The Women (1939) still holds the massive distinction of having an all-female cast, with at least 130 speaking roles for women

The singularly most exciting aspect about any kind of research, especially in the algorithm-defined age of Google search and keywords, is the diversity of rabbit holes one can stumble into, and the amazing wonderlands to which they lead. It's among many reasons why, beyond the business of financial stability, I accept a lot of commissioned work from magazines, because, instead of my pitching for stories I've already imagined and charted out, I am urged to extend the boundaries of my comfort zones to accommodate fresh perspectives and subjects in which I hadn't previously expressed interest or by which I didn't necessarily know I was fascinated. But where before I was too stressed by deadlines to be able to leisurely travel into these portals of the unknown, currently, because of my recent illness and having made the connection regarding the effects of stress on reproductive health, I made a conscious decision to spend my evenings watching movies I'd learn about through my research. This is how, a few days ago, I came to watch The Women.