Weekly Picks – Page 9

Bitch Flicks’ Weekly Picks

Stephanie‘s Picks:

Princesses and Superheroes: the Consequences of Gender Roles by Damon Young via ABC

Pick of the Week: “Bridesmaids” Gets a Meaner, Smarter Big Sister by Andrew Hehir via Salon

Study: We Benefit from Seeing Strong Women on TV by Lindsay Abrams via The Atlantic

A Fan Speaks — Kristen Stewart and Our Miserable Failure by Amy Theus via Women and Hollywood

Hollywood Actresses Fed Up with Fluffy Interview Questions by Feargus O’Sullivan via The National

The Brainy Message of ParaNorman by Natalie Wilson via Ms. Magazine

Megan‘s Picks:

Can Watching “Buffy” Make Men Less Sexist? by Anna North via BuzzFeed

Is Sexual Violence on TV Okay If the Heroine is Tough? by Amanda Hess via Slate

Disappearing Acts: Zoe Saldana as Nina Simone & the Erasure of Black Women in Film by Nicole Moore via The Huffington Post

Kalinda Sharma, Transgender Portrayals and CBS’s Continuing Problems: Highlights from GLAAD’s Network Responsibility Index by Alison Willmore via IndieWire

“Trampire”: Why the Public Slut-Shaming of Kristen Stewart Matters for Young Women by Nico Lang via The Huffington Post

Female Saudi Filmmaker Makes History in Venice by Brian Brooks via Movie|Line

TIFF Preview: The Female Directing Masters Playing at the 2012 Toronto Film Festival by Melissa Silverstein and Kerensa Cadenas via Women and Hollywood

At the Risk of Sounding Angry: On Melissa Harris-Perry’s Eloquent Rage by Crunktastic via The Crunk Feminist Collective

Women Directors Are Way More Successful in the Indie World by Melissa Silverstein via Women and Hollywood

What have you been reading this week?

Bitch Flicks’ Weekly Picks

Stephanie‘s Picks:

Irish Women in Film Series: Vittoria Colonna via Film Ireland

Does Lena Dunham’s “Casual Racism” Matter? by Samhita Mukhopadhyay via Feministing

The London Feminist Film Festival Seeks Submissions from African Women Filmmakers via Spectra Speaks

Brussels to Introduce Fines for Sexual Intimidation via Expatica

This Is Perfect and That Is Not Sarcasm by Melissa McEwan via Shakesville

Nina Simone’s Daughter on Her Mother’s REAL Legacy by Dream Hampton via Ebony

Megan‘s Picks:

Zoe Saldana to Star in Nina Simone Biopic: How the Dark vs. Light Skin Debate Misses the Point about Black Women in the Media by Spectra via Spectra Speaks

Dear Mr. Akin, I Want You to Imagine… by Eve Ensler via The Huffington Post

The Glamorous Lure of Hollywood Violence by Madeleine Gyory via Women’s Media Center

Remembering Phyllis Diller by Kelsey Wallace via Bitch Magazine Blog

Brenda Chapman on Writing Brave by Susan J. Morris via Women and Hollywood

Breaking: The Next Expendables Film Will Feature a Female Action Star Cast by Jill Pantozzi via The Mary Sue

Women Can’t Gain Influence in Hollywood Because Women Don’t Look Like Men by Liz Garcia via Forbes

Amy Poehler Stands Up for Domestic Workers by Alyssa Rosenberg via ThinkProgress

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

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Stephanie‘s Picks:

Important Nina Simone News by Melissa McEwan via Shakesville

On Marvel, Mandarin, and Marginalization by Marissa Lee via Racebending.com

The Littlest Feminists: How Do Some of TV’s Best Known Children’s Cartoon Characters Rank? by Samantha Wilson via ToughxCookies

Jennifer Aniston’s Adventures in Medialand by Hadley Freeman via The Guardian

We Never Said “We Wanted It All”: How the Media Distorts the Goals of Feminism by Ruth Rosen via AlterNet

Megan‘s Picks:

Dear Hollywood: Keep Your Hands Off Black Women’s Narratives Unless You Plan On Doing It Right by Britni Danielle via Clutch Magazine

Disney Heroines Take a More Pro-Active Role by LaGina Phillips via Hello Giggles

How Can Women Gain Influence in Hollywood? by Melissa Silverstein, Martha Coolidge, Martha Lauzen, Brenda Chapman, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Ted Hope, Cathy Schulman and Susan Cartsonis via The New York Times

How Helen Gurley Brown Became a “Militant Feminist” at 65 by Debbie Stoller via Bust Magazine Blog

Jodie Foster Blasts Kristen Stewart – Robert Pattinson Break-Up Spectacle by Jodie Foster via The Daily Beast

Sight and Sound Magazine Expands List of Top Films of All Time to 250 and Just Seven Women Directors Make It by Melissa Silverstein via Women and Hollywood

