In this week’s episode I sat down with Violet Ferguson. Violet is an emerging producer, content creator, and disability advocate based near Toronto, Ontario. Over the past few years, she’s focused on sharing disability-led stories and supporting disabled voices through her filmmaking and advocacy work. She recently served as the associate producer on the award-nominated series The Squeaky Wheel: Canada, a disability-focused production that prioritized accessibility and disability representation both in front of and behind the camera—now heading into its second season. We discuss the 2025 film Materialists starring Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal, and Chris Evans. More specifically, we discuss a topic that’s not often mentioned on-screen. Spoilers ahead.

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