How to Create Content for Change with Jen Ponton

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you were to ask me to point you in the direction of someone who knows how to put their finger on the pulse and create the thing that the world truly needs (while simultaneously making them cackle!), I’d point at today’s guest.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today, the glorious and out-of-this-world joyous, Jen Ponton, joins us on the show. Jen is an accomplished actor, writer, producer, and prolific content maker.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Prior to hitting record, I asked Jen what she wanted to share with you all, to which Jen responded, “I really want to talk about creative people making content.” And that’s exactly what we do in this episode.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Best known as the fiercely feminist fat activist 'Rubi' on AMC's critical darling DIETLAND, Jen is an award-winning actress and body, liberation activist. Her television resume includes 30 ROCK, UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT, ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK, LAW AND ORDER: SVU, THE BLACKLIST, and BLUE BLOODS. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As a screenwriter, she now has several pilots and feature scripts in development. She is also a puppeteer and co-creator of the digital puppet sitcom, THE WEIRDOS NEXT DOOR, now in its sixth season. </span></p> <p><br /> <br /></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We discuss the power of creative works and the responsibilities it has when it highlights marginalization – normalization of Black-centric art, queer-centric art, size inclusivity and diversity, and a plethora of backgrounds and life experiences. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jen also shares her hot take on cancel culture and the hope she has for society to recover from some of the insidious ways society conducts itself, such as undermining marginalized communities. We address the innate places that we need to uncover in order to unlearn the prejudices we were taught.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-w