font-family:"Arial",sans-serif’>: Nina Simone famously said, “How can you be an artist and not reflect the times?” and that’s a given. People who do what we do are like a vessel that just takes stuff in and repurposes it and puts it back out as something creative. There’s no doubt that this is going to impact everything we do. I’ve never lived in a year like this – and I’ve lived a while. It’s important, there are scary, emotional and moving things happening and, of course, that is going to enter all of our work.

font-family:"Arial",sans-serif’> The best work always reflects our humanity and is culturally relevant. I hope that all the other showrunners out there will continue to keep their fingers on the pulse of the conversations that need to be happening right now and allow that to fuel the work. There are very specific communities being impacted by COVID-19 in disproportionate numbers compared to other groups, and that is one way into a story like this for me. Everyone on this panel is specifically addressing issues around font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;color:black’>LT:font-family:"Arial",sans-serif’>–font-family:"Arial",sans-serif’>Anna Winger:font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;color:black’>Of course, everything is changing, and you better believe any of us who are in a position to choose who’s hired are thinking about inclusion. I know I am. So, it’s not just about us being the leaders but it’s also about the next generation of people working with us, and what to teach them. I’m also working in Europe, which is probably even worse than the U.S. as I’m still often the only woman in the room or on a panel or anywhere! Now it’s not just a question of women getting a voice, but people of color and different sexual orientation too, so it’s exciting because I can only see it all leading to changes in great ways.