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6 topics for an HBO TV series on Brazil more original than “high end (white) sex workers” by Juliana at Feministing

Laverne Cox and bell hooks Had a Discussion About Gender and Pop Culture by Sarah Mirk at Bitch Media

Jessica Chastain Deconstructs Strong Female Characters as “A Disservice to Women” by Inkoo Kang at Women and Hollywood

Girls on Film: 5 TV actresses who deserve much better movie roles by Monika Bartyzel at The Week

The Root’s Readers Name the 50 Greatest Black TV Shows of All Time by Erin E. Evans at The Root

CIFF 2014 Tribute: Isabelle Huppert by Peter Sobczynski at RogerEbert.com

Lizzo is a Goddess in Her New Web Series & on Letterman by Sarah Thomasson at Bust

‘How to Get Away With Murder’ and ‘Black-ish’ Get Full Season Orders From ABC by Tambay A. Obenson at Shadow and Act

The Herculean Effort Taken By One Group To Show Hollywood Is Sexist by Walt Hickey at Five Thirty Eight

Where The (Queer) Girls Are Gonna Be On Your TV This Year by Riese at Autostraddle

Cover Exclusive: Jennifer Lawrence Calls Photo Hacking a “Sex Crime” at Vanity Fair

Meet the female producers smashing Hollywood’s glass ceiling by Nicole Sperling at Entertainment Weekly

Shonda Rhimes Opens Up About ‘Angry Black Woman’ Flap, Messy ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Chapter and the ‘Scandal’ Impact by Lacey Rose at The Hollywood Reporter

Malala’s Nobel is ‘for all girl students of Pakistan’ by Naila Inayat and Caesar Mandal at USA Today

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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

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Global film industry perpetuates discrimination against women at UN Women

Finally! A TV Show That Handles Transgender Issues With Grace. by Leela Ginelle at Bitch Media

How to Get Away with Dynamic Black Women Leads by Corinne Gaston at Ms. blog

Jill Soloway on Transparent and How Lena Dunham’s Success Convinced Her to Stop Pretending by John Horn at Vulture

How Bring It! is changing our perception of Black girls and performance by Sesali Bowen at Feministing

Here’s Some History Behind That ‘Angry Black Woman’ Riff the NY Times Tossed Around by Blair L.M. Kelley at The Root

Viola Davis Responds to Being Called ‘Less Classically Beautiful’: ‘You Define You’ by Yesha Callahan at The Root

The Power of Doc McStuffins by Katti Gray at Women’s Media Center

Why I Left by Jana Monji at RogerEbert.com

People Magazine Deletes Offensive Tweets About Viola Davis and Scandal by Rebecca Rose at Jezebel

Powerhouse Female Producers Join Forces to Launch New Company by Inkoo Kang at Women and Hollywood

20 Facts Everyone Should Know About Gender Bias in Movies by Soraya Chemaly at The Huffington Post

Reese Witherspoon Was Inspired by Tina Fey, Wants to Help Women in Hollywood by Corinne Heller at E!

Interview: ‘Black-Ish’ Creator Kenya Barris Talks Blackness in the Age of Obama and in the Shadow of Cosby by Jai Tiggett at Shadow and Act

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Anita Sarkeesian shares the most radical thing you can do to support women online by Casey Newton at The Verge

A Reminder: Net Neutrality by Ali at Autstraddle

Girls on Film: Why the Toronto International Film Festival is the best platform for female filmmakers by Monika Bartyzel at The Week

TIFF 2014 Review: Few Movies Have Given Female Characters Such Prominence & Agency as in ‘The Keeping Room’ by Zeba Blay at Shadow and Act

The Renaissance Of Reese Witherspoon by Melissa Silverstein at Forbes

Afghanistan’s Teen Girls Turn The Camera On Kabul by Jackie Leahy at Bust

BitchTapes: Grrrlhood (Songs From Films With Female Directors) by James Anthofer at Bitch Media

The Most Radical Films About Young Women’s Lives by Alison Nastasi at Flavorwire

How Should We Remember Joan Rivers? by Gabrielle Moss at Bitch Media

‘Orange is the New Black’ Adds Another Black Corrections Officer by Jamilah King at Colorlines