‘It Was Rape’: A Film We Need to Talk About by Intern Christina via Bust Magazine Blog

Pussy Riot Found Guilty and Sentenced to Two Years in Prison; Worldwide Protests Scheduled by Tracie Egan Morrissey via Jezebel

The Influence of ‘Parks and Recreation’ by Alyssa Rosenberg via Think Progress

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

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Megan‘s Picks:

Olympic Women Succeed, But Is It Really Fair Play? by via Adios Barbie

NBC’s Bizarre Attempt to Turn Female Olympians Into Eye Candy by Alyssa Rosenberg via ThinkProgress

Sexism, Racism and Swimming at the London 2012 Olympics by Sarah Keenan via Racialicious

Round Table: Julie Delpy, Ava DuVernay and Leslye Headland on Directing by Nicole Sperling via Los Angeles Times

The LA Times Talks to Three Women Directors – Where Is the Female Equivalent of Woody Allen? by Melissa Silverstein via Women and Hollywood

‘Boston Herald’ vs. Elizabeth Warren: ‘The Nation’ Asks, Will Sexism Win or Lose? by Michelle Kinsey Bruns via Women’s Media Center

Read the Definitive Meryl Matrix by Eliot Glazer via Vulture

Street Harassment Fuels a Viral Documentary by Holly Kearl via Ms. Magazine Blog

#NotBuyingIt: Newsweek’s “Best Places to Eat” Cover by via Miss Representation

‘Breaking Bad’s Skyler White and the Difficulty of Leaving Abusers by Alyssa Rosenberg via ThinkProgress

The Director of the “Greatest” Movie of All Time Was a Sexual Harasser by Melissa Silverstein via Women and Hollywood

GET IT, GIRL: Emma Stone Calls Out Sexism in the Media, Could Not Be More Awesome While Doing So by Kaye Toal via Upworthy

Bitch Flicks’ Weekly Picks

Megan‘s Picks:

Haters Need to Shut the Hell Up About Gabby Douglas’ Hair by Dodai Stewart via Jezebel

Gabby Douglas Leads Team USA to the Gold by Crunktastic via Crunk Feminist Collective

Sisters in Cinema: Where Are the Black Female Directors? by Evette Dionne via Women and Hollywood

“It’s Hard to Find Female Leads that Are Flawed and Interesting and Dynamic” by Chloe Angyal via Feministing

Please Submit All Ethnicities: The Tricky Business of Writing Casting Notices by Nina Shen Rastogi via Slate

Gender Matters: The Sight and Sound Top 50 Films of All Time List by Melissa Silverstein via Women and Hollywood

Woman Moderator Petition: Teen Girls Fight for First Female Moderator for 2012 Presidential Debates via Huffington Post

Tippi Hedren Recalls Alfred Hitchcock’s Harassment for HBO’s The Girl by Michael O’Connell via The Hollywood Reporter

The Archer Who Trained Jennifer Lawrence for The Hunger Games Competed in the London Olympics Today by Jill Pantozzi via The Mary Sue

Bachorlette and the Toll Weddings take on Female Friendships by Alyssa Rosenberg via ThinkProgress

The XXX Olympics Brings With It a New Tradition: Internet Misogyny Fest 2012 by Molly McCaffrey via I Will Not Diet

Stephanie‘s Picks:

Favorite Women-Empowering Movies of Recent Memory by Juliette Frette via Huffington Post

What Are the Greatest Movies Directed by Women? by Melissa Silverstein via Women and Hollywood

What’s Wrong With the Media Coverage of Women Olympians? by Sarah J. Jackson via Role/Reboot

Why Only One Female Director Made Sight & Sound‘s Greatest Films List by Alyssa Rosenberg via Slate

TV Tropes Deletes Every Rape Trope; Geek Feminism Wiki Steps In by Aja Romano via The Mary Sue

I’ll Make the Entertainment I Want to See by Sara Koffi via Shakesville

Five Marvel Superheroines Who Would Make for Great ABC Television Shows by Alyssa Rosenberg via ThinkProgress

2012 Olympics Media Needs to Get Over Policing Female Athletes’ Bodies by Katrina Roberto via the Vancouver Observer

Belgium Film on Street Harassment Strikes a Chord Across Europe by Angelique Chrisafis via the Guardian

The Public Shaming of Kristen Stewart by Melissa Silverstein via Women and Hollywood

Quick Tropes vs Women Project Update by Anita Sarkeesian via Feminist Frequency

Let us know what you’ve been reading!

