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What Country's Film Industry Has the Best Gender Equity?
French film “Blue is the Warmest Color” centered on compelling female stories—but behind the camera, men outnumber women in the French industry nine to one. Film still from Sundance.
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Let's Hear it For Hurray for the Riff Raff
Alynda Lee Segarra has never been vague about her intended audience. When we reviewed her newest album earlier this year, the force behind the band Hurray for the Riff... Read more »
On Our Radar: Feminist News Roundup
Here’s what we’re reading today:
• The streets of Hong Kong are still filled with pro-democracy protesters and the calls for more representative government show no signs of slowing down. The government, meanwhile, is ... Read more »
Artists Should Get Paid for Their Work—Especially By Lena Dunham
A mantra for artists everywhere — this “Get Paid” pennant by BT Livermore is, of course, for sale.
Yesterday Gawker reported that Girls creator ... Read more »
On Our Radar: Feminist News Round-Up
Here’s what’s on our radar!
• The city of Ferguson has increased the fee for accessing police files—up to $135 per hour—and some see it as a way to keep... Read more »
On Our Radar: Feminist News Roundup
Here’s what we’re reading today:
• In one year, the number of Americans who see think the criminal... Read more »
Finally! A TV Show That Handles Transgender Issues With Grace.
Television, historically, has not been a welcoming place for transgender people. “Trans representation” has previously consisted mainly of male sitcom characters relating stories about dating women who turned out to be transgender, and then saying “Eww!”
Things are changing now, though, with the... Read more »
Two Teens Who Were Sex Workers Were Murdered—Will America Pay Attention?
The opposite of love is not hate. The opposite of love is indifference. Early last Thursday morning, the murdered bodies of two young black teen girls who were sex... Read more »
“How to Get Away with Murder” Gives Us a Female Antihero We Can Root for
As a Black woman, Annalise Keating packs just as potent a combination of sex appeal and unlikability as Tony Soprano or Don Draper with the added bonus of not being a white dude.
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BitchTapes: Shooting the Moon
This week's mixtape comes to us from the folks behind the feminist playing cards deck. Fourteen artists created portraits of 56 feminist musicians for the... Read more »
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