I introduce IndieWire readers to the Where Are the Women? project
Pop over and give ’em some traffic, if you would (and maybe leave a comment)… [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Women and Hollywood
the magic bullet for improving the number of women directors working in Hollywood
It’s pretty goddamn clear that the “magic bullet” is this: Hire more women.
women are faring very badly in the film industry…
And industry watcher Stephen Follows has crunched the numbers that prove it.
Huffington Post has no shame
Stuff like this is why I refer to the site as HuffPOS.
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
Stuff I found on the Net today.
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
Stuff I found on the Net today (and one from yesterday).
the year in movies by and about women…
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…
what she said: Melissa Silverstein at Women and Hollywood…
…about how Hollywood is flummoxed by Noomi Rapace, the original girl with the dragon tattoo…
because Hollywood is truly mystified that women might like Robert Downey Jr.
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…
“Women Writers React to the Oscar Nominations”
And I’m one of them, at Women & Hollywood. Enjoy.
