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WMC News & Features
March 24, 2021 | Carla Hay | Arts and culture, Media
Prominent Actresses Making Their Directorial Debuts Behind the Camera

Well known for their work on screen, actresses including Halle Berry, Robin Wright, and Taraji P. Henson are now directing feature films.

WMC FBomb
March 15, 2021 | Lakshmi Gandhi | Arts and culture
Loan Le Celebrates Family, Food and First Love in ‘A Phở Love Story’

A Phở Love Story centers on two teens whose families own rival phở restaurants in the Little Saigon section of their hometown.

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March 01, 2021 | Lakshmi Gandhi | Arts and culture
This Author Wrote a Book About an “Indigenous Nancy Drew”

Boulley, an enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie tribe of Chippewa Indians, knew that she wanted to feature a teen girl who could be what she calls an “Indigenous Nancy Drew.”

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February 10, 2021 | Lakshmi Gandhi | Arts and culture
A Teen Girl Learns To Love Herself And Her Community in Renée Watson’s 'Love Is a Revolution'

“I wanted to write about joy and about a girl who gets to fall in love, and gets to mess up and make mistakes and be a nuanced girl who isn't perfect."

WMC FBomb
February 08, 2021 | Patricia Connor | Arts and culture
Like Hamilton, Bridgerton Normalizes Diversity in Unexpected Ways

Bridgerton deftly handles race, in much the same way Lin Manuel Miranda’s game-changing masterpiece Hamilton did.

WMC News & Features
January 28, 2021 | Carla Hay | Arts and culture, Media
Breakthrough Women of Color Film Directors of 2020

In an extraordinary year in the film industry, more women of color directors have made an impact than ever before.

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January 26, 2021 | Dr. Martha Lauzen | Arts and culture, Media
Study Shows Uptick in Women Film Directors, But Numbers Still Low

The overall percentage of women working on top-grossing films has barely budged in over 20 years.

WMC News & Features
January 13, 2021 | Emily Wilson | Arts and culture
Coalition Showcases Feminist Art

Inspired by women's resistance, curators at more than 100 art institutions nationwide are planning exhibitions promoting social change and civic engagement.

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January 04, 2021 | Lakshmi Gandhi | Arts and culture
How Amanda Jones Became One of the Buzziest Composers in Hollywood

The FBomb had the chance to talk to Jones about her career journey, working with other Black female creators, and why she strongly believes in advocating for diverse stories and creators.

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December 15, 2020 | Adriana V. López | Arts and culture
Andrea Echeverri — A Flower Power Rocker Whose Roots Broke Ground

Will a new Netflix documentary on the history of rock in Latin America give rockeras their proper tribute?

WMC News & Features
December 02, 2020 | Carla Hay | Arts and culture, Media
‘Coded Bias’ Shows How Women Are Leading a Civil Rights Movement in Technology

The new documentary spotlights women’s leadership in fighting the abuse of power in the use of computer technology.

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September 24, 2020 | Carla Hay | Arts and culture, Media
Women Showrunners Who Are Breaking the Glass Ceiling

In the new season of television, women from a variety of backgrounds, many using nontraditional career paths, have become first-time showrunners.

WMC News & Features
September 09, 2020 | Emily Wilson | Arts and culture
Asian Art Museum Features Bold New Works By Women Artists

A 75-foot mural by Chanel Miller is among the works displayed in the museum's new Wilbur Gallery.

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June 26, 2020 | Carla Hay | Arts and culture, Politics
Surge in Women of Color Running for Office Spotlighted in New PBS Docuseries

The docuseries, And She Could Be Next, shows that women of color are “changing what the face of leadership looks like” in the United States.

WMC Women Under Siege
June 22, 2020 | Joni Hess | Arts and culture, Gender-based violence, International, Violence against women
‘#WeAreDyingHere’ breaks the silence on gender-based violence in South Africa

A spoken-word performance takes aim at the pervasiveness of gender-based violence in South Africa, inspiring community activism from the grassroots and demanding that the government confront its failure to protect women.

WMC News & Features
June 05, 2020 | Emily Wilson | Arts and culture, LGBTQIA
Alice Wu’s 'The Half of It' offers a unique view on love

Groundbreaking writer-director Alice Wu surprises with her long-awaited second feature.

WMC News & Features
May 26, 2020 | Carla Hay | Arts and culture, Media
New #MeToo documentary gives voice to Russell Simmons accusers

“On the Record” focuses on empowering Black women in the #MeToo movement.

WMC FBomb
May 18, 2020 | Regiane Folter | Arts and culture
These authors are writing stories about inspiring women

These writers keep working, and all of them told The FBomb that more amazing stories about amazing women are coming soon.

WMC News & Features
April 30, 2020 | Carla Hay | Arts and culture
Female-focused documentaries: The ultimate double-feature guide

More documentary films by and about women are getting awards recognition and finding sizeable audiences. Here is a list of docs, released over the last year, that are available for streaming.

WMC News & Features
April 22, 2020 | Lauren Wolfe | Arts and culture, Race/Ethnicity
Land O’Lakes finally drops Native American ‘maiden’ from packaging

It’s taken nearly 100 years, but the Land O’Lakes company has finally removed the image of a kneeling Native American woman—nicknamed “Mia”—from its packaging.

WMC News & Features
March 24, 2020 | Treva Lindsey | Arts and culture, Media, Race/Ethnicity
African American women are history makers. Here’s a list of must-reads!

These recent works by Black women historians challenge conventional narratives of the history of the United States.

WMC News & Features
March 11, 2020 | Carla Hay | Arts and culture
New film shows harsh realities of abortion restrictions

In the powerful new film "Never Rarely Sometimes Always," a teenager has to cross state lines to seek abortion care.

WMC FBomb
March 11, 2020 | Kadin Burnett | Arts and culture, Violence against women
France is still grappling with its #MeToo movement

On February 28, The César Awards, which are essentially the French Oscars, awarded the Best Director honor to Roman Polanski — a man who fled the United States after pleading guilty to the statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl in 1977.

WMC FBomb
March 04, 2020 | Regiane Folter | Arts and culture, Feminism
Feminist zines are still alive and well

To this day, feminist zines are still a considerable presence in the zine universe.

WMC News & Features
February 27, 2020 | Marcie Bianco, Ph.D. | Arts and culture, LGBTQIA
In “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” a feminist politics of love

The new film by Céline Sciamma places equality at the center of a love story.


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