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.

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Guest Post: A Response to "This Woman is Too Fat for Hollywood?"

Features

Recently Melissa Silverstein at Women and Hollywood wrote a blog entitled "This Woman is Too Fat For Hollywood?" Consider this a response to the aforementioned article.

By Liz Manashil
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January 8, 2013 10:50 AM
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News

Mindy Kaling’s Black List script The Low Self-Esteem of Lizzie Gillespie now has Anne Hathaway attached to star. Co-written with Kaling’s former The Office co-worker Brent Forrester, Gillespie follows a woman whose debilitating low self-esteem leads her to date a string of terrible losers. When she’s about to give up, a beautiful guy begins pursuing her.

By Kerensa Cadenas
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October 10, 2012 12:00 PM
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Television

Fall TV season has arrived. As we excitedly dive into a fresh season, what is the state of female participation in creative content? I gathered a list of new shows and looked at their creative teams, noting the number of women that serve as show creators, writers, directors, or producers. And gosh, the results were depressing.

By Heather McLendon
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September 21, 2012 10:45 AM
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Video

Created by Mindy Kaling. I am so watching this show. Will be on Fox this fall.

By Melissa Silverstein
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July 19, 2012 10:45 AM
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Television

It's that tme of the year again. When your favorite shows get cancelled, and shows that you have no idea why they exist get renewed again for another year.

By Melissa Silverstein
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May 14, 2012 9:45 AM
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Here are some articles worth a look before the work takes over again tomorrow-

Cinema Blend: Arthur Christmas Director On The Logic Of Santa And Her Idea For A Sequel

New Yorker: CRASS WARFARE

LA Times: Mindy Kaling writes her own script

By Melissa Silverstein
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November 27, 2011 5:22 PM
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