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Zoie Palmer, Anna Silk and Ksenia Solo from Lost Girl

33 Experts and Me Share Notable Female Characters

I read a wonderful article called 33 Experts Share Their Notable Female Characters Of Recent Years at Bang2Write. Bang2Write asked screenwriters, directors, literary agents and other industry pros to talk about the female characters they thought were most important in […]

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Oprah and Ana DuVernay

In the Good News Department: UPDATED with Less Good News

There are some good things happening on our TV sets. I want to point out a few of them I’ve seen talked about in the past week. One is coming up tonight, the others are still in development and require

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Suranne Jones in Five Days season 2

Brain Dump: State of Affairs, Ghostbusters, After the Wedding, Five Days

It’s a brain dump day. Random stuff falls from my head in bits and pieces. State of Affairs Why do men married to powerful women always get portrayed in the media as whiney, needy irritations? A powerful man probably didn’t

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Nina Sosanya in Last Tango in Halifax

Another Dead Lesbian and the Question of Representation

Warning: Last Tango in Halifax spoilers. My mission on this blog is to mention, support, and promote things I like. I usually don’t mention things I don’t like. Today is an exception. I want to talk about something I don’t like:

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Melanie Harris, Alice Walker, Gloria Steinem, Chung Hyun Kyung

Wisdom Sharing: A Week with the Goddess Spirit

I spent last week at a conference in Ghost Ranch, NM. The conference, called Wisdom Sharing, featured Alice Walker, Gloria Steinem and Dr. Chung Hyun Kyung. The marvelous moderator, shown on the left above, was Dr. Melanie Harris. The location

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Gender Bias Press Conference

International Study on Gender Images in Global Films

In a press release on September 22, the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, UN Women and The Rockefeller Foundation presented an international study on gender images in global films. There was a press conference to share the information

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Indigo Tongues

Indigo Tongues: Short Films Interview Women in Media

Indigo Tongues is a video interview series that showcases the voices of dynamic women from Africa and the diaspora. In the original releases, the films feature women in media. I hope you’ll take the time to watch all the films

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