Trixie Films

22/08/2025

Divorcees and suffragists in the ballroom?😱 Shocking!

The podcast is back and we're breaking down Season 3 Eps 5-8! ⭐ Link in bio

As episodes build to the climactic end-of-season balls:
Gladys & Bertha team up to fight a second revolutionary war;
Peggy triumphs in dance-floor romance and in her career;
and Ada takes her seat at the head of the table.

Then there’s that other war: Mrs Scott vs Mrs Kirkland battle royale in the dressmaker's fitting room.

We cheer for both young Jack, and Oscar, who movingly mourns John while growing an inspired beard.

And we grumble about the men who are making a mountain out of a molehill (ahem, Railroad Daddy).

Bonus: More Downton Abbey callbacks than there are diamonds around Mrs Astor’s neck!

Tune in for our film podcast in September! (sniff, sniff) as we say goodbye to Downton!

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23/12/2024

Everything's coming up Audra McDonald. Pure joy.

08/12/2024

03/12/2024

We ❤️ our friends at .stories and the beautiful films they make. Help them do more of this essential community work!

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Giving Tuesday is TODAY! Have you heard? ;)

⭐️Here’s how you can make a HUGE difference today:

1. DONATE: (no amount is too small): tinyurl.com/StoopStoriesDonate

2. SPREAD THE WORD: Text a friend. Email. Post on your socials. Ask IRL.

3. MATCH: Ask your employer if they have a corporate matching program, which can double or triple the impact of your donation. DM us for details.

⭐️Our goal this year is to raise $20K. Your generosity will help us:
1. Help us create more films and workshops that connect us across differences and generations.
2. Support our team of NYC artists to create more community stories that amplify our marginalized neighbors.

Thank you for supporting us this far and for making us part of your 2024 year-end giving.

With gratitude,
Marj and the Stoop Stories Collective

25/10/2024

ONLINE Nov 3rd! I'm thrilled to be moderating this fabulous event featuring my friends Nicole Louie and Molly Peacock ⭐ We're celebrating two generations of women without children, one friendship, and two fabulous new books!

Nicole's book OTHERS LIKE ME is launching in Canada on November 5th by House of Anansi Press and so is THE WIDOW'S CRAYON BOX by the wonderful Molly Peacock (who also happens to be Nicole's mentor and one of the stars of My So-Called Selfish Life) 🥳

What happens when an exchange of tweets morphs into a richly layered writers' relationship about the choice to not have children?

Nicole Louie, in the midst of interviewing women without children around the world, reached out to Molly Peacock, who had written about her choice a quarter century before.

A unique relationship evolved as the South American Nicole and the North American Molly began to correspond. Nicole asked Molly to mentor her through a process that resulted in the book Others Like Me. Molly, inspired by the reproductive rights issues in the next generation, said yes.

During their Zoom conversations, Molly's husband was ill and eventually passed away. She began the poems in The Widow's Crayon Box, a book about a passionate marriage that began with an agreement to not have children. On different sides of the Atlantic, Nicole and Molly have made a tapestry of writing inspired by their own journeys as women who won’t become mothers.

Massy Arts Society provides a perfect virtual stage to introduce these new books to a global audience. Filmmaker Therese Shechter, whose film My So-Called Selfish Life, takes its title from Molly's memoir about her choice not to have children, Paradise, Piece by Piece, will moderate the discussion.

Join us for a program of friendship, generational decisions, reproductive choices, childfree marriages, poetry and prose.

FREE ONLINE EVENT via Zoom
🗓️ Date: Sunday, Nov 3rd, 2024
⏰ Time: 2pm PST, 5pm EST, 10pm GMT
Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/molly-peacock-nicole-louie-and-therese-shechter-in-conversation-online-tickets-1042315191797

03/10/2024

To quote the podcast: "JD Vance recently stepped into the litterbox when he called Democrats "Childless Cat Ladies." This week, we explore the childfree movement with filmmaker Therese Shechter." JD foolishness is the gift that keeps on giving.

Podcast Episode · Alyssa Milano: Sorry Not Sorry · 09/30/2024 · 43m

28/09/2024

I had the best time talking to Jennifer Moorman Bolanos and Raquel Howard for the Madness Cafe Podcast.

You can watch the video of our conversation here:

Is motherhood the default? Are people without children monsters? Is it ok to be childfree and happy? Raquel and Jennifer talk about all of this and more with...

10/09/2024

Who else is at ? Just saw Emilia Perez (OMG) and now calming myself down with some vintage Fred Wiseman

30/08/2024

I'll be speaking at this exciting event whose time has come. Childless cat ladies were just the beginning. It's time to organize!

Join in on Monday, September 9, 2024 at 8:00 PM ET

Registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0PdOHXVSTcyLI7QgHbOqOQ #/registration

Whether you are consciously child-free, childless by circumstance, undecided on having kids, or your family simply differs from the traditional model, you are part of a powerful and rapidly growing voter bloc, one with enormous resources and energy. This event will emphasize how we can begin to build solidarity and political power amongst ourselves, both in the 2024 election cycle and beyond. All are welcome including parent allies!

This is a non-partisan grassroots webinar. No candidates, no fundraising.

26/07/2024

I'm a Childfree Cat Lady. And I vote.

BREAKING: Miss Adelaide now has her very own Insta at

10/05/2024

‼️We are streaming free May 10-12 for Mother's Day Weekend! (Please share)

Link: https://watch.showandtell.film/watch/mothersday2024

My So-Called Selfish Life is a revolutionary documentary about one of our greatest social taboos: choosing not to become a mother.

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This Sunday, North America will be celebrating the annual holiday that makes otherwise well-intentioned strangers wish all women a Happy Mother's Day.

The day is joyous for some, and rough for others. It's brunch and flowers, and it's also a reminder that in our pronatalist world, a woman's uterus is considered her most important contribution to society.

As the great Orna Donath says in the film: “I think we are being applauded only when we decide what society wants us to decide.”

This complexity is what makes My So-Called Selfish Life the perfect Mother's Day conversation starter.

This weekend, we invite you to watch the film with a friend or family member, slide into that awkward conversation you've been putting off, enjoy the alternative programming alone, with chocolate, or with your human or animal BFFs.

Or just watch it again to catch all the pop culture references you missed the first time through.

25/04/2024

Hello Canada: 🇨🇦 My So-Called Selfish Life is back on your TV screens and as unapologetic as ever
Six coast-to-coast broadcasts April 21 - May 4 on the CBC Documentary Channel

Get dates and times at the link below.

My So-Called Selfish Life is a revolutionary new documentary about one of our greatest social taboos: not becoming a mother. Irreverent and timely, the film celebrates the right to decide if and when to have children. Because when we have control over our reproductive choices, powerful things happen.

Guess what’s back on your TV screens, as irreverent as ever? Next up: Six broadcasts between April 21 - May 3 We are thrilled to announce that My So-Called Selfish Life will be on CBC’s The Documentary Channel through 2025. Upcoming Schedule: Sun April 21 @ 9pm ET (repeatin