Barrel Chests, Brawn, and Buffoonery: Controlling Images of Masculinity in Pixar Movies by Tristan Bridges at Feminist Reflections

“Strong Women Characters” Who Made Mistakes (And Learned From Them) by Diana Biller, Chaleece N. Johnson, Vesna Cemas and Kyra Baker at io9

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Remembering Joan Rivers: Groundbreaking Feminist Icon by Eliana Dockterman at TIME

What It Was Like to Work With Joan Rivers by Julie Klausner at Vulture

Mississippi Public Broadcasting Won’t Air Abortion Documentary by Andy Kopsa at Cosmopolitan

The Great 2014 Celebrity Nude Photos Leak is only the beginning by Roxane Gay at The Guardian

Jennifer Lawrence Nude Photo Leak Isn’t A ‘Scandal.’ It’s A Sex Crime. by Scott Mendelson at Forbes

Violence Against Indigenous Women: Fun, Sexy, and No Big Deal on the Big Screen by Elissa Washuto at Racialicious

Black Girls Can Be Losers Too: From ‘Living Single’ to ‘Scandal’ by LaShea Delaney at Indiewire

Hollywood’s Female Heroes Lack One Weapon: Humor. by Zev Chevat at Bitch Media

Supergirl Takes Flight With TV Series From Greg Berlanti & Ali Adler by Nellie Andreeva at Deadline Hollywood

What ‘The Giver’ and ‘Obvious Child’ say about abortion in America by Brandon Ambrosino at Vox

“The Giver” Delivers Powerful Pro-Choice Message in Slick, IKEA Package by Natalie Wilson at Ms. blog

17 Black Women Who Deserve Their Own Biopics by Ashley C. Ford at Buzzfeed

From Now On, Women Save the World by Brooks Barnes at The New York Times

Interview: Harvard Business School Professor Anita Elbers On What Hollywood’s Love of Blockbusters Means for the Rest of Us by Erika Olson at RogerEbert.com

Beyond Ferguson: Pop Culture Through the Lens of Race by Noah Gittell at RogerEbert.com

‘We Have Always Fought’: Challenging the ‘Women, Cattle and Slaves’ Narrative by Kameron Hurley at A Dribble of Ink

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Emmys Rundown: The Good, the Bad, the Gender Disparity by Sara Stewart at Women and Hollywood

Women Make Up Only 26% Of Nominees for 66th Primetime Emmy Awards by Rachel Larris at Women’s Media Center

Girls on Film: 5 ways movies can be as diverse as television by Monika Bartyzel at The Week

Margaret Atwood has faith in Hollywood by Doug Camilli at The Gazette

Watch: “Women in Refrigerators” Supercut: Female Characters Killed to Give Male Characters Depth by Laura Berger at Women and Hollywood

Did Lois Lowry Sell Out Your Childhood? by Andé Morgan at Bitch Media

Film Adaptation of Opera Classic ‘La Boheme’ w/ All-Black Cast Begins Production… by Tambay A. Obenson at Shadow and Act

This is the Summer of Lesbian Web Series by Anna Miller at Bitch Media

Film 4 Justice: Join The Movement! by ReBecca Theodore-Vachon at Film Fatale NYC

Black Feminists Respond to Ferguson by Miriam Zoila Pérez at Colorlines

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#IfTheyGunnedMeDown Shows How Black People Are Portrayed in Mainstream Media by Yesha Callahan at The Root

Why Lauren Bacall was one of Hollywood’s greatest feminist icons by Andrew O’Hehir at Salon

3 things you might not know about the badass feminist icon Lauren Bacall by Katie at Feministing

4 Ways Robin Williams Changed the Way We Think About Feminism and Gay Rights by Derrick Clifton at Mic.

First-Look Photos From Ava DuVernay’s ‘Selma’ by Tambay A. Obenson at Shadow and Act

Lyle Director Stewart Thorndike on Making the Lesbian Version of Rosemary’s Baby and the Need for Feminist Horror by Kelcie Mattson at Women and Hollywood

Movie Review: Sister, An Intimate Portrait Of A Global Crisis by Amanda at Bust

Sam Taylor-Johnson, Lisa Cholodenko, Sarah Polley and Other Female Directors on the Movies That Influenced Them by Jeff Oloizia at T

