Sexism
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Sexism Watch: Male Writer Numbers Dwarf Females Numbers at High Profile Magazines
No matter how many times people try and convince me that things are better for women every time I see new stats they just prove the opposite. Women's progress has plateaued. You've seen the stats on women in the entertainment business. You see how few women there are runnin...
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Quote of the Day on the Oscars and How Women Get Screwed
You must read these really depressing but totally spot on piece by Martha Lauzen (the woman who gives us the stats of how many women are making movies, today published by the Women's Media Center.
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The LA Times Confirms What We Already Know - The Academy is Old, White and Male
For some reason the folks that run the Academy have made it their business to keep the membership a secret. You kind of know who has recently been asked to be a member because they now release lists of people given invitations, but you really don't know who the majority of the 5,765 member...
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Sexism Watch: NY Times Book Review Calls NY Times Reporter's Book "Chick Nonfiction"
We hit another dubious milestone this weekend. A book called The Obamas written by veteran NY Times reporter Jodi Kantor was called "chick nonfiction" in a NY Times book review written by Douglas Brinkley.
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Sexism Watch: Gender Disparities in Actor Salaries
I saw a story the other day about how the actor Chris Pine (whose new film This Means War opens today and looks beyond dreadful) was being sued by his former agents over non payment of commissions. In the story it revealed what Chris was paid for some of his recent roles.
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2012 Oscar Contenders Fail the Bechdel Test
Another brilliant cultural criticism from Anita Sarkeesian of Feminist Frequency
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Hollywood Reporter FAIL! - Directors Roundtable from Berlin
How many times do we really need to say that it is not cool to have a directors roundtable and not include women. Please do not tell me you could not find a single female director at the Berlin Film Festival to include.
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Cross Post: Streep Speaks and Illuminates the Need for More Female Critics
Earlier this week, Terry Gross broadcast a provocative interview with Meryl Streep on her NPR program Fresh Air. The interview was tied to Streep’s unprecedented 17th Oscar nomination for her role as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady. But Gross also used the opportunity to ask Streep abo...
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Sexism Watch: Sexist Ads for Jean Dujardin's New Film Les Infideles
Aside from the fact that the film is about male infidelity, this ad (which is among several problemmatic ads for the film) could cause Mr. Dujardin a perception problem.
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