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Women and Hollywood

from Facebook: Women and Hollywood networking event in London

Mon, Nov 16, 2015
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I introduce IndieWire readers to the Where Are the Women? project

Wed, Jul 08, 2015
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Pop over and give ’em some traffic, if you would (and maybe leave a comment)… [This post is not behind the paywall.]

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the magic bullet for improving the number of women directors working in Hollywood

Thu, Jul 24, 2014
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It’s pretty goddamn clear that the “magic bullet” is this: Hire more women.

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women are faring very badly in the film industry…

Thu, Jul 24, 2014
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And industry watcher Stephen Follows has crunched the numbers that prove it.

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Huffington Post has no shame

Mon, Jan 13, 2014
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Stuff like this is why I refer to the site as HuffPOS.

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evening clickbait: Disney hates you and wants you to pirate its films; TV show canceled for having too many smart, interesting girl characters; woman makes art, men diminish it; censoring the Internet doesn’t work; SeaWorld worried about Blackfish; why Thor 2’s hot kiss was so hot

Fri, Dec 20, 2013
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Stuff I found on the Net today.

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evening clickbait: I am a heroine of cinema; who’s the robot that won’t cop out?; Magneto killed JFK; The Representation Project; John Sayles cannot get his films funded; Melissa Leo, agent of awesome

Thu, Dec 12, 2013
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Stuff I found on the Net today (and one from yesterday).

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the year in movies by and about women…

Thu, Dec 30, 2010
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I have some stuff to say about how women were depicted onscreen this year, and how women made movies this year, over at Women and Hollywood…

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what she said: Melissa Silverstein at Women and Hollywood…

Thu, Oct 21, 2010
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…about how Hollywood is flummoxed by Noomi Rapace, the original girl with the dragon tattoo…

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because Hollywood is truly mystified that women might like Robert Downey Jr.

Wed, May 12, 2010
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Look: Lots of women identify as “geeky.” Lots of women are delighted to check out the latest comic-book superhero blow-’em-up cartoon action movie purely on the basis of its being the hot new comic-book superhero blow-’em-up cartoon action movie of the weekend. I realize that many many many people in Hollywood simply cannot comprehend this, … more…

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