Seeking catharsis through gripping, unconventional dramas? There are plenty of shows featuring compelling feminist characters streaming on Netflix to carry you through the coming months.
Tag: Media
We Heart: The “Mrs. Files” and Women’s Right to Their Own Names
How many women and feminist trailblazers have been historically called by their partners’ names—boiling them down to the mere “Mrs.” version of their husbands?
The answer: a lot.
Feminist Faves: Netflix Shows to Binge this Summer (Comedy)
Looking for a smart comedy to take your mind off the current state of the world? there are plenty of shows featuring compelling feminist characters streaming on Netflix to carry you through the coming months.
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“Fundamental” Film Shows Importance of Grassroots Organizing, During COVID and Always [WATCH]
Brought to life by two-time Academy Award winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, “Fundamental” is a documentary film series highlighting the stories and voices behind grassroots organizations and community mobilizers working to support and uplift marginalized and historically oppressed people and communities around the world.
Feminist Faves: Netflix Shows for Kids Featuring Strong Girls and Women
Parents around the country (including feminist professor and media scholar Aviva Dove-Viebahn) have spent more time recently browsing streaming services like Netflix in search of fun—and feminist—content. Dove-Viebahn and her six-year-old daughter are happy to recommend these five kid-friend feminist faves!
We Heart: Time’s Retrospective “100 Women of the Year” List
For 72 years, TIME named a Man of the Year. In 1999, they changed it to Person of the Year. Even then, only 11 women made the cover. This year, TIME created 89 new covers to recognize women who have defined the past century.
Meet the Teen Feminist Filling the Gap Between Immigrants and Local News
Immigrants and refugees often do not have access to local news—and central Ohio teen Saideepika Rayala created a solution.
Who Writes the Herstory of Animation?
The launch of Disney+ raised a critical question: To what extent can a multinational conglomerate further social equality when it has so much prejudice in its past? (And why isn’t “The Proud Family” available to stream?)
The Urgency of Making Better Feminist Media
Have we done enough to tear back the tarpaulin on the facts, in front of our eyes, that we have allowed lives to be ranked into the valued and the less valued, the precious and the not? Have we reported effectively, yet, on how we have permitted unimaginable luxury and comfort to pile up on the one side, and poison and peril to rain down on the other? And have we given anyone any clear ideas about how might live together differently in happier relationships with each other and planet earth?
When Abortion Becomes Ordinary
When TV comedies like Shrill tackle abortion, they do away with the drama.