On Misogyny: The Interviews

September 2, 2022

Book Four: Susan Clark

September 2, 2022

Book Four: Stephanie Vardavas

Stephanie Vardavas is an attorney, mediator, arbitrator, writer, product safety / compliance consultant, and an adjunct professor of sports business at the University of Oregon, based in Portland, Oregon. Stephanie has spent 40+ years in the sports industry, is a library advocate, a Macintosh user for over 35 years, a prolific writer on Quora, a Baltimore Orioles fan, a Star Wars devotee, an active Democrat, a proud union member, a theater enthusiast, an unrepentant Anglophile, and a Life Member of the Jane Austen Society of North America. She owns more than 400 pairs of shoes. None of them are brown.

September 2, 2022

Book Four - Elena + Mimi

Elena Rossini is an Italian film director, producer, editor and public speaker. Rossini’s most notable film is The Illusionists, a feature-length documentary about consumer culture and the marketing of unattainable beauty ideals around the world. Filming locations included the U.S., U.K., the Netherlands, France, Italy, Lebanon, India and Japan. The film has been featured in Vogue Italy, New York Magazine, Mic, NPR, Fox45 and Teen Vogue, amongst others. Rossini has been taking The Illusionists on tour, showing it at the biggest companies in Silicon Valley (Apple, Facebook, Google, Twitter) and at dozens of schools in the United States and Europe (most recently: Harvard University, University of Chicago, USC, UCLA, UC Berkeley). Emilie (Mimi) Anagli is a cinematographer, AC, and travel junkie. She graduated from Michigan State University in 2021 with a bachelors degree in Film Studies, Professional and Public Writing, and a minor in French. ​ Mimi recently worked as the Multimedia Producer for the Gretchen Whitmer For Governor 2022 campaign before pursuing freelance ACing full-time. She has written for several film and art publications, including agnés films, Made in Shoreditch Magazine, Women in Hollywood, Directed by Women, and Take 2 Indie Review. She is also a Senior Video Editor for the influencer marketing agency Outloud Media. During her time in undergrad, Mimi had the opportunity to attend the 72nd Cannes Film Festival and the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, where she interned for The Hollywood Reporter. The two worked together on the project, The Power of Visibility. They join Max to talk discuss their experiences as women in the filmmaking industry.