Ilana

A female colleague once said that all movies about pregnancy fall under the category “body horror,” regardless of whether they’re a horror film or not. When I naively asked if that was true, she replied: Dude, have you ever been pregnant? Check, and mate. Pop culture’s overall view regarding bringing new life into the world as a simple, follow-the-manual miracle has stuck even into the 21st century: You get an adorable baby bump, gotta rush to the hospital, labor can be hard, and then out comes a newborn. Everything’s…

Stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and director Ilana Glazer is an absolute queenpin of comedy. Known for her in-your-face humor that holds nothing back, audiences can never be certain what the “Broad City” star is going to say next. Glazer’s career began in the mid 2000’s with some dabbling in New York City’s local improv and stand-up scene. However, things really took off for her in 2009, after Glazer and her partner-in-comedy Abbi Jacobson began self-producing the “Broad City” web series. The autobiographical web series…