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Women and Hollywood
Melissa Silverstein 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. Women and Hollywood educates, advocates, and agitates for gender parity across the entertainment industry. She is also the co-founder and Artistic Director of The Athena Film Festival. The 4th annual festival will take place from February 6-9, 2014 at Barnard College in NYC. Melissa recently published the first book from Women and Hollywood, In Her Voice: Women Directors Talk Directing, which is a compilation of over 40 interviews that have appeared on the site.Email Melissa
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Funny or Die: Don't You Want Your Dad in Your Vagina?
These people at Funny or Die are really doing a great job of keeping this issue in focus and making sure we see how absurd it is. This one stars Kate Beckinsale, Judy Greer, Andrea Savage.
- By Melissa Silverstein
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- May 7, 2012 4:08 PM
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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 10:20 AM
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Melissa, thank you for this! You're right - it's great to read thoughts from a
I meant to say, I am glad some filmmakers are courageous enough to put this conversation on the
Of course women fantasize about being prostitutes, and so do men! If we are imaginative, we
Jesus h christ shut the fuck up. shes hot and thats kirks character. she did a great job in the film
Why is this even an issue? There are scenes like this in Game of Thrones all the time and their but