Women and Hollywood

Rashida Jones Makes Directorial Debut with Sara Bareilles 'Brave' Music Video

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Rashida Jones announced her directorial debut with Sara Bareilles' "Brave" music video on Twitter earlier this week.. It's a bright, poppy song with an equally uplifting video to match.

By Kerensa Cadenas
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May 16, 2013 10:11 AM
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Interview with Judy Chaikin - Director of The Girls in the Band

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The Girls in the Band opens for a one-week run in NYC on May 10. Tickets here.

By Melissa Silverstein
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May 10, 2013 10:00 AM
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Guest Post: Invisible Women Who Rock

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We are both filmmakers launching documentaries featuring different generations of women pursuing their artistic vision in the predominantly male bastion of rock and roll. And of course, the challenges of telling these invisible stories in the predominantly male bastion of film are much the same -- which is an irony not lost on both of us. Here are each of our stories:

By Jackie Weissman & Karen Whitehead
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May 9, 2013 1:30 PM
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Marin Alsop to be First Female Conductor for BBC's The Last Night of The Proms

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Until now, for 118 years, BBC Proms has never been led by a female conductor. American born, premiere conductor Marin Alsop will be the first woman to do so.

By Kerensa Cadenas
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April 22, 2013 11:00 AM
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Hollywood Feminist of the Day: John Legend

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John Legend is completely swoon-worthy. He's an extremely talented and good looking musician. Oh and he's an outspoken feminist.

By Kerensa Cadenas
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April 1, 2013 1:15 PM
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SXSW Interview with Sini Anderson, Tamra Davis and Kathleen Hanna of The Punk Singer

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I can't write about Sini Anderson's great documentary The Punk Singer without mentioning that Kathleen Hanna has been one of my life-long heroes. When I was sixteen a friend gave me my first Bikini Kill CD, I had never heard anything like it, and feminism wasn't something that was remotely on my radar. I dove into Hanna's music and read everything I could about riot grrrl, even doing a presentation on it for a high school class where I received quizzical looks from the other students. Hanna always seemed larger than life to me--a musically inclined revolutionary badass.

By Kerensa Cadenas
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March 29, 2013 2:00 PM
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Pussy Riot Band Members Speak Out on 60 Minutes

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60 Minutes did a segment on Pussy Riot, the now infamous feminist punk band from Russia who were sent to prison for their demonstration against Vladimir Putin. Two of the members are still serving time in labor camps and other members who were never identified have gone into hiding.

By Kerensa Cadenas
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March 26, 2013 10:00 AM
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Watch This: Nina Simone Singing "To Be Free"

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Legacy Records, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, is celebrating Nina Simone as their February 2013 Artist of the Month in honor of Black History Month and Simone's 80th birthday. And a biopic starring Zoe Saldana as Simone is now being edited.

By Kerensa Cadenas
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February 21, 2013 1:30 PM
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Call Me Maybe - Feminist Ryan Gosling Edition

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Who says feminists have no sense of humor? This is from the folks at the School of Social Work at Portland State U.

By Melissa Silverstein
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October 11, 2012 9:37 AM
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Feminist Pussy Riot Band on Trial in Russia

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Something horrific is going on in Moscow that needs a lot more attention. Three women who are members of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot were jailed several months ago for "hooliganism" and "inciding religious hatred" for staging an peaceful protest action at Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral.

By Melissa Silverstein
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August 13, 2012 12:25 PM
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