Actress Betty Gilpin has had many acting roles throughout her career - from Netflix’s Glow to Lisa Taddeo’s upcoming Three Women, and she’s recently taken on a brand new role - author.

Her new essay collection titled All the Women in My Brain is an honest glimpse into her adolescence and behind the scenes experience auditioning and acting.

I recently spoke with Betty about all the women in her brain, her relationship with acting, and her newest role as a mother. Here’s our conversation.

Reviewed the audio form and the book on my insta https://www.instagram.com/p/CiaW9TXLamL/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

All the Women in My Brain
And Other Concerns
by Betty Gilpin
Pub Date: 06 Sep 2022

Wow, this year has cranked out some really amazing memoirs from incredible women and Betty Gilpin's All the Women in My Brain And Other Concerns might be my favorite so far. I have absolutely devoured both an advanced copy of the print version as well as the audio book thanks to the lovely folks at @netgalley @macmillanaudio @flatiron @goodreads. I have screamed my love of this book into the ears of every book lover in my life especially in regards to the treatment of female friendships, the female experience in general and what it means to wrestle with who you are, how you are perceived, and who you'd like to be. Betty is not only a wonderfully talented performer (please get the audiobook!), she is a highly brilliant writer whose words were chosen with clear deliberation for impact. This is not your average "celebrity" memoir peppered with goss, it is a true meditation on personhood and relationships. CAN YOU TELL I LOVED IT!? Go get a copy that you can share with the women in your life.

I truly had no idea what to expect with this one. I've loved seeing Betty Gilpin's face in things, I loved her on GLOW, I kind of intuitied some of her experience of a person with a body like that (having previously had similar expereinces). This just absolutely blew me away. It certainly will not be for everyone, but the love letter to acting - the craft, the magic, the camaraderie; the discussion about depression and dysmorphia and just being a person...it really spoke to me. The writing was very stylized and unique, beautiful and weird. Just a stunning, gorgeous book that DID make me cry.

CW: suicidal ideation, drug use, alcohol use, eating disorder, animal death, mental illness

"We confuse recognition with safety again and again."

As a longtime fan of Betty I dove right into this revealing tell-all. It was an absolute delight to have the option to spend several hours with her and hear bits and pieces of her own story in her own darkly addictive tone. She attacked this project with full honesty and her trademark wit. She definitely revealed some things about herself that most would not, drawing the reader closer to her personal struggles. Since her voice is addicting, I cannot wait to get my hands on the audiobook as well!

This very much fell under "celebrities are writing memoirs too young / not everyone needs to write a memoir." Gilpin comes off as out of touch and unaware of her privilege and the writing was kind of pretentious.