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In the writers' room, I know the difference when someone brushes up against me and makes a sexist crack and when they've stepped over the line and made me feel uncomfortable and unsafe.

~Nell Scovell

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I'm on the board of the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, which is run by Dr. Stacy Smith - she conceived of the inclusion rider. What I love about the inclusion rider is it uses the fact that Hollywood is based on hierarchies, and it knows that these key players have persuasive power.

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I'd like to see David Letterman adopt the inclusion rider on his Netflix show.

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When threatened, the nervous system sometimes goes into a 'freeze response.' You assess the risk and determine that fight or flight doesn't help you. Staying put does.

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I've worked on over twenty TV staffs, and nine out of ten male colleagues are wonderful, inclusive, and professional. Still, there's usually one guy - the Tenth Man - who turns a fun job into a dental appointment.

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In over thirty years working in TV and movies, I've never had an exit interview or contributed to a 360 assessment.

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If I were to write a sequel to 'Lean In' for men, I would call it 'Make Room.'

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Sometimes, not knowing what you're doing allows you to do things you never knew you could do.

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Give me a rock, and I will roll it.

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At 26, I was single, living in Manhattan, and working as a journalist at 'Vanity Fair.' I was Carrie Bradshaw... in sensible shoes.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: November 8th, 1960

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