Dr. Martha Lauzen has been conducting the Boxed In study of women in television for 20 years. Here she highlights what this year's report tells us.
The wait for this female superhero movie has been long and the expectations are high. Can one film be all things to all women?
After decades of making art, feminist artist Lynn Hershman Leeson is finally finding her audience in the United States at age 75.
A new initiative, led by Hollywood heavy hitters, aims to make real progress in giving a fair shot to women.
For four days in February, the Athena Film Festival shone a spotlight on women in front of and behind the camera.
People with disabilities represent 20 percent of the population but are by far the most underrepresented in media. When it comes to opportunities for actors with disabilities, Hollywood has a long way to go.
Maysoon Zayid has fearlessly performed truth-telling comedy all over the world. With the threats to free speech in the current climate in the U.S., she argues, such courage is more important than ever.
When Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie said that Beyoncé’s feminism is not her feminism, some interpreted it as a beef. In fact, Adichie facing Beyoncé is a model of feminist dialogue.
Powerful, female-driven narratives are leading this year’s Emmy nominations for Outstanding Drama Series.
This Bay Area rapper is using her art to promote feminist and other social justice messages.
You don't have to have seen the original to appreciate the "Ghostbusters" reboot. Seeing the new film with fresh eyes, our writer finds there is plenty for feminists to like.
A new documentary, "Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four," tells the heart-wrenching story of a modern "witch hunt."
In its second season, the Netflix series "Grace and Frankie" has its most feminist moment yet, portraying the right to death with a mix of gravity and levity.
Opportunities for women of color are as rare in U.S. theater as they are in Hollywood. But one regional theater is defying the odds with a festival devoted to works by Black women.
A new documentary spotlights a teen rapper who escapes the Taliban only to face the prospect of being being sold into marriage.
Nine women have performed Hillary Clinton on Saturday Night Live. Each one has made the role her own, but they all say something about how we view powerful women.
The TV show, which is about to begin its last season, has been a very surprising source for authentic portrayals of people with disabilities.
According to the author of the annual Celluloid Ceiling study, there has been more talk, but precious little action to increase numbers of women in behind-the-scenes roles in Hollywood.
A Vogue India video with a message of women’s empowerment has people asking, Is it a feminist campaign or a PR stunt?
