Alyson Shelton (she/her)
Alyson Shelton writes about women across mediums + genres. She’s written about a superpowered and multi-faceted heroine in her comic Reburn, and uncovering childhood secrets in Eve of Understanding, the award winning feature she wrote and directed. In her award winning screenplay, The Night We Met, she tackles a psychological thriller through fractured realities and self-invention. She is working on a memoir in essays and her writing has been published widely at outlets including The New York Times, Ms., The Rumpus and more. Her generalist knowledge and approach make her the perfect fit for her podcast, Fine Cut, in which she and a guest take a deep dive into one scene of the guest’s choosing. You can learn more about her through her website, www.alysonshelton.com and her Instagram @byalysonshelton where she hosts a weekly Instagram Live series inspired by George Ella Lyon’s poem, Where I’m From, where she’s hosted over 100 writers and creatives.
Appears in 73 Episodes
Femme On Creatives: Where I'm From with Alyson Shelton
Ria speaks with Femme On co-host Alyson Shelton about her amazing poetry series, Where I'm From. As Alyson nears her 200th episode she shares the importance of sharing...
Ria's questions: Would you rather fridge cold chocolate or room temperature chocolate?
It's time for another Ria's questions! This time, the collective answers the age old question of... Would you rather fridge cold chocolate or room temperature chocolat...
Femme On Revisited: Fine Cut with Alyson and THE hand flex
This episode was first published in February 2023Alyson and Ria Carrogan (host of Femme on Film and founder of the Femme On Collective) talk about the HAND FLEX from J...
Femme On Revisited: Femme On Film Pride and Prejudice 2005
This episode was first published in May 2023In this episode, Ria, her Femme on co-hosts Alyson and Tonya and guests Suzan Aiken and Wendy Wimmer discuss Joe Wright's 2...
Femme on Creatives: Dena Moes and It's Your Body
Join us on #IWD25 as we speak with the amazing Dena Moes RN CNM about her new book, It's Your Body: The Young Woman's Guide to Empowered Sexual Health.Dena is a nurse-...
Femme on Creatives: Jo-Ann Finkelstein
Alyson and Ria speak with Jo-Ann Finkelstein, PhD, about her book Sexism and Sensibility. Jo-Ann shares how she intended to write a book for girls and young women but ...
Femme on Film: Celeste Davis and The men who like women and the men who don't
Ria and Alyson sit down with the insightful, funny and awesome Celeste Davis to discuss her substack article The men who like women and the men who don't. Yes we can t...
Fine Cut: Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret with Ona Gritz
Alyson and Ona Gritz (author of, most recently, a memoir entitled Everywhere I Look and a YA Novel in Verse, Take a Sad Song) discuss a moment in the film adaptation o...
Ria's questions: Would you rather fridge cold chocolate or room temperature chocolate?
Ria's questions is back!!!!!! It's another burning question from Ria's brain! There is a clear divide in the collective between the normal people who like fridge cold ...
Femme on Film: To Hold the Night with Jessica Petelle and Alyson Shelton
In this AMAZING episode of Femme on Film, fantastic and talented Jessica Petelle and Alyson Shelton take the lead to discuss their short film, To Hold The Night. Ria s...
Femme on TV: Survival of the Thickest
In this episode of Femme on TV, it was Alyson's turn to recommend a TV show to Ria, and so they discuss Michelle Buteau and Danielle Sanchez-Witzel's Survival of the T...
Fine Cut with Alyson: The Real Housewives of New Jersey with Jackie Tempera
Alyson and Jackie Tempera (writer for Women’s Health and storytelling coach) talk about an iconic scene from The Real Housewives of New Jersey (RHONJ): Teresa flips a...
Femme on Creatives: Annie Sklaver Orenstein
Alyson sits down with Annie Sklaver Orenstein author of the forthcoming non-fiction book, Always a Sibling: The Forgotten Mourner’s Guide to Grief (coming out May 28th...
Femme on TV: Girls5Eva
What are you waiting FIVE?In this episode of Femme on TV, Ria and Alyson chat about Girls5Eva, a show Ria forced Alyson to watch so that she would have someone to talk...
Fine Cut with Alyson: TV moms with Natalie Serber
Alyson and Natalie Serber (author of the novel, Shout Her Lovely Name and her memoir, Community Chest) discuss their love of TV moms and how women like Carol Brady and...
Femme On Film: Elissa Bassist
Join us for a fiercely feminism discussion about film, media, TV, memoirs, and everything feminist with author, humour writer, teacher and generally cool person Elissa...
Fine Cut with Alyson: One Day (2024)
Fine Cut with Ria Carrogan and Kim RoweAlyson, Ria and Kim discuss the “Are You There Moriarty?” Scene from One Day (episode 9) starring Leo Woodall and Ambika Mod. De...
Ria's questions: what seemingly normal thing freaks you out?
It's time for Ria's questions again! In this episode, Ria asks the collective 'What seemingly normal thing freaks you out'. Are you well adjusted or are you more like ...
Femme on Creatives: George Ella Lyon
Alyson speaks with George Ella Lyon (Kentucky Poet Laureate and author of the poem, Where I’m From) about many things including: the creative life, writing, the Celtic...
Fine Cut with Alyson: Michelle Yang
Alyson and Michelle Yang (author of forthcoming memoir, Phoenix Girl: How a Fat Asian with Bipolar Found Love from 5th Avenue Press) talk about the restaurant scene in...
Ria's questions reissue: Easter special - What's your best type of Easter egg?
This episode was first publish on 7 April 2023.It's Easter! In this very special episode the collective discusses Easter egg chocolate. What is your favourite Easter c...
Ria's questions: Do you think you could punch a bird
In this episode of Ria's questions, Ria asks "Do you think you could punch a bird?". Obviously, please don't punch birds, they are awesome and we should encourage more...
Fine Cut with Alyson: Jessica Waite
Alyson and Jessica Waite (author of the forthcoming memoir, The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards from Simon and Schuster) talk about the reunion scene in the 2015 film, ...
Femme On Creatives: Sarah Gristwood, Secret Voices: A Year of Women’s Diaries
In this episode of Femme On Creatives, Ria and Alyson speak with author best-selling biographer, historian, and biographer Sarah Gristwood, a former film journalist co...
Ria's questions: If you could go to any time/period in history and just observe, see all the best and worst bits but not interact/change the course of history what time would you go to?
It's been a while but Ria's questions is back! This episode Ria asks:If you could go to any time/period in history and just observe, see all the best and worst bits bu...
Femme On Creatives: Me, Shining
In this very special episode of Femme On Creatives, Ria speaks with Fine Cut host Alyson and healer, thinker, mother, and friend of the pod Kim Rowe. Ria wanted to sp...
Femme On Creatives with Nola Chaters
Alyson sits down with costume designer Nola Chaters (Titans, Culprits, To Hold The Night and so many more) to talk about how she became a successful costume designer a...
Fine Cut with Alyson: Megan Hutchings
Alyson and Megan Hutchings (actress and animal rescue advocate) sit down to talk about a scene from the 2006 Australian movie, Candy, about two people (played by Heath...
Fine Cut with contributors from the anthology Awakenings: Stories of Bodies & Consciousness
It’s a very special episode of Fine Cut, Alyson is joined by four contributors to the anthology Awakenings: Stories of Bodies & Consciousness; Ann Kelly, Nina Lichtens...
Femme On Creatives with “I Am Not the Word’s" Sara Blair
This is a Femme On first! The introduction of a new offering, I Am Not the Word with Sara Blair (Cancer Rebel, Teacher, Wildlife Photographer and Human Rainbow). Alyso...