"feminist" Articles & Blogs:
What would a feminist superhero tweet?
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Vanessa linked to the Feminist Hulk's twitterfeed a few weeks ago. Feminist hulk has gotten a lot of attention recently for their comical feminist take on the hulk superhero.
Esther at the Comics Alliance imagines what a few other superheroes turned fem...[Read on] |
Quick Hit: Films for the Feminist Classroom
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Check out this great new resource for gender studies professors and feminist facilitators, an online journal called Films for the Feminist Classroom. It's being edited and produced by the Rutgers-based editorial offices of Signs: Journal of Women in Cultu...[Read on] |
HBO Finally Gets a Feminist Show
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HBO has long been known for its boy oriented shows. The Sopranos, Entourage and even Big Love. But now us girls are making headway first with the No 1 Ladies Detective Agency and now with Women’s Studies from my buddy Theresa Rebeck.
How awesome is i...[Read on] |
Knocked Up: Feminist Filmmakers Celebrate Roe
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In celebration of the anniversary of the infamous pro-choice ruling of Roe v. Wade, local New York feminist filmmakers are holding screenings of two films this Thursday, January 14th. Obvious Child, co-written and produced by previous BUST intern Anna Bea...[Read on] |
Loving Diablo Cody
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Not matter whether you love or hate her work, or love or hate her persona, she really is one of the only women working in the film business who is not afraid to talk about feminism and Hollywood.
She spoke this past weekend in SF at a screening of Jenn...[Read on] |
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Reese Witherspoon
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For continuing to raise awareness about domestic violence worlwdie through her partnership with Avon. Her work has already raised $4 million through the Women’s Empowerment Bracelet.
This week she announced the addition of a Women’s Empowe...[Read on] |
Feminist Flashback: A look back at Murphy Brown
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The Early Show on CBS hosted the cast of Murphy Brown for a reunion. God, I loved that show. Can we please get another show like this? Pretty please. Maybe we can convince Diane Sawyer to create a new show. I promise to get everyone I know to watch ...[Read on] |
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Cynthia Nixon
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Nixon is speaking out about the anti-choice restrictions in the health care bill.
“It’s a very basic female right that we need to protect,” Nixon said. “What’s so frightening about this Stupak ban is that he’s found a backdoor way to basica...[Read on] |
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Drew Barrymore
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Drew Barrymore is a real feminist. All the pre-press for her directorial debut, Whip-It (opening on October 2.) is making me so excited to see the film. Here’s what she had to say to Time Out NY.
Your upcoming directorial debut, Whip It, is about rol...[Read on] |
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Fran Drescher
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The star of The Nanny (I’m still waiting for her next sitcom) took her focus on health care and cancer (she is a uterine cancer survivor) to Capitol Hill yesterday to get Senators on board of the Safe Cosmetics Act of 2010. The bill will eliminate c...[Read on] |
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Kate Winslet
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Winslet just won $40,000 in damages from the Daily Mail which said she lied about her exercise regime.
Just so bizarre. Why does anyone care what her exercise regime is. Seems to me that these papers are finally getting caught out for lying when pe...[Read on] |
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Helen Mirren
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Helen Mirren was honored last week in London with a lifetime achievement award from Women in Film and TV International. She is now appearing in The Last Station as Sofya Tolstoy which will probably get her another Oscar nomination. The film is in limi...[Read on] |
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Michelle Rodriguez
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While Fast and Furious may have made $72 million at the box office this weekend, Michelle Rodriguez who has a “reputation”cough cough for being difficult comes clean to Latina.com about what it’s like for strong women in Hollywood.
“Anytime you...[Read on] |
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Ben Stiller
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Thought this quote was interesting from Ben Stiller in an interview for his new film Night at the Museum Two that appeared in Time Out Dubai (yes, I guess there is a Time Out Dubai)
Question: Most of the comedy in this film and most others comes from men...[Read on] |
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Dr. Martha Lauzen
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I know I beat the drum consistently for Kathryn Bigelow but I want everyone to remember that if, and when she wins, the best director award at the Oscars on Sunday it will be only the beginning. Don’t let anyone fool you into thinking things are eq...[Read on] |
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Lauren Tracy
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Lauren is a 21-year-old young director and has started a film fund for female filmmakers called X-Factor Filmmakers. Her next step is to launch a contest: The Best Female Directed Picture where you can win a netflix subscription to make people aware o...[Read on] |
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Sir Ian McKellen
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I love it when guys stand up for their female colleagues. 4,000 people and Sir Ian McKellen have signed a petition urging British broadcasters to get a clue and stop discriminating against women over 45.
Here’s what he said:
People might have though...[Read on] |
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Amber Tamblyn
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I’ve only seen one episode of The Unusuals and I’m hooked. I love that The Unusuals while it is an ensemble, is fronted by a female actress- Amber Tamblyn. To me it’s perfect casting because she’s not your “usual” type of TV actress. Tamb...[Read on] |
The Oxymoron of the Sarah Palin “Conservative Feminism” Brand
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Let me say this one more time: Sarah Palin is not a feminist. In fact, the fabricated term “conservative feminist” is an oxymoron.
As I said this morning on the Laura Ingraham Show, Sarah...
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Rachel Weisz Takes on Two Feminist Roles
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Rachel Weisz is attached to two films with strong feminist type characters. The first is Whistleblower to be directed by Larysa Kondracki.
Here’s the description from Variety:
Based on a true story, “Whistleblower” chronicles the trials of a fem...[Read on] |
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Gabourey “Gabby” Sidibe
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From everything I’ve heard she is beyond spectacular in her film debut Precious so much so that there is already Oscar talk. I loved what she had to say to NY Magazine about her weight and her body. I cannot wait to see this movie.
“I learned t...[Read on] |
Molly Haskell’s Feminist Take on Gone with the Wind
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Molly Haskell is the shit when it comes to writing about women’s films with a feminist perspective. There is no one better. Her book From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies is one of the best books about women in film and it...[Read on] |
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Shohreh Aghdashloo
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First things first. If you haven’t seen The Stoning of Soraya M. you must. It’s a very intense and well done film about a young woman who is accused of adultery and is put to death in the town square. The stoning scene is very hard to watch bu...[Read on] |
Jennifer's Body
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Jennifer's Body, the latest from 31-year-old feminist screenwriter Diablo Cody (of Juno fame), is hitting theaters September 18th and already it's causing quite the buzz. The Times ran an interesting story this weekend about how Cody and her crew tried to...[Read on] |
Once more, with feeling: Sarah Palin is not a feminist
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Seriously, y'all - how many times does it have to be said? Sarah Palin is not a feminist. I thought we had covered Palin's gross appropriation of feminism and feminist rhetoric during the election, but media coverage of Palin's recent speech for the ant...[Read on] |
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