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Wonder Woman movie marketing machine tied up in knots

By tigtog on 2017-04-30 • ( 8 )

…and not in a knowing nod to the cognoscenti way. Shana O’Neill on SyfyWire wonders Where is the Wonder Woman movie advertising?

Geena Davis’ Two Simple Steps To Make Hollywood Less Sexist

By tigtog on 2013-12-14 • ( 3 )

We all know Hollywood doesn’t give many leading roles to women, or even speaking roles. What I didn’t know, but what Geena Davis’ Institute On Gender In Media has demonstrated through its data analysis, is that Hollywood persistently doesn’t even give women parity in crowd scenes.

Head-and-shoulders photo of Geena Davis, at a podium, at the Gender in the Media Symposium.

Quick Hit: Latest from the Geena Davis Institute

By Anna on 2012-11-20 • ( 4 )

The latest report from the Geena Davis Institute is the very detailed “Gender Roles & Occupations: A Look at Character Attributes and Job-Related Aspirations in Film and Television”. Most people are aware that women and girls are underrepresented as speaking characters in film and television, but you may still be shocked by how much.

A young woman of mixed race, in Puritan costume, clasps her hands and looks up.

“Abigail’s age has been raised.”

By Anna on 2012-06-26 • ( 15 )

Arthur Miller’s The Crucible has meant so much to so many people. As a parable about state control, or without its political dimension, as an examination of the power dynamics within a closed society, or of an individual working through guilt to find something valuable in themselves. In fictionalising the lives of the real people involved, however, Miller raised Abigail’s age from eleven to seventeen. It may be time to think about his motives and the implications of the changes he made.

LNP staffer quits after anti-feminist rant in email

By tigtog on 2012-04-18 • ( 7 )

He sent an email to a Queensland feminist about the superiority of men, telling her to “get a life” and calling her a “sourpuss” for writing an opinion piece about the need for more women in parliament. Some media advisor, eh?

Blegging: Name Orlando’s Book

By Anna on 2012-02-01 • ( 32 )

My first book is to be published later this year, and I am still not happy with the title. It is an academic text, but one I hope will have a broader appeal for people interested in the theatre, and the way women are presented on stage.