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Bitch Flicks’ Weekly Picks

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Lynda Obst: Why is Hollywood Ignoring Women? (Hint: Ka-ching!) by Margaret Wappler at DAME

The Women Behind ‘Obvious Child’ Talk Farts, Abortion And Stage Fright at NPR

New Comedy “Fresh off the Boat Will Deal” With Race, Identity, and—Of Course—Controversy by Lydia Siriprakorn at Bitch Media

New Film Probes the West’s Very Old Obsession With ‘Saving’ Africa by Jamilah King at Colorlines

Planned Parenthood: Why NBC’s Abortion Ad Snafu Matters by Eric Ferrero at The Daily Beast

The First TV Drama About an Arab American Family Debuts—And it’s Got Some Problems by Stephanie Abraham at Bitch Media

Dear Hollywood: It’s High Time That You #HireTheseWomen by Kate Erbland at Film School Rejects

Only One Female Filmmaker Invited to Join the Academy as a Director; Only 28% of Invitees Are Women by Inkoo Kang at Women and Hollywood

Karyn Parsons (‘Fresh Prince’s’ Hillary) Raising Funds for Animated Doc on First Black Prima Ballerina by Vanessa Martinez at Shadow and Act

#Popsexed: What We Learn About Sex From Pop Culture by Eliana Dockterman at TIME

Why Christmas Day Could Be A Game-Changing Moment For Women Directors by Helen Lee at /bent

Celebrating Its 25th Anniversary… Why Do You Think Mookie Threw a Trash Can Through Sal’s Pizzeria Window? by Tambay A. Obenson at Shadow and Act

Watch: The Daily Show offers campus safety tips for him and her by Maya at Feministing

 

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Five Ways “Obvious Child” Rewrites Hollywood’s Backward Stance on Abortion by Andi Zeisler at Bitch Media

Thinking of Ruby Dee by Hilton Als at The New Yorker

It’s the Little Things That Make OITNB One of the Best Shows on TV by Sara Stewart at Women and Hollywood

The Tidal Wave of Gay Portrayals of the Trans Experience by Dana Beyer at The Huffington Post

Diane Guerrero of ‘Orange is the New Black’ is on the Front Lines of Fighting for More Latinas on TV by Vanessa Erazo at Remezcla

‘Bridesmaids’ Writers Team Up for New Comedy by Brooks Barnes at The New York Times

Julie Dash is Directing a Film Chronicling the Life of Writer & Culinary Anthropologist Vertamae Grosvenor by Tambay A. Obenson at Shadow and Act

A History of Women in Animation Part Two: Working Mothers of a Medium by Carrie Tupper at The Mary Sue

The Summer Movie Guide: 4 Female Directors You Should Know About by Patricia Garcia at Vogue

 

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Maleficent, the Isolated and Powerful Fairy Queen by Suzette Smith at Bitch Media

Your Princess Is in Another Castle: Misogyny, Entitlement, and Nerds by Arthur Chu at The Daily Beast

This hit Indian movie offers a chance to see an empowered everyday woman on the big screen by Megan Williams at PRI’s The World

Ava DuVernay Begins Filming for ‘Selma’ by Joneka Percentie at For Harriet

Why do all the best movie villains have to be men? by Kelsey McKinney at Vox

10 More Great Women-Directed Films Streaming on Netflix: ‘The Virgin Suicides,’ ‘Concussion,’ ‘Bastards’ and More by Paula Bernstein at IndieWire

Lupita Nyong’o’s ‘Acceptable Blackness’ and the Myth of a Post-Racial Hollywood by Rawiya Kameir at The Daily Beast

Why Time’s Profile Of Laverne Cox Is A Big Step Forward For Transgender Equality by Zack Ford at Think Progress

The culture of “we”: What women can learn from “Broad City” by Hayley Krischer at Salon

Pixar Reveals Plot Details of ‘Inside Out’ by Alex Stedman at Variety

Confirmed! Lupita Nyong’o Gets Film Rights to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s “Americanah” at BellaJaija.com

The Director of “Tank Girl” is Now Behind-the-Scenes on the New “Doctor Who” by Sarah Mirk at Bitch Media

The Mindy Project, The Good Wife, and Orange is the New Black Earn Multiple TCA Nods by Inkoo Kang at Women and Hollywood

 

The Erasure of Maya Angelou’s Sex Work History by Peechington Marie at Tits and Sass

 

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Lesbian Truths and Laughs by Mary Meriam at Ms. blog

The Feministing Five: ManSee Kong by Suzanna Bobadilla at Feministing

‘Neighbors’ Review: Seth Rogen’s Suburbanites vs. Frat Boys Comedy Is an Instant Classic by Inkoo Kang at The Wrap

