Through the decades, girls have consistently shaped the development of the music industry and have undoubtedly driven millions of dollars in sales.
The sheer size of this issue requires our federal government to come up with practical policies to regulate how young people can access social media.
When her music first started coming out, I never imagined that in the future, she would align herself with the MAGA movement.
A clandestine group of journalists are telling women’s stories from inside Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
What will it take to prioritize women’s dignity and safety over defending the disclosure — on purpose or through reckless error — of private information?
We must recognize how companies and celebrities are influencing young people’s ideas of beauty norms, and identity.
The film industry’s new era of unfettered consolidation with tech companies is not good news for those who have been pushing for diversity and inclusion in Hollywood.
Stories of women for whom empowerment looks different than protest and more like knowledge, patience, and conviction, rarely appear in Western media headlines.
The film has been screening at embassies around the world to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the women’s strike, offering inspiration to feminists internationally.
Soraya Chemaly, the author of the new feminist manifesto All We Want is Everything, offers a thought-provoking perspective on feminist revolution.
A new documentary, Heightened Scrutiny, exposes the mainstream media’s outsized and extraordinary influence in the law.
I now see the representation I once revered could not be more dissimilar to reality.
The media reception of Febos’ new memoir has focused on the shock value of her decision to give up sex for a year, but the book offers surprising insights about community and feminism.
As WMC marks its 20th anniversary, presenters and awardees urge people to keep fighting against backlash and to find strength in community.
The acclaimed film offers a vision of women characters whose strength is rooted in textured humanity.
The stakes for our generation couldn't be higher, and you won't want to miss this.
In addition to screening women-focused movies, the Athena Film Festival offers talks and workshops, screenplay competitions, and year-round professional support for writers and creators.
Arcane made intersectionality and diversity the centerpiece of the show’s storytelling instead of neglecting that richness or reducing it to a footnote.
The two new reports, Inclusion in the Director's Chair and The Celluloid Ceiling, both point to stagnant representation for women behind the camera.
Saturday Night Live, a cultural mainstay that has offered healing and hope at pivotal moments of national crisis, chose instead to rub salt in the wound in its first post-election episode.
Women are diverse, complicated, powerful, and resilient in the ongoing fight for gender equality and other civil rights. And in this election year, the stakes seem be to higher than ever before. That was the general consensus in speeches and conversations at the 2024 Women’s Media Center Women’s Media Awards, which were presented on September 19 at the JW Marriott Essex House in New York City.
Here is what some female creatives had to say about their Emmy-nominated work for the major categories in the 76th annual Primetime Emmy Awards, which will be held on Sunday.
This summer, feature films offer varying depictions of women as movie directors.
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