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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The 8 Biggest Lies About Abortion, Debunked by the Year’s Most Important Rom-Com by Elizabeth Plank at PolicyMic

‘Obvious Child’ Tries to Reverse the Trend of Risky Abortions in Film by Pema Levy at Newsweek

‘Obvious Child’ Changes the Rom-Com Game by Sarah Seltzer at RH Reality Check

How ‘The Facts of Life’ Broke One of TV’s Most Taboo and Uncomfortable Topics by Barbara Fletcher at OZY

The XX-Factor of ‘Game of Thrones’: Why the Women of Westeros Are the Real Stars by Rebecca Raber at Take Part

The Secret Lives of Black Girls: Expanding The Coming Of Age Film by Nijla Mumin at Shadow and Act

A History of Women in Animation: Mothers of a  Medium by Carrie Tupper at The Mary Sue

Maleficent: Finally, Disney Gives us a Positive Witch/Mother by Natalie Wilson at Ms. blog

What Lupita Nyong’o and Gwendoline Christie Bring to ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’ (Analysis) by Graeme McMillan at The Hollywood Reporter

First Look: Carey Mulligan In ‘Suffragette’ Plus Official Synopsis by Kevin Jagernauth at The Playlist

In Shonda They Trust? Black Women Take Over TV by Aaron Randle at Ebony

Film Corner: Disney’s Big Hero 6 by Melissa McEwan at Shakesville

‘A Million Ways to Die in the West’ is a love letter to the ‘nice guy’ myth by Dominick Mayer at The Daily Dot

10 LGBT Film Festivals To Head To This June at /bent

Updated: Lupita Nyong’o Options Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Trans-Atlantic Love Story Americanah by Inkoo Kang at Women and Hollywood

Jenny Slate Is Comedy’s Next “It” Girl by Erin La Rosa at Buzzfeed

 

Don’t Worry So Much: How Not To Review Women’s Writing by Mallory Ortberg at The Toast

 

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