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Cannes Film Festival: Jane Campion Accuses Film Industry of ‘Inherent Sexism’ by Rachel Donadio at The New York Times

This History-Making Marriage Equality Documentary is a Joyful Tearjerker by Sarah Mirk at Bitch Media

Op-ed: Why Days of Our Lives‘ Will & Sonny Might Be the Most Important Couple on TV by Jeremy Helligar at Advocate

Arab American Romantic Comedy “Detroit Unleaded” Will Make You Shout “Hell, Yeah!” by Stephanie Abraham at Bitch Media

Feature Doc On International Jewel Thief Doris Payne Gets A Limited Theatrical Run, Starting In NYC (Details) by  Tambay Obenson at Shadow and Act

Coming This Fall to ABC: ‘All Shonda Rhimes’ Thursday by Yesha Callahan at The Root

Zoe Saldana’s Nina Simone Biopic is in Trouble by Jamilah King at Colorlines

 

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Why Feminists Need to Take Over School Boards by Soraya Chemaly at Ms. blog

I Was Shailene Woodley: I Used to Say I Wasn’t a Feminist by Ann Friedman at The Cut

Amy Schumer and the Women of Broad City: Paving the Way for a Female “Golden Age” by Sara Stewart at Women and Hollywood

Incendiary New Food Industry Documentary “Fed Up” Misses the Mark by Emilly Prado at Bitch Media

Angela Davis Talks ‘Orange is the New Black,’ Prison Abolition by Jamilah King at Colorlines

It’s time to retire the Bechdel Test by Noah Berlatsky at Salon

Critics Weigh In on Patriarchy and the Vanished Film Print by Manohla Dargis and A.O. Scott at The New York Times

Dark-Skinned Blackgirl Visibility: On Gabby and Lupita at Crunk Feminist Collective

Tina Belcher’s Sexual Revolution by Gabrielle Moss at Bitch Media

Maya Rudolph Hopes To Reinvent The Variety Show Format w/ New Program Coming To NBC 5/19 (Watch New Promo) by Tambay A. Obenson at Shadow and Act

TV Corner: Fargo by Melissa McEwan at Shakesville

 

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Hey, Hollywood: Pay Attention to Female War Heroes by Christina Paschyn at Feministing

An Interview with “Saturday Night Live” Writer Katie Rich by Anne McCarthy at Bitch Media

Essie Davis: On Playing A Sexually Liberated ‘Superhero’ Without Apology by Linda Holmes at NPR

The Dollar-And-Cents Case Against Hollywood’s Exclusion of Women by Walt Hickey at FiveThirtyEight

Cate Blanchett Was Right: 5 Reasons The Numbers Are on The Side of Women in Film by Alice Lytton at /bent

The Sexual Evolution is Coming, Thanks in Part to TV by Alicia Lutes at Bustle

MMA Fighter and Action Star Gina Carano On In the Blood and What Makes a Good Heroine by Laura Berger at Women and Hollywood

Hillary Clinton: Media ‘double standard’ on women by Maggie Haberman at Politico

A Million Things We Loved About 10 Things I Hate About You by Kate Dries at Jezebel

Still Very, 25 Years Later: The Bleak Genius of Heathers by Alan Zilberman at The Atlantic

Top 10 women-centric films of Bollywood at India Today

Did a Woman Invent Superheroes? by Molly Freeman at Hollywood

Watch Episode 1 (Series Premiere) Of ‘First’ – New Project from the Ever-Expanding Issa Rae Empire by Karen Marie Mason at Shadow and Act

Women and Hollywood Summer 2014 Preview by Inkoo Kang at Women and Hollywood

 

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New Documentary “Anita” is a Powerful Look at Race, Work, and Scandal by Tiana Reid at Bitch Media

The Nonhuman Disney Princesses (Deconstructing Disney) by Corey Lee Wrenn at Human-Animal Studies Cinema

Why We Need More ‘Ugly’ People On TV by Lindy West at Jezebel

10 female directors you, and the Academy, should keep an eye on by Harriet Minter at The Guardian

MPAA Data Shows That Women Are Still The Majority of Moviegoers by Melissa Silverstein at Women and Hollywood

So…where’s Dolores Huerta’s movie? by Verónica Bayetti Flores at Feministing

Drop everything and take your kids to see ‘Divergent’ by Margot Magowen at Reel Girl

‘Gone With the Wind’ prequel starring Mammy may be a mistake by Ronda Racha Penrice at the Grio

Disney’s Missteps on “Alice in Arabia” Show the Need for Complex Muslim Characters on TV by Stephanie Abraham at Bitch Media

