Stephanie‘s Picks:
Women in the Media: Female TV and Film Characters Still Sidelined and Sexualized, Study Finds by Nina Bahadur via Huffington Post
Hollywood’s New Feminists, Why the Old One Went Away and What’s Coming Next? by Sasha Stone via Awards Daily
Fighting, Flirting, Feminism: The Bond Girl Evolution by Lily Rothman via Time
V Magazine Attempts “Girl Power” Issue by Melanie via The Feminist Guide to Hollywood
A Crowdfunding Primer: Feminist Media Producers Engage a Community of Backers by Ariel Dougherty via On the Issues
Sing It, Sister [on Keira Knightley] by Melissa McEwan via Shakesville
Sexism Watch: Popular Media Is Dominated by Men by Melissa Silverstein via Women and Hollywood
Amber‘s Picks:
How Mean Girls Explains the Petraeus Scandal by Ann Friedman via New York Magazine
Infographic: How White Is the New Fall 2012 TV Season? by Jorge Rivas via Colorlines
Heroines of Cinema: Ten $100 Million Hits Starring Women over 50 by Matthew Hammet Knott via Indiewire
Five Abolition Movies I’d Like to See by Aphra Behn via Shakesville
In the Works: ‘Bridget Jones’ to Return with Baby in Third Book and Movie by Beth Hanna via Thompson on Hollywood
Skyfall: A Post-Election Conservative Wet Dream by Soraya Chemaly via Women and Hollywood
Megan‘s Picks:
Girls Impact the World Film Festival — A Forum for Social Change by Amanda Quraishi via Women’s Media Center
Who’s Getting Heard — The New TV Season via Women, Action & the Media (WAM)
Nothing Says Native American Heritage Month Like White Girls in Headdresses by Sasha Houston Brown via Racialicious
Lady Liquor: Gendering Codependency in When a Man Loves a Woman by Christen McCurdy via Bitch Media
How Skyfall Reasserted the Patriarchy in Bond by Alex Cranz via FemPop
Geena Davis on Gender by Jenny Peters via Variety
Backlot Bitch: In Defense of Wreck-It Ralph by Monica Castillo via Bitch Media
Justice Sotomayor Gives Sesame Street Some Career Advice via Feministing
What have you been reading this week? Tell us in the comments!