Bitch Flicks’ Weekly Picks

Check out what we’ve been reading this week–and let us know what you’ve been reading/writing in the comments!

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Laverne Cox flawlessly shuts down Katie Couric’s invasive questions about transgender people by Katie McDonough at Salon

7 Movies That Changed Your Political Views, According to Science by Asawin Suebsaeng and Chris Mooney at Mother Jones

A Way to Stop Abortion Threats, Get Women Behind the Camera: As Directors, Writers, and Cinematographers by Ariel Dougherty at Media Equity

Stomaching “Girls”: Why I Regained an Appetite for the Show’s Third Season by Kerensa Cadenas at Bitch Media

Are TV Networks Fully Realizing The Ratings & Profit Potential In Producing Content for Black Women? by Tambay A. Obenson at Shadow and Act

Meryl Streep attacks Walt Disney on antisemitism and sexism by Ben Beaumont-Thomas at The Guardian

“Catching Fire” Is The First Film With A Female Lead To Top The Annual Box Office In 40 Years by Adam B. Vary at Buzzfeed

“SNL’s” best move yet: Hiring black female writers by Carolyn Edgar at Salon

“Am I Crazy for Even Considering This?” Stuntwoman Zoë Bell Says, “Yes,” Then Does It Anyway by Matt Zoller Seitz at MZS. at RogerEbert.com

Amy Poehler and the ‘Broad City’ Team Demonstrate Why ‘Television’s Such a Great Medium for Women’ by Alison Willmore at IndieWire

Joseph Gordon-Levitt on Being a Feminist on ellen

2013 Was A Good Year For Women In Movies. What Will 2014 Hold? by Megan Gibson at TIME

Golden Globes by gender: where are all the women? by Clara Guibourg at The Guardian

Watch the Athena Film Fest 2014 Trailer by Inkoo Kang at Women and Hollywood

 

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