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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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New “Star Wars” trailer, new hope: Leia finally picks up a lightsaber — and the little girl inside me cheers by Sonia Saraiya at Salon

There’s a raging controversy over Princess Leia’s bikini by Elizabeth Shockman at PRI

Teyonah Parris Delivers a Monologue That Gets to the Core of ‘Chi-Raq’s’ Message in New Clip from the Film by Tambay A. Obenson at Shadow and Act

Decades in the Making, ‘The Danish Girl’ and ‘Carol’ Show LGBT Films Aren’t Risky Anymore by Jennifer Swann at Take Part

‘Smile!’ How a villain’s phrase in ‘Jessica Jones’ exposes modern-day sexism by Libby Hill at LA Times

Marvel Show “Jessica Jones” Names a Most Evil Villain: Abuse by Stephanie Yang at Bitch Media

“The Wiz Live!” Finds a Brand New Day on the Small Screen by Nina Hemphill Reeder at Ebony

New Film “Mustang” Explores Young Women’s Vitality–and Patriarchy’s Brutality by Stephanie Abraham at Bitch Media

Why This Film About Pre-WWI London Rings Too True Today by Patricia Nugent at Ms. blog

Barbra Streisand’s First Directorial Project in 20 Years Will Be Catherine the Great Biopic by Inkoo Kang at Women and Hollywood

What TV Shows Still Haven’t Learned About Writing Female Leads of Color by Princess Weekes at The Mary Sue

12 of BFI’s Top 20 Films About Girls and Women by Laura Berger at Women and Hollywood

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“Jessica Jones” Is An Awesomely, Aggressively Feminist Superhero Series by Heather Hogan at Autostraddle

The Uncomfortable Violence of The Hunger Games’ “Mockingjay” by s.e. smith at Bitch Media

The Film That’s Taking on Campus Rape—And Winning by Vienna Urias at Ms. blog

The (Danish) Girl Everyone’s Talking About: Movie Review by Evan Read Armstrong at BUST

‘Mustang’ Director Deniz Gamze Ergüven on Creating a Sisterhood, Representing France at the Oscars by Melissa Silverstein at Women and Hollywood

The Women of Hollywood Speak Out by Maureen Dowd at The New York Times

The Hollywood Reporter’s New Cover Shows Hollywood Continues to Erase Women of Color by Jamie Broadnax at The Mary Sue

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Aziz Ansari’s Hilarious New Show Tells Stories Rarely Seen on TV by Amy Lam at Bitch Media

10 Awesome Feminist Films From the ’90s by Gisselli Rodriguez at Ms. blog

Documenting Women’s Stories: November 2015’s Crowdfunding Picks by Laura Nicholson at Women and Hollywood

For A Year, Shonda Rhimes Said ‘Yes’ To All The Things That Scared Her at NPR

Shonda Rhimes On Running 3 Hit Shows And The Limits Of Network TV at NPR

Watch 25-Minute Conversation with Gina Prince-Bythewood on ‘Love & Basketball’ & Indie Filmmaking Challenges by Tambay A. Obenson at Shadow and Act

10 Female-Directed Movies on Netflix That You Need to Watch Now by Allyson Johnson at The Mary Sue

Reese Witherspoon Gives Glamour Awards Speech: Female-Driven Films “Are Not a Public Service Project” by Ashley Lee at The Hollywood Reporter

Why Catherine Hardwicke Started to Fight Back Against Hollywood Sexism by Ramin Setoodeh at Variety

The ‘Ishtar’ effect: When a film flops and its female director never works again by Rebecca Keegan at LA Times

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When TV Dramas Give Colonialism a Glamorous Feel by s.e. smith at Bitch Media

Everything I Love Is Problematic by Delilah S. Dawson at The Mary Sue

Watch: Feature Length Documentary ‘CODEGIRL’ Released Online for FREE by Tambay A. Obenson at Shadow and Act

What Scandal’s Civil Rights-Era Critique Says About Contemporary Black Women and Girls by Oneka LaBennett at Ms. blog

Five Awesome Web Series Starring Women of Color by Sara Zia Ebrahimi at Bitch Media