Ayn Rand’s The Devil Wears Prada by Mallory Ortberg at The Toast

We Heart: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Self-Proclaimed Feminist by Emily Shugerman at Ms. blog

Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson: Trans Pioneers, BFFs, Film Stars by Jamilah King at Colorlines

Sneak Preview Of ‘Women And The Word: The Revival Move’ at 5th Annual Soul of Brooklyn Festival Next Week by Sergio at Shadow and Act

Girls on Film: 5 things that need to happen before Hollywood will ever truly change by Monika Bartyzel at The Week

Sexism and racism permeate music videos, according to new report at The Guardian

Yes, Guardians of the Galaxy‘s Nicole Perlman Wrote A Black Widow Script. But Marvel Has “A Lot On Their Plates.” by Carolyn Cox at The Mary Sue

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Carrie Brownstein Writing Lost in Austen Film Based on Unfinished Nora Ephron Script by Evan Minsker at Pitchfork

Hollywood films ‘do not reflect diversity’ in US at the BBC

Allison Janney On Sex, Sorkin And Being The Tallest Woman In The Room at NPR

The True Story of Star Trek’s First “Green Girl” by Jarrah Hodge at Gender Focus

From ‘Good Times’ To ‘Honey Boo Boo’: Who Is Poor On TV? by Elizabeth Blair at NPR

Covering Youth Sexuality: How the Media Can Do Better by Regina Mahone at RH Reality Check

Highbrow No Homo: The Art of Queer Representation in “Clouds of Sils Maria” by Shannon Keating at Bitch Media

Modern Office with Christina Hendricks at Funny or Die

Study: Latina Women Most Likely to Be Naked On Screen by Inkoo Kang at Women and Hollywood

‘Orange’ Showrunner Jenji Kohan on Hollywood’s Pay Inequality, ‘F— You’ Money and Her ‘Friends’ Regrets by Lacey Rose at The Hollywood Reporter

Watch 1981 TV Report ‘Racial Stereotyping: Inside & Out’ (What’s Changed 30+ Years Later?) by Tambay A. Obenson at Shadow and Act

L Word Mississippi: Hate the Sin, a Great Documentary With a Terrible Title by June Thomas at Slate

Popaganda Episode: Myth of the Strong Black Woman by Sarah Mirk at Bitch Media

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Playing ‘Crazy Eyes’ Taught Actress ‘It’s OK To Be Just You’ at NPR

The Greatest Documentaries of All Time at Sight & Sound

Carrie Brownstein Spills the Beans on Fred, Feminism, and Fear by Lisa Butterworth at BUST

Blackstar Film Fest Review: ‘Dreams Are Colder Than Death’ Is a Haunting Exploration of the Contours of Present-day Blackness by Nijla Mumin at Shadow and Act

New Drama “The Honorable Woman” Portrays a Powerful Woman on the Edge of a Breakdown by Elizabeth Segran at Bitch Media

GLAAD Report: Hollywood Doing More Harm Than Good With LGBT Representations (Especially Paramount and Warner Brothers) at /bent

Village Voice Writer Calls Out Commenters For Gendered Insults Against Their Guardians of the Galaxy Reviewer by Victoria McNally at The Mary Sue

Girls on Film: Why audiences are responsible for the future of cinema by Monika Bartyzel at The Week

Does Comic-Con Condone Rape Culture? by Natalie Wilson at Ms. blog

Clear Your Thursday Nights for Shonda Rhimes by Melissa Silverstein and Inkoo Kang at Women and Hollywood

Katy Perry on Cultural Appropriation: ‘I Guess I’ll Stick to Baseball and Hot Dogs’ by Jamilah King at Colorlines

Marvel Studios President Addresses Lack of Female-Led Movies by Graeme McMillan at The Hollywood Reporter

IFP’s “Fresh Faces” Highlights So Many Rad Female Indie Filmmakers by Mari Brighe at Autostraddle

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“Las Libres” film on Mexican women convicted for homicide for abortions is coming to a theater near you by Katie Halper at Feministing

Orange is the New Black‘s accurate portrayal of men in a story about women by Mychal Denzel Smith at Feministing

