Ep 255: Making R-Rated Art As A Mom

10 Things To Tell You

Laura Tremaine

Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.7 • 930 Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2025

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Now THIS is truly a conversation you won't hear anywhere else. My friend, television show runner Stacy Rukeyser, joins me to talk about making R-rated art when you're a mom. Stacy has written on some really great shows over the years, but she was tasked with creating Netflix's first foray into erotica with her show Sex/Life back in 2021 and it brought up some questions about making this type of creative content when you're a mom. Stacy rightly points out that men likely wouldn't be asked (or be asking) the same type of questions, but it was a fascinating conversation to explore. Stacy shares her fascinating Hollywood career trajectory, the column that broke open a One Tree Hill scandal, and the differences working in female-led writer's rooms. This episode is a bit of a curve ball, but I think you'll be riveted. Follow Stacy Rukeyser on IG FULL SHOW NOTES HERE MENTIONED in this episode: Stacy's great grandfather Hall Caine The Manx Man Dinner for Vampires by Bethany Joy Lenz Un-real on Netflix 44 Chapters About 4 Men by BB Easton Hollywood Reporter article about the One Tree Hill writer's room RELATED Episodes: Ep 189: About the Hollywood Strikes (And how it affects you) Ep 195: Why do smart people watch dumb tv? Ep 216: Stop Deferring Your Life (A ONE THING conversation with Amy B. Harris) SUBSCRIBE to 10 Things To Tell You so you never miss an episode! CLICK HERE for episode show notes FOLLOW @10ThingsToTellYou on Instagram FOLLOW @10ThingsToTellYou on Facebook SIGN UP for episode emails, links, and show notes JOIN Laura Tremaine’s SECRET SUBSTACK BUY THE BOOK: Share Your Stuff. I'll Go First. by Laura Tremaine BUY THE BOOK: The Life Council: 10 Friends Every Woman Needs by Laura Tremaine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the 10 Things to Tell You podcast. I'm Laura Tremaine. I always have at least 10 things to tell you,
0:18.7	and you have 10 things to tell. This is a show where we believe
0:24.0	that sharing yourself will make you less lonely. This episode is a curveball in the best way,
0:35.2	but it's also such a small slice of the creative community that could even
0:41.7	have it. Today we are talking about making R-rated art when you're a mom. And my guest, who is also
0:51.5	my friend, Stacey Rukeizer, actually started this conversation with me
0:57.5	offline, off the mic, years ago, in one of the very first times that we ever met.
1:03.5	At the time, she was knee-deep in making Netflix's first foray into erotica, a show called Sex Life that Stacey created, wrote, and ran from 2020 to
1:17.0	2003.
1:18.7	Sex Life was far from Stacy's first show.
1:21.4	We're going to talk a lot about her career trajectory in this episode, but it was the first show that
1:27.3	was this explicit.
1:29.8	Stacey is a mom of two boys, and when we first met, she was hungry to talk to my husband,
1:36.1	Jeff and I, about how we handle some of these R-rated dynamics as parents.
1:42.9	If you're new to the podcast or you haven't heard me talk about this much, my
1:47.0	husband Jeff created Jackass.
1:49.6	It's a TV show and became a movie franchise.
1:52.4	He has also made R-rated documentaries and a very R-rated scripted movie also for Netflix
1:59.0	about Motley Crew called The Dirt. So our family is not new to the
2:04.3	R-rated art conversation as parents. We just don't have very many people to talk about it with,
2:11.4	which is exactly why I wanted to do this episode with Stacey. We spent the first half hour talking
2:17.3	about Stacey's career in Hollywood,
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