TV tentatively starts talking about abortion by Alyssa Rosenberg at The Washington Post

GLAAD’s ‘Where We Are on TV’ report calls for more diverse, substantive LGBT characters by Megan Townsend at GLAAD

Lexi Alexander on Why More Women Aren’t Directing Superhero Franchises by ReBecca Theodore at Vulture

Research Shows Box-Office Hits with Female Protagonists Outearn Blockbusters With Male Leads by Laura Berger at Women and Hollywood

New Documentary Explores the Tensions of Being Both African and American by Sameer Rao at Colorlines

Drop What You’re Doing and Watch BBC Three’s In t he Flesh by Brooke Bennett at Horror Homeroom

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Sister Suffragette: ‘Slave’ T-Shirts Highlight White Feminism’s Race Problem by Kirsten West Savali at The Root

The High Stakes for “Quantico” and its South Asian Star by Stephanie Abraham at Bitch Media

Watch 1981 Report on Racial Stereotyping & Lack of Opportunities for Black Actors (What’s Changed 30+ Years Later?) by Tambay A. Obenson at Shadow and Act

Female-Driven Movies Make Money, So Why Aren’t More Being Made? by Thelma Adams at Variety

The Hollywood gender discrimination investigation is on: EEOC contacts women directors by Rebecca Keegan at Los Angeles Times

Ava DuVernay: For Women and People of Color, Hollywood is “A Whole Bunch of Locked Doors” by Inkoo Kang at Women and Hollywood

Study shows how women directors get blocked in Hollywood by John Anderson at Fortune

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What to Watch During TCM’s Trailblazing Women by Marya E. Gates at Rotten Tomatoes

Prompted by ACLU, EEOC Begins Investigation into Gender Discrimination in Hollywood by Melissa Silverstein at Women and Hollywood

Muted Explores What Happens When Black Girls Go Missing by Anita Little at Ms. blog

Al Jazeera Launches New Documentary Series Showcasing African Women Making Change Via Local Projects by Tambay A. Obenson at Shadow and Act

“How to Get Away With Murder” Brings an HIV-Positive Character to Primetime by s.e. smith at Bitch Media

Priyanka Chopra Talks Bollywood, Diversity on TV, and What’s Ahead This Season on Quantico by Sona Charaipotra at Vulture

A Brief History of The Queen of Sci-Fi Cinema, Sigourney Weaver by Maddy Myers at The Mary Sue

How ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Is Embracing Female Empowerment Like Never Before by Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter

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The Top 5 Most Feminist Moments From the Emmys by Anita Little at Ms. blog

Viola Davis’s Emmy Speech at The New York Times

An S&A Recap of the Historic 67th Primetime Emmy Awards and a Look at Next Year’s Possibilities by Tambay A. Obenson at Shadow and Act

50% of Amazon’s Next Pilots Created by Women; Tig Notaro, Anna Camp, Christina Ricci to Headline by Inkoo Kang at Women and Hollywood

Shonda Rhimes on Power, Feminism, and Police Brutality by Robbie Myers at Elle

The New Stonewall Film is Just as Whitewashed as We Feared by Leela Ginelle at Bitch Media

He Named Me Malala Shows the Making of an Activist Icon by Anita Little at Ms. blog

‘The Keeping Room’ Movie Review: Badass Women Star In A Feminist Western by Kaya Payseno at BUST

WATCH: Octavia Spencer and Crissle West Depict ‘Drunk History’ Of Harriet Tubman’s Union Spying by Sameer Rao at Colorlines

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10-Year Study Reveals Women in Key Roles Make Up Less Than a Quarter of Emmy Nominees by Inkoo Kang at Women and Hollywood

Emmy awards face the future as television becomes more diverse by Brian Moylan at The Guardian

The ‘Golden Age for Women in TV’ Is Actually a Rerun by Nell Scovell at The New York Times

Aiming to diversify storytelling, Ava DuVernay expands scope of film distribution collective by Glenn Whipp at Los Angeles Times

The Bechdel Bill is Working to Put the Bechdel Test Into Action by Emily Gagne at The Mary Sue

