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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

The play that changed my life: Timberlake Wertenbaker on the joy of seeing four normal women on stage

They were the play. And I found that just revolutionary. Dusa, Fish, Stas and Vi are all very different. One is a lawyer. One is a kind of waif who has anorexia.
Women in technology
fromBrooklyn Eagle
3 weeks ago

PREMIUMReview and Comment: Whitney White reimagines Shakespeare with feminist touch in 'Macbeth in Stride'

For me ... tonight there is one story / one play in particular that kicked it all off / the funky little chain reaction that led someone like me / To be standing before you now.
Black Lives Matter
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

This election, Peter Dutton leaves us, the female Liberal diaspora, in no better place than 2022 | Paula Matthewson

Since the 2022 federal election, the Liberal party has failed to reconnect with female voters, risking further alienation while elevating the hard-right faction.
UK politics
#empowerment
Women
fromRoger Ebert
2 months ago

Age Has No Expiration When It Comes to Talent | Features | Roger Ebert

Women over 50 are reclaiming their narratives in Hollywood, creating powerful and diverse roles for themselves.
Women
fromRoger Ebert
2 months ago

Age Has No Expiration When It Comes to Talent | Features | Roger Ebert

Women over 50 are reclaiming their narratives in Hollywood, creating powerful and diverse roles for themselves.
#hollywood
Film
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

Seven Stories About Buzzy New Movies

The Oscars have increasingly distanced themselves from mainstream moviegoers, focusing on niche selections from international film festivals.
fromBusiness Insider
5 months ago
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Florence Pugh says it's 'exhausting' to be a young woman in Hollywood: 'There are fine lines women have to stay within'

Film
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

Seven Stories About Buzzy New Movies

The Oscars have increasingly distanced themselves from mainstream moviegoers, focusing on niche selections from international film festivals.
fromBusiness Insider
5 months ago
Miscellaneous

Florence Pugh says it's 'exhausting' to be a young woman in Hollywood: 'There are fine lines women have to stay within'

fromVulture
4 months ago

Chloe Sevigny Loved David Lynch for His 'Focus on Female Characters'

He was a god. What I love most about Lynch, even more than his imagery and what he did, was how he focused female characters. That's what...
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fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

Demi, Jodie and Nicole: is Hollywood finally ready to recognise complex female characters over 40? | Natasha Ginnivan

Celebration of complex, multilayered middle-aged female characters in recent film and TV, recognized at the Golden Globes.
fromIndieWire
5 months ago

Owen McDonnell Breaks Down His 'Bad Sisters' Finale Turn - and Going Full 'Pragmatic Psychopath'

Owen McDonnell expresses his gratitude for being part of big shows with interesting roles, emphasizing the importance of working with great women in his projects.
Independent films
Writing
fromPolygon
5 months ago

War of the Rohirrim revives everything great about Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings

The War of the Rohirrim honors women’s roles in Middle-earth, with a shieldmaiden protagonist, and maintains the aesthetic legacy of Jackson's films.
fromBuzzFeed
6 months ago

62 Thoughts I (A Swiftie) Had While Watching The New Taylor Swift And Travis Kelce-Inspired Rom-Com

The film's opening song is a bold choice, evoking Taylor Swift's style, but unfortunately it misses the mark, setting a disappointing tone for the movie.
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#nicole-kidman
fromLos Angeles Times
6 months ago

Adrin Nazarian, Heather Hutt claim victory in Los Angeles City Council races

Hutt led in the District 10 race with 63% of the vote Monday night, according to the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk. With a dwindling number of votes left to count, her opponent, Grace Yoo, appears to have no path to catch up. Hutt was backed by Mayor Karen Bass and had support from business and labor unions. She was a strong supporter of Healthy Streets L.A, which was passed by voters in March and requires the city to build bus and bike lanes.
California
fromVulture
6 months ago

Do You Believe? Utah Whitneys Want to Know.

Within a makeshift chapel behind locked doors, Mr. Reed lectures the missionaries on Radiohead's litigious copywriting strategy; Monopoly... until coercing the young women to choose their escape from his house of escalating horrors either through a door marked 'DISBELIEF' or one alongside it marked 'BELIEF.'
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fromVulture
1 year ago

The Strange, Hidden Story of Harley Quinn

Harley Quinn's popularity challenges conventional female representation in comics, combining chaos with empowerment.
The rise of female role models in comics highlights Harley Quinn's complex significance.
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