Where Are the Women?: mainstream moviegoers are not turned off by films with female protagonists
Hollywood would like to believe otherwise, for reasons known only to them. But here’s proof to the contrary. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Year: 2016
Where Are the Women?: critics are slightly more likely to rate a film highly if it represents women well
Rotten Tomatoes critics are 22% more likely to give a good score to films that represent women well, and Metacritic critics are 28% more likely to do so. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Where Are the Women?: best and worst representations of women on film in 2015
The median WATW score and the average score agree: Hollywood movies are, overall, not very good at treating women like people. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Where Are the Women?: only 22% of 2015’s movies had female protagonists
This is not acceptable. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Where Are the Women?: crunching the numbers
Everything we learned from the Where Are the Women? project. (Spoiler: It’s not pretty, but there is hope…) [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Midnight Special movie review: let the children use it
Intensely gripping drama full of smart, thoughtful, personal twists on some familiar sci-fi ideas. Hums with the hope that a better world is within reach.
2015’s films ranked
All the films of 2015, ranked from best to worst. This list is now final.
The Huntsman: Winter’s War movie review: snow what?
It’s a prequel and a sequel! It’s got girl powerrr and lady-hating! It’s a mashup of Lord of the Rings and Frozen! It’s all these things, and less.
London photo: tube doggie
Dogs are welcome on the tube. They never even seem bored without anything to read…
Where Are the Women? 2015 ranking (final)
A ranking of 2015’s films for their representation of girls and women, including every wide release in North America (and most of those in the UK). [This post is not behind the paywall.]
