Tagged: women and feminism

Choose Your Own Method of Resistance

“Resist” — with “persist” coming a close second, thanks to Mitch McConnell — is the word for 2017.

The Feminism of: Rihanna

From her entrance to the world of popular music to her most recent album, Rihanna has held our attention, surprised us, and transformed before our eyes.

Moonfaze Feminist Film Festival Emphasizes Diversity

Hollywood and the film industry have long had a major problem with equality when it comes to anyone who isn’t a straight, white male. While this fact isn’t news to anyone, it has increasingly been brought to the forefront of our nation’s social consciousness in the past few years.

A Primer on the Caribbean’s Intersectional Feminism

We all know that feminism, in its simplest form, is defined as the belief that men and women should have equal rights.

Season 2 of Jessica Jones Will be Directed by Women

Melissa Rosenberg, executive producer of Netflix Original Series Jessica Jones, has revealed that season 2 of the critically-acclaimed show would be directed exclusively by women directors. While the production team had already made a commitment to hiring women directors for the season, they decided to double down on that commitment and go the full nine yards, Rosenberg told attendees at the Transforming Hollywood 7: Diversifying Entertainment conference held in Los Angeles last Friday.

The Feminism of: Serena Williams, Tennis Superstar

Athlete, fashionista, businesswoman, and role model, Serena Williams is a feminist icon. She embodies authentic, innate feminism with confidence, physical and mental strength, and indomitable spirit.

Women’s Perspectives in Stranger Things: A Primer

Unless you’ve been living under a rock and without WiFi, you’ve heard of Stranger Things. The über-Eighties homage has taken the world by storm. What’s more, the women’s perspectives in Stranger Things continue Netflix’s burgeoning legacy as a hub for great, woman-friendly television.

5 Reasons People Have Bad Blood With Taylor Swift

POP PRINCESSES COME AND GO, but Taylor Swift is determined to stay.

We Need the Kind of Sisterhood They Have In Iceland

JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT Iceland couldn’t get any cooler, women across the nation join forces, en masse, in a social media movement designed to eradicate cattiness…

Happy birthday to artist and feminist Frida Kahlo. You were and continue to be magic – no maybes about it.

Here’s Obama’s Chance to Really Prove His Feminism

“THIS is what a feminist looks like.” President Obama made history again on June 14, 2016, when he became the first sitting president to call…

Is Netflix the Future of Feminist Entertainment?

JENJI KOHAN, creator of Weeds, will return to the home of Orange Is the New Black — also one of her projects — as the executive…