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Stephanie‘s Picks:

Comic-Con 2012: Sexism in Hollywood: How Far Have We Come? by Lucas Shaw via The Wrap

Will Catwoman Be a Breakout Feminist Character? by Melissa Silverstein via Women and Hollywood

“Nice Guys” Contribute to Rape Culture by Ben Atherton-Zeman via Ms. Magazine

Women in Film by the Numbers via Reel Grrls (from Pinterest)

From ‘The Lion King’ to ‘Brave,’ Making Mothers Matter in Pop Culture by Alyssa Rosenberg via ThinkProgress

Bear, Bow, And Boy: Queering Pixar’s “Brave” by Rainicorn via Gay Christian Geek

Megan‘s Picks:

If Women Ran Hollywood by Martha Lauzen via Women’s Media Center

All the Funny Ladies: What the Emmy Nominations Tell Us About a Year of Women in Comedy by Alyssa Rosenberg via Slate’s XX Factor

Considering the Rape Culture by Melissa McEwan via Shakesville

‘Political Animals’ and Women’s Power Fantasies by Alyssa Rosenberg via ThinkProgress

Louis C.K. on Daniel Tosh’s Rape Joke: Are Comedy and Feminism Enemies? by Jennifer L. Pozner via The Daily Beast

Filmmakers Find Surprises at an Islamic School for Girls in Syria by Amy DePaul via Women’s Media Center

A New Sleeping Beauty Adaptation Will Feature a Stalker Take on the Classic Tale by Alanna Bennett via The Mary Sue

‘Brave’ Part II: The Radical Re-Writing of the Mother-Daughter Relationship by Didion via Feminema

The Savior and the Vandal: Jerusalem Film Festival and Religious Fundamentalism: [the vandalism of women’s images] by Kyna Morgan via Her Film

Dear, Aaron Sorkin: Someone Please Fix You by Sasha Stone via Women and Hollywood

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

Bitch Flicks’ Weekly Picks

Stephanie‘s Picks:

Daniel Tosh Is a Rape Culture Enforcer by Melissa McEwan via Shakesville

Sheila Heti, Lena Dunham, and the Challenges of Telling “Girly” Stories in Film and Television by Alyssa Rosenberg via Slate

Let’s Talk About Sexism in Movie Reviews, You Guys! by Tyler Coates via Black Book

Megan‘s Picks:

When Rape Jokes Are Never Funny by Meghan O’Keefe via The Huffington Post

NBC’s New Head Drama Exec is a Black Woman by Dodai Stewart via Jezebel

Anita Sarkeesian Responds to Beat-Up Game, Online Harassment and Stephanie Guthrie’s Death Threats by Anita Sarkeesian via Toronto Standard

Teens Protest ‘Teen Vogue’ Photoshop Use; Editors “Rude” in Response by Amy Odell via Buzzfeed

Nicki Minaj on Sexism in the Music Industry by Samhita Mukhopadhyay via Feministing

Do You Laugh at Rape Jokes? by Soraya Chemaly via Fem2pt0

Cross-Post: In Mainstream Films, Dead Moms Don’t Count by Scott Mendelson via Women and Hollywood

J Lo Bringing Lesbian Moms to ABC Family by Alex Cranz via FemPop

‘Brave’ Still Teaching Girls the Wrong Lessons by Abigail Collazo via Fem2pt0

Bitch Flicks’ Weekly Picks

Stephanie‘s Picks:

Must We Worry About the Boys of ‘Brave’? by KJ Dell’antonia via the New York Times

Why I Heart GIRLS & Lena Dunham’s Body via Virginia Sole-Smith

TV Trailer Watch: Steel Magnolias via Women and Hollywood

Nora Ephron, Prolific Author and Screenwriter, Dies at Age 71 by Adam Bernstein via the Washington Post

Image Based Harassment and Visual Misogyny by Anita Sarkeesian via Feminist Frequency

Helen Mirren Calls for More Female Film-makers by Ben Child via the Guardian

Megan‘s Picks:

The Fight Against Misogyny in Gaming Enlists Some Big Names by Katie JM Baker via Jezebel

Cross-Post: Oscar Flashback: Nora Ephron: by Sasha Stone via Women and Hollywood

Magic Mike: Old Sexism in a New Package by Carole Heldman via Sociological Images

Girl Power: What Happens When Thousands of Teen Girls Ask Seventeen to Stop Selling Them Out by Kaye Toal via UpWorthy

‘Love & Hip-Hop Atlanta’ Shouldn’t Embarrass Black and Brown Women by Akiba Solomon via ColorLines

Thank God Rachel Maddow Is Depressed by Lynn Beisner via Role/Reboot

Feminist with a Funny Bone by Michele Kort via Ms. Magazine Blog

Seventeen Magazine’s New Photoshop Policy Is the Same as The Old Photoshop Policy by Jenna Sauers via Jezebel

Louis C.K. Bucks Casting Trends with Susan Kelechi Watson by Latoya Peterson via Racialicious

‘Strong Female Protagonist’ Takes on Superhero Comics — and Occupy Wall Street by Alyssa Rosenberg via ThinkProgress

