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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!

Watch Shonda Rhimes Talk About ‘Scandal’s’ Season Finale by Jamilah King at Colorlines

Megan Ellison to Develop TV Show about Marlene Dietrich and Greta Garbo by Inkoo Kang at Women and Hollywood

When Women Take to the Sea to Provide Safe Abortions by Jessica Luther at Bitch Magazine

Heroines of Cinema: Mimi Leder and the Impossible Standard for Women Directors in Hollywood by Matthew Hammett Knott at Indiewire

Interview: Nadine Patterson’s Talks Her Reimagining Of Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’ Which Screens 4/23 In Harlem by Sergio at Shadow and Act

An Ode to My Four Favorite Women on Mad Men by Emilly Prado at Bitch Magazine

DreamWorks’ Latest Movie Will Have Something No Pixar Film Has Ever Tried by Zak Cheney-Rice at PolicyMic

How Many Of These Movies By Female Directors Have You Seen? by Alison Willmore at BuzzFeed

VIDEO: The “Orange Is The New Black” Season Two Trailer Is Here, Lovely, Amazing by Riese at Autostraddle

Naked if I want to: Lena Dunham’s body politic by Soraya Roberts at Salon

10 Women Directors to Watch in 2014 by Shannon M. Houston at Paste

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

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!

Women on screen aren’t allowed to grow old erotically by Lynne Segal at The Guardian

Infographic: Women and Hollywood – Better Luck Next Year… Or Next Decade by Inkoo Kang at Women and Hollywood

It Was a Good Year for Women on TV by Margaret Lyons at Vulture

TV’s (Slowly) Widening Race Lens by Teresa Wiltz at Colorlines

The Big O: Can a Woman Win an Oscar Without Falling in Love? by Susan Wloszczyna at Women and Hollywood

“Help, My Eyeball Is Bigger Than My Wrist!”: Gender Dimorphism in Frozen by Philip N. Cohen at Sociological Images

Watch Hour-Long C-SPAN Interview w/ ‘Free Angela’ Documentary Filmmaker Shola Lynch by Sergio at Shadow and Act

Paul Dini: Superhero cartoon execs don’t want largely female audiences by Lauren Davis at io9

Feminist Filmmaking Means NC-17 Rating from MPAA by Inkoo Kang at Women and Hollywood

Black Girls Hunger for Heroes, Too: A Black Feminist Conversation on Fantasy Fiction for Teens by Zetta Elliott at Bitch Media

TRICKED: A Chat With The Filmmakers by Melissa McGlensey at Ms. blog

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