A Year with Women: What I Learned Only Watching Films Directed by Women in 2015 by Marya E. Gates at Cinema Fanatic
Where Are All the Diverse Voices in Film Criticism? by Chaz Ebert at The Daily Beast
Why Are So Few Film Critics Female? by Katie Kilkenny at The Atlantic
The 10 Best Women-Directed Films of 2015 by Melissa Silverstein, Inkoo Kang and Laura Berger at Women and Hollywood
The Women of Star Wars Speak Out About Their New Empire by Meredith Woerner at The Los Angeles Times
Gina Rodriguez Writes “Love Letter” to Rita Moreno at Kennedy Center Honors by Celia Fernandez via Latina
Fuck You, Spike Lee: Chi-Raq Is an Insult to Do the Right Thing, to Black Women, and to Malcolm X by Ijeoma Oluo via The Stranger
Of Fear and Fake Diversity by Lexi Alexander
Going Home for the First Time: A Return to Cuba by Monica Castillo at RogerEbert.com
Carol Is the Lesbian-Centric Christmas Movie of My Dreams by Grace Manger via Bitch Media
The 11 Most Important Women of Color Moments of 2015 by Melissa Silverstein, Inkoo Kang and Laura Berger at Women and Hollywood
Mara Brock Akil Talks Doing the Work in Spite of Not Getting the Recognition She Deserves via For Harriet
Mustang Director Deniz Gamze Ergüven on Turkish film, L.A. riots and Escape From Alcatraz by Carolina A. Miranda via The Los Angeles Times
The Best and Worst LGBT TV Characters of 2015 via Autostraddle
Leia-Loving Feminists Have A New Hope for Female Roles in Star Wars by Sarah Seltzer at Flavorwire
Writer Phyllis Nagy Talks Adapting Carol by Nikki Baughan at Screen Daily
How Our February Cover Star Amandla Stenberg Learned to Love Her Blackness by Solange Knowles at Teen Vogue
Young Women Weigh in on the Hijabi Character on Quantico by Lakshmi Gandhi at NPR
Fandom vs. Canon: On Queer Representation in The Force Awakens by Maddy Myers at The Mary Sue
The Case for Female Filmmakers in 2015: Breaking Down the Stats by Carrie Rickey at Thompson on Hollywood
Laurie Anderson on Her New Film, Heart of a Dog by David Hershkovits at Paper Magazine
The Top 10 Film/TV Moments for Queer Women in 2015 by Dorothy Snarker at Women and Hollywood
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