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Why Jennifer Aniston Taking a Stand Against Bill O’Reilly Criticism Matters

August 16, 2010 – 4:21 pm

Actress Jennifer Aniston has been taking the time during press rounds for The Switch, her upcoming movie about a woman’s decision to use a sperm donor, to voice her support for those women who pursue alternative reproductive options such as artificial insemination and sperm donors to create their families. “Women are realizing it more and [...]

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From “Edwin” to “Evelyn”: Angelina Jolie Switches Gender Roles in Salt

July 21, 2010 – 4:13 pm

Angelina Jolie as a Bond girl is a concept that millions would undoubtedly shell out $12 to see. One person that might not, though, is Jolie herself. When approached to appear in a James Bond film, Jolie deferred, saying, “I want to be Bond—I don’t want to be anyone else in the movie.” While a female [...]

By Caroline Framke | Also posted in *Feature*, Entertainment | Comments (1)

Can Mosque Pray-ins Change the Conservative Culture of Some American Mosques?

June 16, 2010 – 5:15 pm

by Jehan S. Harney
Mosque pray-ins are springing up across the U.S. They’re orchestrated by a group of Muslim women wanting to end gender segregation in nearly two-thirds of American mosques. To get their point across, some of these women are literally walking out from behind the seven-foot barrier separating men and women in some [...]

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The (Male) Fall 2010 TV Season

May 25, 2010 – 4:25 pm

Yesterday, WMC Advisory Council member and Women & Hollywood blogger Melissa Silverstein took a gander at the gender justice of this year’s recently released fall television lineup.  And  the results weren’t good.  Fox, CBS, and CW are launching plenty of new shows this fall, but none of them were created by women.  ABC and NBC [...]

By Becca Stanger | Also posted in *Feature*, Entertainment, Media | Comments (1)

Cannes Film Festival 2010: Recognizing Our Low Expectations

May 21, 2010 – 2:05 pm

With the 2010 Cannes Film Festival coming to a close this Sunday, so ends yet another year of men.  Of the 18 films selected this year to compete for Cannes’ highest prize – the Palme D’Or – none of them were directed by a woman.  In response, women directors have rallied together to express their [...]

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Exposing “The Other City” of HIV/AIDS

April 30, 2010 – 11:30 am

This week, at the beautiful School of Visual Arts Theater in New York, WMC President Jehmu Greene took part in the red carpet world premiere and panel discussion for The Other City – a new film on the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Washington, D.C.  After watching the film, Jehmu and her fellow panelists (including U.S. Surgeon [...]

By Becca Stanger | Also posted in *Feature*, Entertainment, Events, Health, Media, Reproductive Rights | Comments (1)

WMC Takes the Stage

April 26, 2010 – 4:39 pm

This week WMC President Jehmu Greene is speaking at two notable panels at  Tribeca Film Festival and Columbia University.
Tonight is the Red Carpet World Premiere and Panel Discussion for The Other City, a new film about HIV/AIDS epidemic in Washington, D.C.  Directed by Emmy & Peabody Award Winning Director Susan Koch, executive produced by Producer & BET [...]

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Yes (He) Cannes: Women Filmmakers Still Missing

April 21, 2010 – 2:12 pm

Last week, one of the world’s most prestigious film competitions – Cannes – proudly announced its lineup for the upcoming 2010 festival.  But a quick scan through the congratulatory list of the directors’ names reveals a striking pattern – every single nominee is a man.

Perhaps this news shouldn’t come as a surprise considering that Cannes [...]

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EXCLUSIVE “The Heretics”: Women of the Heresies Collective

April 12, 2010 – 8:28 am

By Emily Wilson
The author interviews the maker of a documentary that captures a prolific period of feminist art, focusing on the collective as, according to the film web site, “a microcosm of the larger international women’s movement, in which thousands of small, private groups of women met together in forms unique to their own settings.”
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A Movie Legend Takes On Media Disparity (or, OMG we were in the same room as Geena Davis)

April 6, 2010 – 2:00 pm

So not to brag, but WMC Program Coordinator Rachell Arteaga and I were sitting about 10 feet away from Geena Davis last night. Visiting the Paley Center for Media, Davis took part in a 2-hour, in-depth, and totally compelling conversation with the Center’s President and CEO, as well as WMC Board Emerita, Pat Mitchell. Davis’s [...]

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