It’s Not Easy for Black Celebrities Like Raven-Symoné to Come Out by Allison Samuels via The Daily Beast
Women Directors Take Record Number of Emmy Nods, If Not TV Jobs by Amy Dawes via The Los Angeles Times
She Did That! Issa Rae Brings ‘Awkward Black Girl’ to HBO via Madame Noire
The Banal, Insidious Sexism of Smurfette by Philip Cohen via The Atlantic
More Leading Roles for Asian Actresses Shows Hollywood’s (Slow) Progress by Vera H-C Chan via Yahoo! Movies
‘Orange is the New Black’ Offers New Opportunity to Discuss Trans* Issues by Mychal Denzel Smith via Feministing
Piper on ‘Orange is the New Black’ Is the Poster Girl for Privilege by Lauren Rankin via The Frisky
TV Roles Better for Women Than in Film, Actress Jessica Lange Says by Hannah Furness via The Telegraph
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Elects First Black President by Jamilah King via Colorlines
Ellen DeGeneres is Hosting the Oscars, “Hell Yeah” Says World by Mary Grace Garis via Bust Magazine
Hollywood’s Highest-Paid Actresses: Where Gender Bias Reigns Supreme by Moira Forbes via Forbes
The Vulture Conversation: Is the Summer Movie Season Getting Any Better for Women? by Jennifer Vineyard and Kyle Buchanan via Vulture
Why Talking About Women Directors Matters by Melissa Silverstein via Women and Hollywood
Why Do All the Girls Who Save the Day Look a Certain Way? by Joseph Lamour via Upworthy
Damsel in Distress (Part 3) Tropes vs. Women by Anita Sarkeesian via Feminist Frequency
Michelle Rodriguez Made Me Cry at Comic-Con by Kate Conway via XO Jame
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