh Realities Of Mixing Friendships With Business – And The Harms Of Taking Away Your Friend’s Job In The World Of Influencing
Brett Cooper is a young, 23 year old conservative former child star and YouTuber. In 2022, she joined the Daily Wire’s ‘The Comments Section’. The show found a whirlwind success with Brett’s bubbly personality as the face of the channel, having gained a whopping 4 million subscribers by 2024. On October 26, 2024, Cooper’s producer, best friend, and maid-of-honor at her wedding, Reagan Conrad, would begin to be a guest host on her show. In the two months leading up to Cooper’s official departure announcement, Reagan became a more frequent familiar face on the show until eventually becoming Brett’s official replacement. In her announcing her departure from ‘The Comments Section’ and The Daily Wire company, Cooper insisted that the decision for her leaving was on her own accord. The more time passed since her departure, however, the harder it became believing this testament to be true. After her departure from the company, Brett referred her subscribers to her new YouTube channel where she’d be doing the same exact thing her fans love her for. The one major difference would be that the content she’d create would be self-produced. The channel gained nearly 600,000 subscribers in its first month alone. January 27, 2025 marked Brett’s official independent YouTube debut. She saw more growth than she ever saw possible. Here, we break down Brett Cooper’s time at The Daily Wire and ‘The Comments Section’. We explore what happened in the events that followed her departure, including what exactly fellow YouTuber and former The Daily Wire employee has to do with. And we explain the reasoning why Brett is seeing so much success, whereas ‘The Comments Section’ is seeing a dramatic decline in viewership and subscription. Let’s discuss…
Mindy Lahiri: Why The ‘Project’ In ‘The Mindy Project’ Wasn’t Ever About Her Quest To Find The Love Of Her Life – And What Exactly Her Ending Up With Danny Told Us About Her As A Woman
‘The Mindy Project’ followed Mindy Lahiri, played by Kailing. She’s an Indian-American doctor. She’s delusionally confident, unapologetically selfish, and romantic, and has a wild love and appreciation for fashion, gossip, and romantic comedies. She’s well known for her strong sense of self and unwavering belief in her own choices, even when they’re questionable. A romantic at heart and a seeker for love, she’s a firm believer in happily ever afters, often seeking them out in her personal life. Mindy’s character is often portrayed as self-centered and focused on her own desires, sometimes to the detriment of others. But she’s also a giver when she wants to be. She has a lot of flaw in her, and nevertheless, she’s generally portrayed as a warm and friendly person, capable of forming strong relationships. She has a lively and energetic personality. Her friends love her for it. We’re introduced to Mindy as she’s on a quest to finding the true love of her life just like the main character does in every rom-com movie. We’re here to challenge the notion that ‘The Mindy Project’ was ever about Mindy finding her happily-ever-after. We do so by breaking down Mindy Lahiri’s character growth throughout the entire 6 seasons. We do so by analyzing her marriage to Ben, why exactly she married him, as well as why exactly the marriage didn’t work. We do so by exploring Mindy’s growth as a single working mom. And finally, we do so by explaining what exactly the ending of the show, which has Mindy getting back together with Danny, meant for her as a character. Let’s discuss…
Kate Middleton: How She Unintentionally Became The Face Of Women Battling Cancer – And Everything It Has To Do With Women Facing An Epilepsy Diagnosis
Kate Middleton shocked the world when, in March 2024, she announced to the world her cancer diagnosis and that she was undergoing preventative chemotherapy. By January of 2025, her cancer was clear, and she was officially in remission. In between, she was still making public appearances and was shown being there for her children. Princess Kate’s cancer battle was significant because it highlighted the universality of cancer, regardless of status, and underscores the importance of awareness, early screening, and compassionate care for all those affected, while also showcasing the strength and resilience of a public figure, especially a fake public figure, facing a difficult challenge. She somehow became the unintentional face of cancer. Here, we break down the year 2024 and everything the royal family had gone through during that time, including King Charles’ own battle with cancer, and excluding anything related to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. We explore what Kate Middleton’s battle with cancer means to women everywhere. And finally, we explain what her cancer diagnosis has to do with an epilepsy diagnosis. We also analyze what one can do to better manage and control their illness, no matter what the diagnosis might be. Let’s discuss…
Meghan (Markle) Sussex: When Inauthenticity, Playing The Victim, And Fake Attribution Is Your Business Brand, But Then You Get Caught Up In Your Lies – And How To Overcome All The Hate From Everyone
Meghan Markle…what can we say about Meghan Markle? Or she likes to call herself now, Meghan Sussex. Meghan (Markle) Sussex is a former actress, former royal, wife, mother, entrepreneur and a lifestyle guru. I’d also say that she’s a Princess Diana wannabe. She starred in ‘Suits’ for 7 seasons, as well as a few Hallmark movies such as ‘2014’s ‘When Sparks Fly’ and 2016’s ‘Dater’s Handbook’. She also was a blogger, with her own lifestyle brand, The Tig, which she started in 2014. She gave everything up in 2017 once her relationship with Prince Harry became more serious and the two got engaged. She quit all her life’s work to be with him. When Meghan and Harry left their royal duties, they insisted that it was for privacy reasons. I’m here to challenge that notion. Here, we break down Meghan’s entire life and career ‘before, during, and after’…, we analyze her newest show, ‘With Love, Meghan’, and explain why it’s only now that her inauthenticity is only now being explored, and we try to understand the side of Thomas Markle, her father, as well as the royals’. And then, we explain why Meghan will NEVER be Princess Diana, no matter how much she tries. Let’s discuss…