The Skinny on Sex scenes
“Ewwwww, my love handle is poking out of my leotard,” I mumble to myself. I am sitting in a very expensive, hip post-production office in Silverlake, CA, working with my brilliant editor Suzanne, and...
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My filmmaking is often about looking back at the mess of the past so that I can forge ahead into the future. But things can get tricky when my ego gets involved as I am constantly waiting for a future...
View ArticleIndieWIRE – Sundance 2016 Women Directors
Sundance 2016 Women Directors: Meet Jessie Kahnweiler – ‘The Skinny’ Refinery29 / Wifey.TV”The Skinny” Jessie Kahnweiler can’t afford therapy, so she makes films. Her work has been featured on CNN,...
View ArticleindieWIRe Sundance interview
Read full article on indieWIRE How ‘The Skinny’ Creator Jessie Kahnweiler Got From YouTube to Sundance (Hint: Jill Soloway Helped) By Liz Shannon Miller | IndiewireJanuary 28, 2016 at 2:13PM “Working...
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‘The Skinny’s’ Jessie Kahnweiler on Bulimia, the Patriarchy, and Working with Jill Soloway Image Credit: Patrick Gookin In the very first episode of her web series The Skinny, Jessie Kahnweiler’s...
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“Bulimia Is Something I’ll Have Forever”: Jessie Kahnweiler Discusses Her New Eating-Disorder Comedy Writer-director Jessie Kahnweiler (above) will make her Sundance debut next week with The Skinny,...
View ArticleNew York Times
‘The Skinny,’ About Bulimia, to Debut at Sundance By BROOKS BARNESJAN. 25, 2016 Photo Jessie Kahnweiler in “The Skinny.” CreditPatrick Gookin One result is “The Skinny,” a comedic web series about a...
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“The Skinny” Can comedian Jessie Kahnweiler make bulimia funny? A new webseries is an unusually, aggressively honest exploration of eating disorders and all the murky feelings that fuel them — and...
View Article“I Was Trying To Write My Way Out Of It”
The Skinny’s Jessie Kahnweiler Talks Bulimia: “I Was Trying To Write My Way Out Of It” PHOTO: PHOTO: ANGELA WEISS/GETTY IMAGES. Jessie Kahnweiler is taking the project she says she is “most terrified...
View ArticleHaute
THE SKINNY I spend an inordinate amount of time procrastinating, often by flicking through my various social media accounts and watching videos on Youtube. I justify the wasted time by telling myself...
View ArticleBUZZFEED
READ FULL ARTICLE ON BUZZFEED HERE The Skinny is a web series about Jessie, a fun, outgoing feminist YouTuber who has an eating disorder. And it’s really funny. The dark comedy stars and is written...
View ArticleTHE SKINNY TRAVELS TO THE EAST COAST
East Coats peeps! I’ll be hitting the road with The Skinny/Meet My Rapist in April. If your college, hillel, therapy group is interested in having us please hit me up! @JESSKAHNWEILER...
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