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Bitch Flicks’ Weekly Picks

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Trailer for Upcoming Documentary My Final Girl (The Black Women of 70s Horror Cinema) by Ashlee at Graveyard Shift Sisters

Helena Bonham Carter Joins Carey Mulligan in ‘Suffragette’ by Justin Kroll at Variety

Waiting for Wonder Woman by Frank Bruni at The New York Times

Hollywood is losing the race for ethnic and gender inclusion by John Horn at the Los Angeles Times

10 Films That Passed the Bechdel Test in 2013 by Olivia Armstrong at Tribeca Film

Enlightened was the best TV show of 2013 by Todd VanDer Werff at The A.V. Club

Movie Mixtapes of Abortion Scenes from B-Word from Words of Choice

Judith Anderson: Dame Vengeance by Dan Callahan at The Chiseler

Our Weird Tendency to Sexualize Technology by Isha Aran on Jezebel

Black Movies 2013: The Best And The Worst [Reviews] by ReBecca Theodore-Vachon at Film Fatale NYC

Hollywood’s impact in Washington goes beyond social issues by Bobby Calvan at Al Jazeera America

Filminism: 10 Women Who Rocked the Film Industry This Year by Jenni Miller at Film.com

Corporate media’s rape problem: Supporting the stars, ignoring the charges by Jennifer L. Pozner at Salon

10 Lessons That We Hope 2013 Has Taught the Entertainment Industry by Charlie Jane Anders on io9

13 Favorite Feminist Quotes of 2013 by Melissa McGlensey at Ms. blog

Can Feminist Hashtags ‘Dismantle the State’? by Maureen O’Connor at New York Magazine

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A Personal Reminder that Women Have What it Takes to Make Film. by Nihla Mu’min at Bitch Media

Race + Comics: On Ms. Marvel And Protecting Young Superheroes by Arturo R. García at Racialicious

The Top 25 Lesbian/Bi Characters on TV (Right Now) by Heather Hogan at AfterEllen

AFM: Jennifer Lynch, Mary Harron, Karyn Kusama Join All-Female Horror Anthology ‘XX’ by Borys Kit at The Hollywood Reporter

NBC Bites, Gives Maya Rudolph a Variety Show by Susana Polo at The Mary Sue

“BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez” Is Bound to Be Good by Tara Murtha at Ms. blog

What Really Makes a Film Feminist? by Holly L. Derr at The Atlantic

Oscar and the Bechdel Test by Sasha Stone at Awards Daily

Powerful, Fabulous Women Over 55 on TV by Deb Rox at BlogHer

Study: PG-13 Movies Have More Gun Violence than R-Rated Ones; Sex Still Taboo by Inkoo Kang at Women and Hollywood

‘After Tiller’ Director Martha Shane and Dr. Susan Robinson Interviewed on GRITtv at RH Reality Check

These Five Oscar-Qualifying Films Were Directed by Black Women by Jamilah King at Colorlines

It’s Hard Out Here for a Feminist by Camille Hayes at Bitch Media

 

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2013 Movie Releases Directed by Women at The Cinema Girl

The MPAA’s backwards logic: Sex is dangerous, sexism is fine by Soraya Chemaly at Salon

Why I’m Not Here for #WhiteGirlsRock by Olivia Cole at The Huffington Post

The Evolving Conversation About Women Directors by Melissa Silverstein at Forbes

There’s a New Ms. Marvel, and She’s a Shapeshifting Muslim Teen From Jersey City by Susana Polo at The Mary Sue

Patsey’s Plea: Black Women’s Survival in ’12 Years A Slave’ by Nijla Mumin at Shadow and Act

Very VH1: Chat With ‘Awkward Black Girl’ Creator Issa Rae About Her Web Series + Leap to HBO by Felicia Daniels at VH1

Swedish cinemas take aim at gender bias with Bechdel test rating at The Guardian

15 female TV writers you should know by Leah Pickett at WBEZ

Navigating Hollywood’s Cutthroat Corners with Ms. in the Biz by Holly L. Derr at Women and Hollywood

Shonda Rhimes Knows Where This ‘Scandal’ Will End by Kelly Lawler at NPR

Andrea Lewis of ‘Black Actress’ On Why Black Female Leads on White Shows Aren’t Enough by Nicole Breeden at Clutch

What Joss Whedon Gets Wrong About the Word ‘Feminist’ by Noah Berlatsky at The Atlantic

Scandal: Lisa Kudrow Goes HAM in an Epic Speech on Sexism in Politics by Dodai Stewart at Jezebel

Watch this Amazing Conversation Between bell hooks and Melissa Harris-Perry by Sarah Mirk at Bitch Media

 

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