Shoutout to Meryl Streep for using her own $$$ to fund a screenwriting lab for women over 40.
h/t Vanity Fair
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Tagged: Feminism
We Choose Art: Working Toward Gender Equality
It seems that L.A. has been bursting at the seams with feminist-minded events this month — there’s been no dearth of workshops, community gatherings, women’s…
Read onHistorical Female Privilege? On Obligation and Value
MUCH FONT has been spilled over the men’s rights movement (MRM), by both its proponents and its detractors. Various talking points can be found on any…
Read onInternational Women’s Day: Time to March for Women
The following is another post in L.A. DY Clever, our guide to events and news going on in Los Angeles that are of interest to…
Read onOscars: Four Feminist Victories and One Feminist Fail
AHH, THE OSCARS. The pomp. The prestige. The popcorn that falls down your shirt, which you don’t bother scooping out because you’re too busy being…
Read onTo the Male Supporters of the Men’s Rights Movement
IF YOU’RE A MAN, and especially a man living in the United States or Canada, and you feel like the world is ganging up on…
Read onWild Oats: Author Robin Rinaldi on Self-Discovery
The following is a post in our Side Book series, in which we speak with authors at length about their forthcoming books. Because, like our…
Read onThe Best and Worst Film Portrayals of Women in 2014
THE FEMINIST BENT of female movie characters (and TV protagonists for that matter) became the subject of passionate debate in 2014. It’s looking like movie…
Read onIn Fashion: Why Feminist T-Shirts Don’t Change Things
THE SAD TRUTH for people who like feminism, and T-shirts, and are wont to have a tiny, feminist-t-shirty orgasm when these two things combine: feminist…
Read onWeekend Rewind: The C-Word, Censorship & Neo-Nicki
WEEKEND REWIND is LadyClever’s round-up of important events and stories that made headlines over the weekend. Catch up on what you might have missed while you were…
Read onGone Girl’s Amy: Feminist Champion or Cruel Killer?
LET’S BE REAL. If you haven’t seen Gone Girl by now, are you ever going to? Not rhetorical; serious question — I’m wondering how much…
Read onScience and Feminism: Why Each One Needs the Other
WE TEND TO think of science as unbiased, objective, without political slant. However, science, like anything else – think education, health care, law – does…
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Profiles
Shelley Zalis Dispels the Myth of Emotion In the Boardroom
Shelley Zalis has had an eclectic career trajectory, to say the least. She began in the corporate world and transitioned to the tech world, where …
The Culinary Spirit of Chef Dominique Crenn
Dominique Crenn, known for her San Francisco restaurants Atelier Crenn (which has received two coveted Michelin stars) and Petit Crenn, is the World’s Best Female …
Ada Lovelace Day: Celebrating Women in Science
As the name implies, Ada Lovelace Day (ALD) is a day dedicated to Ada Lovelace. Just as importantly, it’s a day for celebrating the women …
Deanne Bell: Engineer, TV Host, & Education Advocate
When you talk about a modern-day Renaissance woman, Deanne Bell pretty much fits that bill to a T. Since she was a child, Bell was …