The radical notion that women like good movies
Writer Pearl Cleage and Filmmaker Ayoka Chenzira This guest post by Yvonna Russell previously appeared at The Huffington Post and is cross-posted with permission. New York Times bestselling author (What Looks like Crazy on an Ordinary Day, Some Things I Never Thought I’d Do) and playwright (Blues for an Alabama Sky, Flyin West) Pearl Cleage … Continue reading “Our Stories: ‘Babylon Sisters’”
Movie poster for Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca This is a guest post by Amanda Civitello. There is a trio of women at the heart of Rebecca. There’s a male love interest, to be sure – the dashing, wealthy, ostensibly noble Maxim de Winter – but at its most essential, Rebecca is a story of women: the … Continue reading “Classic Literature Film Adaptations Week: Mrs. Danvers, or: ‘Rebecca’”
Hey film lovers! It’s time for this week’s feminist film question. Who are your favorite amazing women in film and television? Here’s what you said: Sidney Prescott (Jennifer Garner) in Alias Lt. Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) in Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, Alien: Resurrection Margo Channing (Bette Davis) in All About Eve Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone) … Continue reading “Weekly Feminist Film Question: Who Are Your Favorite Amazing Female Characters in Film and TV?”
