Megan‘s Picks:
Haters Need to Shut the Hell Up About Gabby Douglas’ Hair by Dodai Stewart via Jezebel
Gabby Douglas Leads Team USA to the Gold by Crunktastic via Crunk Feminist Collective
Sisters in Cinema: Where Are the Black Female Directors? by Evette Dionne via Women and Hollywood
“It’s Hard to Find Female Leads that Are Flawed and Interesting and Dynamic” by Chloe Angyal via Feministing
Please Submit All Ethnicities: The Tricky Business of Writing Casting Notices by Nina Shen Rastogi via Slate
Gender Matters: The Sight and Sound Top 50 Films of All Time List by Melissa Silverstein via Women and Hollywood
Woman Moderator Petition: Teen Girls Fight for First Female Moderator for 2012 Presidential Debates via Huffington Post
Tippi Hedren Recalls Alfred Hitchcock’s Harassment for HBO’s The Girl by Michael O’Connell via The Hollywood Reporter
The Archer Who Trained Jennifer Lawrence for The Hunger Games Competed in the London Olympics Today by Jill Pantozzi via The Mary Sue
Bachorlette and the Toll Weddings take on Female Friendships by Alyssa Rosenberg via ThinkProgress
The XXX Olympics Brings With It a New Tradition: Internet Misogyny Fest 2012 by Molly McCaffrey via I Will Not Diet
Stephanie‘s Picks:
Favorite Women-Empowering Movies of Recent Memory by Juliette Frette via Huffington Post
What Are the Greatest Movies Directed by Women? by Melissa Silverstein via Women and Hollywood
What’s Wrong With the Media Coverage of Women Olympians? by Sarah J. Jackson via Role/Reboot
Why Only One Female Director Made Sight & Sound‘s Greatest Films List by Alyssa Rosenberg via Slate
TV Tropes Deletes Every Rape Trope; Geek Feminism Wiki Steps In by Aja Romano via The Mary Sue
I’ll Make the Entertainment I Want to See by Sara Koffi via Shakesville
Five Marvel Superheroines Who Would Make for Great ABC Television Shows by Alyssa Rosenberg via ThinkProgress
2012 Olympics Media Needs to Get Over Policing Female Athletes’ Bodies by Katrina Roberto via the Vancouver Observer
Belgium Film on Street Harassment Strikes a Chord Across Europe by Angelique Chrisafis via the Guardian
The Public Shaming of Kristen Stewart by Melissa Silverstein via Women and Hollywood
Quick Tropes vs Women Project Update by Anita Sarkeesian via Feminist Frequency
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