Bitch Flicks’ Weekly Picks

Check out what we’ve been reading this week–and let us know what you’ve been reading/writing in the comments!

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“Las Libres” film on Mexican women convicted for homicide for abortions is coming to a theater near you by Katie Halper at Feministing

Orange is the New Black‘s accurate portrayal of men in a story about women by Mychal Denzel Smith at Feministing

‘Manic Pixie Dream Girls’ Exist With or Without the Term by Gwen Berumen at Bust

An Open Letter to TV Showrunners: There Are Over 1200 Experienced, Accomplished Women Directors Waiting to Be Hired by Rachel Feldman at Women and Hollywood

The Shifting Hollywood Audience – Women are the Future by Melissa Silverstein at Women and Hollywood

Kids’ Films And Stories Share A Dark Theme: Dead Mothers at NPR

Princess Of ‘Fresh Prince’ Brings History To Children at NPR

New Film “Third Person” Twists and Turns Its Way to Nowhere by Emily Prado at Bitch Media

Where are the women on IMDb? by S.E. Smith at The Daily Dot

The Fault in Our Media by Briana Dixon at RH Reality Check

Jill Soloway: The Rules About What Female Characters Would Do Are Super Antiquated by Denise Martin at Vulture

Filmmaker Ava Duvernay Opens Up on Her Creative Process by Kimberly Foster at For Harriet

Elaine Stritch, Broadway’s Enduring Dame, Dies at 89 by Bruce Weber and Robert Berkvist at The New York Times

Marvel Will Introduce a Female Thor This Fall by George Gene Gustines at The New York Times

The New Captain America is a Black Man From Harlem by Jamilah King at Colorlines

‘True Detective,’ ‘Breaking Bad’ top TV Critics Awards by Gary Levin at USA Today

 

What have you been reading/writing this week? Tell us in the comments!