Liz and Sarah talk about why it’s important to be open to changing your mind at work. And Sarah shares how she changed her mind at home. Instead of getting a Flemish Giant rabbit, she got her daughter, Violet, two guinea pigs. Then they answer a listener question about crying at the office, and disclose the times they’ve burst into tears in the writers’ room. In Hits and Bombs, Liz reveals her hit this week! She bought two “sexy-adjacent” swimsuits, and Sarah has a bullet-journal bomb. Finally, this week’s Hollywood Hack is not only “green,” but charitable: the Give Back Box!
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- Panda Planner
- Is It Ever Okay To Cry At Work
- What To Do When You Cry At Work
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- The Giveback Box
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In response to crying at work…
While I completely agree that men are conditioned from a very young age to avoid tears, chats with friends have recently made me think about this a little more deeply. I have a few female to male trans buds who have expressed that after taking hormones, they find that they are unable to cry. One friend said, “I’m a wreck and I just want a heavy cathartic cry but I can’t do it, what happened to me?” So, there may be a nature aspect at play, not just life lessons in walking it off.
This conversation also reinforces what I often think about our gender roles. We identify masculine qualities as strong, but maybe it is time to reconsider how we define strength. Nurturing, compassion, expressions of love and even crying at work… Why do we consider these to be soft qualities or signs of weakness when they require great courage, determination, and resistance? If we’re paying attention, men have a lot to learn about strength from our mothers, sisters, daughters, wives, and friends.
Thanks for a great podcast.
BRandon
On the word actor:
I have always preferred assuming this is a nongendered term. As much as I am motivated to empower women, and I believe words are incredibly empowering as a focal point of communication, I am also completely exhausted by this obsessive compulsive need to proclaim gender. Do we really have to set women apart all the time? When overused, it seems like declaring us as a separate species. Second, I am a huge supporter of gender fluidity and I always want to keep working on inclusion to empower all humans. Another way to think of it: woman is a vital part of my personal identity, actor is my profession – it is the thing I do not who I am. Also, why apply a gender when actors are meant to play any role, regardless of gender. That sounds like inclusiveness to me!