Women and Hollywood
Melissa Silverstein is a writer, blogger and marketing consultant with an expertise in the area of social media regarding women and Hollywood. She is the founder and editor of Women and Hollywood, one of the most respected sites for issues related to women and film as well as other areas of pop culture. She is the Artistic Director and co-founder of the Athena Film Festival – A Celebration of Women and Leadership at Barnard College in NYC. The second annual festival will take place from February 9-12, 2012.Popular Posts
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- After Ellen
- Alliance of Women Film Journalists
- Arts Meme
- Awards Daily
- Bird's Eye View Blog
- Blogher
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- Chicken & Egg Pictures
- Critical Women in Film
- Deadline Hollywood
- Echidne of the Snakes
- Everyday Goddess
- Feministe
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- In the Trenches Productions
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- Movie Lovers Only
- Ms. Magazine
- No Meaner Place
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Chicken and Egg Pictures Hits $2 Million in Grants
This is one of the places for women filmmakers to get money to get their films done. The list of films they are funding is incredible. I want to see them all. The descriptions are directly from the press release. For more info on Chicken and Egg and how to apply for grants, click here.
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- February 22, 2012
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Comedians Take on the Contraception Issue
These are worth watching. Just goes to show that the Republicans are our comedians best friends.
- By Melissa Silverstein
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- February 22, 2012
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Sexism Watch: Vanity Fair Believes There are Only Two Female Character Actors
And they need to look like they are ready to murder you.
- By Melissa Silverstein
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- February 22, 2012
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Quote of the Day on the Oscars and How Women Get Screwed
You must read these really depressing but totally spot on piece by Martha Lauzen (the woman who gives us the stats of how many women are making movies, today published by the Women's Media Center.
- By Melissa Silverstein
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- February 21, 2012
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Julie Taymor and Spiderman Reach Partial Settlement
It's always interesting how the filing of the lawsuits get so much news and the settlements...not so much, but this one is important to note.
- By Melissa Silverstein
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- February 21, 2012
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Trailer Watch: Dark Tide Starring Halle Berry
- By Melissa Silverstein
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- February 21, 2012
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Trailer Watch: Girls
No more teases. This is the real albeit short trailer. It's Tiny Furniture but with HBO money.
- By Melissa Silverstein
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- February 21, 2012
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The LA Times Confirms What We Already Know - The Academy is Old, White and Male
For some reason the folks that run the Academy have made it their business to keep the membership a secret. You kind of know who has recently been asked to be a member because they now release lists of people given invitations, but you really don't know who the majority of the 5,765 members are. They want it to seem like a secret society, but it reminds me more of a typical frat where they don't want the names to be revealed because then they would actually have to explain how unrepresentative they are.
- By Melissa Silverstein
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- February 20, 2012
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Sexism Watch: NY Times Book Review Calls NY Times Reporter's Book "Chick Nonfiction"
We hit another dubious milestone this weekend. A book called The Obamas written by veteran NY Times reporter Jodi Kantor was called "chick nonfiction" in a NY Times book review written by Douglas Brinkley.
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- February 20, 2012
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Trailer Watch: Take The Waltz - Co-written and Directed by Sarah Polley
This is the sophomore effort from Sarah Polley after the fantabulous Away From Her.
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- February 20, 2012
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