Being Mary Tyler Moore, an influencer before the term was a thing
Being Mary Tyler Moore, a documentary from director James Adolphus, is less about Mary Tyler Moore as a person and more about her influence on culture and feminism.
Katie Couric
Yahoo!: The Rise of the Female Superhero
Yahoo! produced an excellent report called The Rise of the Female Superhero. It features writers, editors, actors, producers, and fans talking about female superheroes. You may have already seen it on the Yahoo! site, but I tried to watch it several times last week and had numerous problems getting it to work. (Possibly because Yahoo! doesn’t know the different between …
Some Interviews with Orange is the New Black Cast Members
The cast of Orange is the New Black is busy doing publicity for season 2. There are interviews and talk shows and all kinds of press going on. I thought I’d collect a few of these videos right here for you to enjoy. If you an obsessed fan like I am, you probably enjoy seeing the cast members being themselves …
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Why Representation on TV Matters
Laverne Cox and CeCe McDonald were the guests on Democracy Now on Feb. 19, 2014. This is how Amy Goodman introduced the program and the two women. As background for this post, I’m going to quote the entire introduction. After serving 19 months in prison, the African-American transgender activist CeCe McDonald is free. She was arrested after using deadly force …