Amy Poehler Interviews Tiny Feminists, Inspires Us by Alanna Bennett via The Mary Sue

Memo to Hollywood: Women Go to the Movies Too by Melissa Silverstein via The Washington Post

Bitch Flicks’ Weekly Picks

Stephanie‘s Picks:

Brave: Pixar’s Feminist Fantasy by Andrew O’Hehir via Salon

Nike Celebrates Women in Sport with Voices Film via nikeinc.com

Women’s Film Festivals (a new Tumblr!) via Marian Evans

How Girls Challenges the Masculine Expectations of “Good TV” by Todd VanDerWerff via A.V. Club

I Literally Cannot Stop Laughing at This; I Think My Brain Might Be Broken? by Melissa McEwan via Shakesville

Megan‘s Picks:

Quote of the Day: I Wanted to Give Girls Something To Look at and Not Feel Inadequate by Melissa Silverstein via Women and Hollywood

Hollywood to Black Mothers: Stay Home by Kimberly Seals Allers via The New York Times

An Open Letter to the Guys Who Told Me They Want to See Lara Croft Get Raped by Alyssa Rosenberg via ThinkProgress

Gretchen Carlson Walks Off ‘Fox and Friends’ After Brian Kilmeade’s Sexist Comment (Video) via The Huffington Post

Adam Carolla Thinks Women Aren’t Funny by Whitney Jefferson via BuzzFeed

Magazine Unconvincingly Defends Violent Editorial, Calls Critics Sexist by Jenna Sauers via Jezebel

Kelly MacDonald Talks Voicing Merida in Brave; Her Own Childhood Heroines by Susana Polo via The Mary Sue

Girls Season One Ends: Check Out This Interview with Lena Dunham by Melissa Silverstein via Women and Hollywood

Bitch Flicks’ Weekly Picks

Stephanie‘s Picks:

Christina Hendricks Talks Joan, Feminism, and Bitches in The Hollywood Reporter by Kelsey Wallace for Bitch Magazine

Is There a Male Equivalent to the Manic Pixie Dream Girl? by Elisabeth Rappe for Film

Emma Cowing: The Brave New World of Movie Feminism for Scotsman

‘Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding’: Finally, a Film Gets New Feminism by Chloe Angyal for The Atlantic

Woman: The Other Alien in Alien by Tom Shone for Slate

Ten Reasons NOT to See Snow White and the Huntsman by Natalie Wilson for Ms. Magazine

Crying Sexism as the Answer to an Under-Performing Film by Melissa Silverstein for Women and Hollywood

Quote of the Day: “Why? Why? Why? Don’t They Want the Money?” by Melissa Silverstein for Women and Hollywood

Study Confirms That TV Makes All Kids, Except Little White Boys, Feel Bad by Heather Klem for About-Face

Megan‘s Picks:

How Girls Challenges the Masculine Expectations of “Good TV” by Todd VanDerWerff for The AV Club

Audra McDonald Becomes First Black Actress to Win Five Tony Awards by Jorge Rivas for ColorLines

Good Riddance, Offensive GoDaddy Commericals by Connor Simpson for The Atlantic Wire

Violence Against Women Disguised as Fashion by Jenna Sauers for Jezebel

Dear the Internet, This Is Why You Can’t Have Anything Nice: Antia Sarkeesian’s Project to Expose Stereotypes in Video Games Attracts a Maelstrom of Hate by Helen Lewis for The New Statesman

Bitch Flicks’ Weekly Picks

Stephanie‘s Picks:

What If the Male Avengers Posed Like the Female One? by Margaret Magowan for Reel Girl

Where Do We Go Now?: A Dramedy About Women Trying to Stop War by Mary Pols for Time

The Aristocrats: The Graphic Arts of “Game of Thrones” by Emily Nussbaum for The New Yorker

Bitch Flicks’ Weekly Picks

Amber‘s Picks:

Jon Avnet, Rodrigo Garcia Launch Web Series and Shorts to Explore ‘Female Characters’ from Thompson on Hollywood

Woman with a Lens Restored: The Shirley Clarke Project by Manohla Dargis for The New York Times

The Status of Women’s Film Festivals from Women and Hollywood

Megan‘s Picks:

How to Lose Your Virginity Documentary Project by Therese Shechter via Kickstarter

Seventeen Magazine Says Thanks But No Thanks to Teen’s Photoshop Petition by Jenna Sauers for Jezebel

Brit Marling On Sexual Assault as a Default Obstacle for Heroines by Alyssa Rosenberg for Think Progress

Pariah Director Dee Rees to Helm Indie Love Story This Man, This Woman by Kevin Jagernauth for The Playlist

Female Reviewer Gets Attacked for Avengers Review by Melissa Silverstein for Women and Hollywood

What have you been reading this week? Leave your links in the comments!