Amber‘s Picks:
Hollywood’s Year of Heroine Worship by A.O. Scott via The New York Times
Oscars and casting: Hollywood insiders discuss diversity by Solvej Schou via Entertainment Weekly
30 Lessons We Learned From Amy Poehler in 2012 by Krutika Mallikarjuna via Buzzfeed
Megan‘s Picks:
7 Ways Women and Girls are Sexualized, Stereotyped and Underrepresented On Screen by Dana Liebelson and Asawin Suebsaeng via Mother Jones
“There Is an Audience for Our Films”: Four African-American Female Filmmakers Speak Out by Lorenza Munoz via The Daily Beast
Surprise! Attempted Rape Scene in Episode of ‘The Walking Dead’ by Tizzy Giordano via Fem2pt0
TedX Women Talk about Online Harassment and Cyber Mobs by Anita Sarkeesian via Feminist Frequency
Is Historical Accuracy a Good Defense of Patriarchal Societies in Fantasy Fiction? by Dan Wohl via The Mary Sue
Google Grants $1.2M to Help Analyze Female Roles in TV, Film by Angela Watercutter via Wired
Hollywood’s Power 100 Mingle at THR’s Women in Entertainment Breakfast by Sophie A. Schillaci via The Hollywood Reporter
The Divine, Difficult Women of ‘Treme’ and David Simon’s Female Characters by Alyssa Rosenberg via ThinkProgress
Dreamworks Animation Is Proud of Having an 85% Female Group of Producers by Susana Polo via The Mary Sue
Sexist Quote of the Day by Bret Easton Ellis Melissa Silverstein via Women and Hollywood
What have you read (or written) this week that you’d like to share?