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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 online: MAKERS – Women in Comedy

Siskel and Ebert made their own ‘tropes vs. women’ video in 1980 by Ben Kuchera at Polygon

8 Incredible Female Directed films at VIFF

What Country’s Film Industry Has the Best Gender Equity? by Sarah Mirk at Bitch Media

Issa Rae’s Color Creative Calls for TV Diversity by Margeaux Johnson at Ebony

12 Times Leslie Knope Totally Nailed Being a Feminist by Isis Madrid at GOOD

Does Television Spanglish Need A Rewrite? by Jasmine Garsd at NPR

So, What Kind of Girl Is She? The Critics’ Appraisal of Lena Dunham by Maggie Lange at Vulture

The NFL’s Domestic Violence Problem and Our Race Problem by Jessica Luther at Vice Sports

Another day, another incongruous casting choice: Catherine Zeta-Jones to play Colombian drug lord Griselda Blanco by Soraya Nadia McDonald at The Washington Post

Three New Sci-Fi Epics With Female Protagonists in Development by Inkoo Kang at Women and Hollywood

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!

The Last Amazon by Jill Lepore at The New Yorker

Women on TV Making Headway? Not So Much by Michele Kort at Ms. blog

TV Directing Still Dominated by White Men, New DGA Report Finds. No Real Improvement in Diversity Hiring Practices During Past 4 Years by Tambay A. Obenson at Shadow and Act

Bloody Handprints: What Comes After Domestic Violence in Television and Life by Arielle Bernstein at Press Play

‘New York Times’ Reduces Shonda Rhimes’ Characters to Unfair Angry Black Women Stereotype by Kadeen Griffiths at Bustle

Why #LessClassicallyBeautiful Is the Most Important Thing You’ll See on the Internet Today by Nikki Ogunnaike at Glamour‘s Lipstick blog

Infographic: Women Directed 10% of Independent Features Between 2009-2013 by Melissa Silverstein at Women and Hollywood

The Most Feminist Moments in Sci-fi History by Devon Maloney at The Cut

Victim Blaming at the Miss America Pageant by Emilly Prado at Bitch Media

Laverne Cox to Premiere New Documentary, The T Word by Mitch Kellaway at Advocate

7 Life Lessons I Learned From the Ladies of “Twin Peaks” by Mollie Hawkins at xoJane

Watch: Lupita Nyong’o teaches Elmo about skin by Maya at Feministing

Deepika Padukone: Why Bollywood stars are speaking out on sexism by Geeta Pandey at BBC

Cartoonist Alison Bechdel Among 2014 MacArthur Genius Grant Winners by Arit John at The Wire

‘Mindy’ And ‘New Girl’ Navigate Their Worlds Of Crazy Love by Linda Holmes at NPR

It’s Been A Bad Week for Football by Corinne Gaston at Ms. blog

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