I’ve Spent 12 Years Surrounded by Hollywood Peen. Where Are the Women Directors? by Eden Sher via Jezebel
‘Beautiful Creatures’ Star Viola Davis On Why Her Character Isn’t a Maid in the Adaptation (Q & A) by Rebecca Ford via The Hollywood Reporter
This Week in Fat Stigma: Melissa McCarthy Is a “Fat Hippo” and Chris Christie Is an Obesity “Time Bomb” and I’m Pretty Annoyed by It All by Lesley Kinzel via XO Jane
Jessica Chastain and Jennifer Lawrence Both Want an Oscar. That’s Not a Catfight by Alyssa Rosenberg Slate’s Double X
Study: Women on TV Murdered More Violently Than Men, But Why? by Kelsea Stahler via Hollywood.com
What Kind of Guy Does a Girl Who Looks Like Lena Dunham “Deserve”? by Tracie Egan Morrissey via Jezebel
Please Don’t Let ‘Flight’ Win any Awards, Unless It’s One for “Most Sexism” by Megan Burbank via Bitch Magazine
The Feministing Five: Melissa Silverstein and Kathryn Kolbert, Athena Film Festival Co-Founders by Anna Sterling via Feministing
Are Documentaries a Pathway Through the Glass Ceiling for Female Directors in the Fictional Narrative Arena? by Scott Mendelson via Mendelson’s Memos
Connie Britton Is Not Old by Alyssa Rosenberg via Slate’s Double X
‘Side Effects’ Indicts Big Pharma But Does It Villainize Gays? by Inkoo Kang via Bitch Magazine
As Doctor Tiller’s Wichita Clinic Reopens, ‘After Tiller’ Reframes the Abortion Debate by Alyssa Rosenberg via ThinkProgress
Tina Fey On Her New Film ‘Admission,’ Feminism, Motherhood and Lily Tomlin by Holly Rosen Fink via Women and Hollywood
The Conservative Backlash to Beyonce’s Super Bowl Show: Objectification and Slut-Shaming Go Hand in Hand by Maya Dusenbery via Feministing