‘Manic Pixie Dream Girls’ Exist With or Without the Term by Gwen Berumen at Bust

An Open Letter to TV Showrunners: There Are Over 1200 Experienced, Accomplished Women Directors Waiting to Be Hired by Rachel Feldman at Women and Hollywood

The Shifting Hollywood Audience – Women are the Future by Melissa Silverstein at Women and Hollywood

Kids’ Films And Stories Share A Dark Theme: Dead Mothers at NPR

Princess Of ‘Fresh Prince’ Brings History To Children at NPR

New Film “Third Person” Twists and Turns Its Way to Nowhere by Emily Prado at Bitch Media

Where are the women on IMDb? by S.E. Smith at The Daily Dot

The Fault in Our Media by Briana Dixon at RH Reality Check

Jill Soloway: The Rules About What Female Characters Would Do Are Super Antiquated by Denise Martin at Vulture

Filmmaker Ava Duvernay Opens Up on Her Creative Process by Kimberly Foster at For Harriet

Elaine Stritch, Broadway’s Enduring Dame, Dies at 89 by Bruce Weber and Robert Berkvist at The New York Times

Marvel Will Introduce a Female Thor This Fall by George Gene Gustines at The New York Times

The New Captain America is a Black Man From Harlem by Jamilah King at Colorlines

‘True Detective,’ ‘Breaking Bad’ top TV Critics Awards by Gary Levin at USA Today

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How Women Are Doing on TV, According to the Emmys by Eliana Dockterman at TIME

Why the 2014 Emmy Nominations Really Matter by Margaret Eby at Hello Giggles

Stop What You’re Doing And Watch The Trailer For “Wild” by Jessica Wakeman at The Frisky

New documentary explores the legacy of Vietnamese women in the nail industry by Verónica Bayetti Flores at Feministing

Neko Case, Kelly Hogan, and Ellie Kemper: The Sci-Fi Lady-Squad Dream Team That Will Rock Your World by Emma Tilden at Bust

Disrupting Lazy Racism in the Media by Tanya Steele at Shadow and Act

“Kidnapped for Christ” Reveals the Dark World of Evangelical Teen Reform Schools by Monica Castillo at Bitch Media

Honoring History’s Forgotten Women, One-Too-Many Chardonnays At A Time by James Hildebrand at Ms. blog

5 Reasons ‘Seinfeld’s Elaine is Feminist Icon by Elissa Strauss at The Jewish Daily Forward

9 Female Coming-of-Age Films Streaming on Netflix Now: ‘Blue Is The Warmest Color,’ ‘The Virgin Suicides’ And More by Paula Bernstein at IndieWire

Laverne Cox’s actress Emmy nod puts trans people in bigots’ living rooms by Jos Truitt at The Guardian

GONE GIRLS: The Lost Art of Feminine Critique by Kate Everson at Lydia Mag

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Amy Poehler’s New Film “They Came Together” Is Over-the-Top Stupid in the Best Possible Way by Jennifer L. Pozner at Bitch Media

Hollywood studio announces boot camp to nurture female directors by Ben Child at The Guardian

“Tammy”: Melissa McCarthy finally gets creative control by Sady Doyle at Salon

“Orange Is The New Black” Does Not Need To Tell Male Prisoners’ Stories by Rebecca Vipond Brink at The Frisky

Television Shows That Understand Birth Control Better Than The Supreme Court by Jessica Goldstein at Think Progress

Broad City’s Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson: Yes, We Are “Totally” Feminists by Lindsay Miller at POPSUGAR

Long Live Tousstee: Taystee & Poussey Challenge the Portrayal of Black Woman Friendships by Michelle Denise Jackson at For Harriet

What Pennsatucky’s Teeth Tell Us About Class in America by Susan Sered at Bitch Media

How Melissa McCarthy Became a Box Office Powerhouse by Melissa Silverstein at Forbes

Vietnamese-American Filmmaker Turns Lens on NYC’s ‘DIY Generation’ by Jamilah King at Colorlines

‘Do The Right Thing’ Celebrates Its 25th Anniversary by Shereen Marisol Meraji at NPR

Lena Waithe to Write BET Pilot Based on Her Webseries “Twenties” by Inkoo Kang at Women and Hollywood

A Feminist Character ≠ A Character Who Is A Feminist: Examining Claire Underwood and Olivia Pope by Cate Young at Persephone Magazine

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