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In Case You Missed It: Changing the Power Paradigm in Hollywood

By Tabby Biddle & Elisa Parker ● In Case You Missed It... ● November 7, 2017

The revelations about Harvey Weinstein had broken the week before (and) women were speaking out.

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Sex Trafficking Survivor Says It’s Time to Stop Glamorizing Prostitution

By Rebecca Bender ● Commentary ● October 12, 2016

What is inherently harmful is being passed off by Hollywood as a glamorous lifestyle of choice, says Rebecca Bender, who was trafficked for nearly six years. This causes the myths about prostitution to proliferate.

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Hollywood’s Ugly Deception: Faking Concern for Ethnicity

By Poppy L. McLeod ● Commentary ● May 25, 2016

Simulating ethnicity as if it were just another special effect hides how much the entertainment industry still prizes and prioritizes whiteness.

Hollywood Actresses Embrace a Movie Starring the E.R.A.

By Kimberly Jane Tan & Por Alison Bowen ● Culture ● April 11, 2016

The Equal Rights Amendment has been hanging around since 1923 and, politically speaking, often gathering dust. But Hollywood stars are reaching for it now as a tool for their own discrimination battles and to join a broader sisterhood.

‘Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt’ Opens in U.S.

By Jennifer Merin ● Arts & Culture ● April 8, 2016

Go see this profile of the influential thinker. Another must-see opening this week is the drama “Wedding Doll.” But don’t bother with Melissa McCarthy’s latest negative caricature of female ambition in “The Boss.”

For Can-Do at Cannes, Female Directors Need Money

By Ann Lovell ● Uncategorized ● May 28, 2014

Join me in offering talented female directors support. Anyone who can help financially can promote female directors either directly or through an organization. I believe that’s the way to get women out of their Hollywood rut.

An Open Letter to Woody Allen: Say ‘I’m Sorry’

By Wendy Murphy ● Uncategorized ● February 4, 2014

The director and actor’s “fantasy” defense against abuse allegations from his adoptive daughter only make him sound like all the others, says Wendy Murphy. Little girls fantasize about becoming princesses and doctors, not sexual abuse.