Carrie Brownstein Writing Lost in Austen Film Based on Unfinished Nora Ephron Script by Evan Minsker at Pitchfork
Hollywood films ‘do not reflect diversity’ in US at the BBC
Allison Janney On Sex, Sorkin And Being The Tallest Woman In The Room at NPR
The True Story of Star Trek’s First “Green Girl” by Jarrah Hodge at Gender Focus
Study: Latina Women Most Likely to Be Naked On Screen by Inkoo Kang at Women and Hollywood
‘Orange’ Showrunner Jenji Kohan on Hollywood’s Pay Inequality, ‘F— You’ Money and Her ‘Friends’ Regrets by Lacey Rose at The Hollywood Reporter
Watch 1981 TV Report ‘Racial Stereotyping: Inside & Out’ (What’s Changed 30+ Years Later?) by Tambay A. Obenson at Shadow and Act
L Word Mississippi: Hate the Sin, a Great Documentary With a Terrible Title by June Thomas at Slate
Popaganda Episode: Myth of the Strong Black Woman by Sarah Mirk at Bitch Media
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I honestly did not like the “Highbrow no homo” segment from Bitch. It continues to give the idea not to take queer sexuality (especially women’s queer sexuality) seriously. Or the idea that sexuality is “fluid” when once again, for MOST people that’s not true at all. Again sure, few men and women might be fluid regardless of how they identify. But the truth is, for the majority of humans, if someone is straight, they only like the opposite sex, if someone is gay/lesbian (it all means homosexual after all), they only like the same sex, and if someone is bi, well, we like everyone. But no matter what, you cannot change your sexuality, no matter how hard you try. You are born and hard-wired that way for life. Homosexual people do not feel attraction of any kind or even want to do anything sexual of any kind toward the opposite sex. And the same is true for straight people, only opposite. So I still wish there were better representations of queer people on film/tv.