Harvey Weinstein’s Former Assistant Sheds Light on a “Repulsive Monster”
“I don’t think he’s a sex addict. He’s a power addict” – in her first TV interview, Harvey Weinstein’s former assistant, Zelda Perkins, speaks out on her former boss #newsnight...
View ArticleWomen are Leading Every Episode of Black Mirror Season 4 (In Front of Camera,...
Season four of Black Mirror hits Netflix tomorrow, December 29th, and according to executive producer Annabel Jones, every one of the six episodes will center on a female protagonist. The show has a...
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If You Were Planning on Being an Abusive, Sexist Predator in Hollywood, Its...
The end of 2017 was all about expressing solidarity and speaking truth to power in the realm of Hollywood sexism and abuse. 2018 is all about taking action. You thought there was a reckoning before?...
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12 Female-Led Movies We’re Excited to See in 2018
It’s a new year, with a whole new slate of movies to be excited about. 2017 saw a growing number of female-led films, but since women aren’t a passing trend, that doesn’t look to be slowing down. Here...
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Meryl Streep Finally Addresses That Time Dustin Hoffman Allegedly Assaulted...
Over the last few months, multiple women have come forward with accusations of sexual harassment and assault perpetrated by Dustin Hoffman at various times over his lengthy career. But stories about...
View ArticleThings We Saw Today: Dear Hollywood, Please Give Tiffany Haddish All the...
Tiffany Haddish won Best Supporting Actress at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards and her acceptance speech is one of the greatest speeches–one of the greatest awards show moments, really–of...
View ArticleThe Inspiration and Disappointment of the Golden Globes’ Red Carpet
Issa Rae is slaying this red carpet #GoldenGlobes #SoulGlobes pic.twitter.com/m37osb7vBF — Black Girl Nerds (@BlackGirlNerds) January 8, 2018 Leading up to Sunday’s Golden Globes awards, there have...
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Here’s Our First(ish) Look at Daisy Ridley as a Not-So-Helpless Ophelia
It’s been more than a year and a half since Daisy Ridley was announced as prepping to star as a reimagined Ophelia–a less helpless heroine than the version given to us by that whiny prat Hamlet. But...
View ArticleA Man Asked Sharon Stone If She’d Ever Experienced Harassment & Maybe One Day...
Sharon Stone was recently the subject of an in-depth profile on CBS Sunday Morning. She and CBS’ Lee Cowan do all the typical profile things: they walk through her gorgeous mansion, smell the flowers...
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Is Anyone Even Surprised Anymore to Hear That an Actress Makes “Significantly...
In most jobs, if not all, comparing paychecks and talking openly about salaries is a total taboo. In many workplaces, it’s a fireable offense. (Or, at least, employees are told it is. Some states have...
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These Rumors About Handmaid’s Tale Director Reed Morano Joining the Star Wars...
Keep in mind, this is only a rumor. It’s a hint of a tease of something that may or may not be in discussion. But it’s still exciting. And we can dream. THR published a profile of Handmaid’s Tale...
View ArticleJada Pinkett Smith Has an Awesome Story About Jessica Chastain & Octavia...
Embed from Getty Images Last month, Jessica Chastain received a sizeable amount of criticism after she appeared on the cover of the LA Times’ magazine The Envelope along with five other white...
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It’s Women Who Are Hurt Most When the #MeToo Movement Is Treated Like Clickbait
Since this current awards season has been dominated by conversations regarding #MeToo and #TimesUp, I’ve found myself repeatedly surprised by how many men seem ill-equipped to respond to questions on...
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Despite Leading the Box Office in 2017, Women Made Up Less Than a Quarter of...
2017 was, in many ways, a standout year for women in film. Female protagonists dominated the box office and they did so in movies marketed specifically towards women, with films like Beauty and the...
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“So Much for ‘Let’s Believe the Women'”: Why Are Suzie Hardy’s Accusations...
Content warning: specific descriptions of sexual assault and harassment. Back in 2012, a Hollywood stylist named Suzie Hardy told the HR department at E! about repeated incidents of sexual harassment...
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Molly Ringwald Takes an Honest Deep Dive into the Misogyny of John Hughes’...
In the 1980s, Molly Ringwald wasn’t just a successful actress. She wasn’t just famous. She was a cultural icon. That was due to her starring roles in three movies that largely came to define an era of...
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NYT’s Interview With the Arrested Development Cast Devolved Into an...
The cast of Arrested Development is currently doing the promotional rounds for the new season of the show on Netflix, but given Tambor’s recent firing from Transparent over allegations of sexual...
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Variety’s TV Writers’ Panel Apparently Forgot Women Exist, so Women Formed...
Variety sent out invitations for an upcoming writing panel the trade is hosting, and some of the recipients immediately noticed a glaring problem with the lineup. Of the twelve showrunners...
View ArticleIt’s Beyond Infuriating That Men Keep Rejecting Evan Rachel Wood’s Movie Pitch
One guy I was pitching it to actually said, “well you’re a 30 year old mom, what gets you out of the house to see a movie?” AS IF ALL WOMEN ARE JUST AT HOME FEEDING BABIES AND HAVE NO LIVES. —...
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It Only Took 12 Years for Lost’s Producers to Apologize to Evangeline Lilly
Last week, Evangeline Lilly spoke on the podcast The Lost Boys about her time on Lost, including calling out some of the show’s lazy, sexist writing. She also described a negative, uncomfortable...
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