Alice has said "Growing up with a forensic psych mother was like living inside a 90s procedural-- (born Irene Lago) it seems likely I was named after Sherlock Holmes' Irene Adler! As a child, I would sit outside her door with a coloring book as she was discussing these incredibly gruesome cases: I credit this as my first contact with horror. She later on changed career paths and became a child psychologist for Autistic children and teens. Her advocacy for Autistic families is something I am endlessly proud of".
Women want to direct science fiction, they want to direct action films, they want to direct creature features. We have been socialized to prioritize our drive to care and willingness to adapt to survive. And whether your story is set in a parallel universe or at the 7- Eleven 'round the corner, without empathy for your characters and a universal emotional core in you've got no movie.