Denzel Washington Is Bringing August Wilson’s Entire American Century Cycle Plays to the Screen Via HBO by Tambay A. Obenson at Shadow and Act

What “The Golden Girls” Taught Me About Bioethics by Elizabeth Yuko at Bitch Media

Enough With the Queer and Trans Films That Are Actually About Straight People by Kyle Buchanan at Vulture

5 Ways The Movie Industry Still Fails Women by Sarah Aoun at BuzzFeed

We Heart: East Los High‘s Representation of Genderqueer Youth by Anita Little at Ms. blog

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How Shows Like ‘Will & Grace’ And ‘Black-ish’ Can Change Your Brain by Maanvi Singh at NPR

Exclusive: Octavia Butler’s ‘Dawn’ Being Developed for TV, Producer Talks Adaptation and Diversity Behind the Scenes by Jai Tiggett at Shadow and Act

The Resonance and Relevance of ‘Suffragette’ by Melissa Silverstein at Women and Hollywood

In New Film “Grandma,” Lily Tomlin Scoffs at Abortion Stigma by Monica Castillo at Bitch Media

Nobody’s Damsel Study Looks at Modern Female TV Characters and the People Who Love Them by Carolyn Cox at The Mary Sue

Why Colin Trevorrow Denying His White Male Privilege Is Bad For Women Directors by Rebecca Theodore-Vachon at Forbes

The Comedy About 2 Trans Women of Color You Don’t Want to Miss by Miriam Zoila Pérez at Colorlines

Telluride Film Review: ‘He Named Me Malala’ by Justin Chang at Variety

Grandma, What Big Roles You Have: How Paul Weitz Became a Feminist Director by Paula Schwartz at MovieMaker

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There Will Be Blood: The Precarious Politics of Representing Abortion Onscreen by Gretchen Sisson at Bitch Media

#NotOurStonewall Calls Out the White-Washing of LGBT History by Anita Little at Ms. blog

The 22 Best Woman-Directed Films Streaming On Netflix by Matt Barone at Tribeca

Amiyah Scott Reported to Become First Trans ‘Real Housewives’ Cast Member by Sameer Rao at Colorlines

Mapping Brutality: How Last Year’s ‘Belle’ Perfectly Explains White America’s Response to Racism by Shannon M. Houston at Shadow and Act

European Film Industry Passes Gender Equality Declaration (UPDATED) by Inkoo Kang at Women and Hollywood

NBC Orders Tina Fey Sitcom, Two Other Female-Driven Comedies by Inkoo Kang at Women and Hollywood

Here’s What’s Missing From Straight Outta Compton: Me and the Other Women Dr. Dre Beat Up by Dee Barnes at Gawker

Dr. Dre Apologizes to the ‘Women I’ve Hurt’ by Joe Coscarelli at The New York Times

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Director F. Gary Gray Discusses How Today’s Racial Climate Impacted ‘Straight Outta Compton’ at Essence

Why you should see ‘Straight Outta Compton’ by Lisa Respers France at CNN

Straight Outta Rape Culture by Sikivu Hutchinson at The Huffington Post

Ten Years Ago This Month, Katrina Struck. Here Are Some Films That Address the Hurricane & Its Aftermath… by Tambay A. Obenson at Shadow and Act

Rose McGowan Is Starting A Revolution by Kate Aurthur at BuzzFeed

Top Films Fail to Feature Women and Minorities by Julia Robins at Ms. blog

Praise for “Losing Ground” and Black Female Film Pioneers Is Long Overdue by Nijla Mu’min at Bitch Media

Patti Smith’s Memoir ‘Just Kids’ to Become Showtime Miniseries by Inkoo Kang at Women and Hollywood

Black Girls In Science Fiction Film: “Spark” by Ashlee at Black Girl Nerds

5 Reasons You Should Revisit ‘Taina,’ Nickelodeon’s First Latina-Led Sitcom by Isabelia Herrera at Remezcla

A Historic Fight Over Public Housing Makes For Fine Drama On HBO by Linda Holmes at NPR

Your Daily Reminder That Hollywood Is Full of Sexist Trashbuckets by Carolyn Cox at The Mary Sue

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