The movie industry is sexist, and sexual harassment in studios is rife
Research suggesting that the film industry is institutionally sexist is not news to me. I spent 10 years working in the UK industry, ending up as a third assistant director on multimillion-dollar...
View ArticleWe need to see realistic LGBT people on our screens, not toxic caricatures
One-dimensional uber-camp clowns, storylines centred on “being gay”, potential sexual menaces who want to get into the pants of straight men, lesbians whose sexuality makes them a challenge for men to...
View ArticleShit People Say to Women Directors blog spotlights Hollywood’s blatant sexism
Nicole Kassell first heard about the Tumblr blog “ Shit People Say to Women Directors” last week, when a female film-maker friend she was dining with mentioned it on the assumption she already knew of...
View ArticleEuropean Film Festival: The gender catch-22
Evocatively and provocatively themed “A Woman’s World”, this year’s European Film Festival explores this alternative vision by screening 12 internationally acclaimed films, each from a different...
View ArticleWhat Melissa McCarthy told a critic who said actresses should always be...
When comedian Melissa McCarthy met one of her critics, she didn’t back down. She faced him head on and calmly explained why making those remarks are so hurtful, especially to young girls. “Every time...
View ArticleOscars organisers appoint more black and women members
Academy Award organisers have invited more than 300 new members to join the award-giving body, including a number of female and black stars after criticism that nominations for the 2015 race lacked...
View ArticleRise up and walk to Pamela Nomvete’s arts fiesta
When she is not learning her lines for a stage production or film, Ethiopian-born actress Pamela Nomvete is showing young people the showbiz ropes at her youth incubation social media enterprise. The...
View ArticleThe trouble with travel
A long flight is a good opportunity to catch up on some chick flicks that get poor support in my predominantly male house. I left on the long haul to Europe in good nick — checked-up, checked-out and...
View Article‘Suffragette’ tops bill as London film festival spotlights women’s struggles
The London Film Festival opening today with a screening of the British drama Suffragette has a special focus this year on women and their battles — from the right to vote to girls’ education. Festival...
View ArticleThe discomfiting truth about white feminism: Meryl Streep, Amy Poehler & the...
After a very unfortunate joke about pedophilia and Blue Ivy Carter in the opening show of a new series produced by Amy Poehler, I waited for white feminists to speak up. I waited for my feminist...
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