A lot has changed in the last 3 years, but our passion for this story has not. Women's sexual empowerment has never been more relevant. 💪

COVID-19 is the unfortunate topic on everyone’s mind. There hasn’t been a single industry left unaffected by the virus, and the film world is no exception. In March of this year, Hollywood ceased production, causing a ripple effect throughout the entire film industry. Crew members working on even large, big budget projects found themselves out of work and millions of filmmakers, both unionized and non-unionized, felt the psychological, physical and financial effects on their livelihood. As if that wasn’t enough, managing their own health and safety quickly became their new payless, tireless full time jobs.

From a young age, many of us are conditioned to compete with one another. While healthy forms of competition between friends, siblings and teammates are a vital role in our development as humans, society often reinforces toxic competition between women. For this reason, and too many others to mention, Galentine’s Day, a fictional holiday dreamt up by Amy Poehler’s character, Leslie Knope, in Parks & Recreation, is definitely an event worth celebrating.

To get away from the hustle and bustle of our daily lives, Kathryn and I decided to book an Airbnb in Odessa, Florida. Because we wanted somewhere quiet for productivity purposes, but also a space surrounded by nature, we chose to stay in a lake house on a property filled with goats, free-range chickens, a sweet little lamb and two friendly pups.

Kathryn and I met while in the B.F.A film program at the University of Central Florida. Our friendship began when she needed help finding a sitter for her infant son who she, crazily enough, gave birth to over the break between fall and spring semester of our first year in the film program (she literally did not miss a single class because she’s some sort of superhero warrior woman).