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hollywood hates women

Fanny Lye deliver’d from her own deliverance with the dick-washed US poster for ‘The Delivered’

Thu, Dec 03, 2020
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It’s the dick-washing of The Sapphires all over again.

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as I’ve been saying: YES, the cultural context and content of a film MATTERS

Thu, Jun 25, 2020
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But now a man is saying it, so maybe someone will listen?

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curated: “Movies Starring Women Earn More Than Male-Led Films”

Wed, Dec 12, 2018
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This is even better than my Where Are the Women? project found…

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curated: teaching cinema in the age of #MeToo

Fri, Nov 30, 2018
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Good nuanced take on a complex issue.

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curated: even when women film critics exist, we’re ignored by gatekeepers

Mon, Jun 11, 2018
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The story of my life.

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curated: how the Hollywood old boys’ club gets perpetuated

Wed, May 09, 2018
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It’s like established older male filmmakers don’t even see women.

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curated: based-on-fact movie replaces real-life woman hero with invented idiot man protagonist

Wed, Apr 11, 2018
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Hollywood hates women. It really is that simple.

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curated: time to sweep the bad movies out of Hollywood, along with the bad men

Mon, Mar 05, 2018
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Preach it, sister.

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PBS ‘Frontline’ and BBC ‘Panorama’ take on Harvey Weinstein

Fri, Mar 02, 2018
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A good primer on the rapid unraveling of Harvey Weinstein, with hints of how much more story there may still be to tell.

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WTF?! UK DVD release of ‘Megan Leavey’ pretends the movie isn’t about Megan Leavey

Thu, Feb 22, 2018
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Perhaps you can imagine my rage when I saw this…

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