Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation in politics, on boards, in sports and entertainment, in judicial offices and in the private sector in the U.S. and around the world—with a little gardening and goodwill mixed in for refreshment!
Tag: Women in Film and TV
Making the Poet’s Choice: “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” A Stunning Film About Art and Love
Halfway through French director Céline Sciamma’s inspiring period drama “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” it occurred to me: There had not been a single man on screen for over an hour.
A Look Back at “High Art” and its Legacy
Twenty-two years later, “High Art” (1998)—director Lisa Cholodenko’s first feature film—resonates simultaneously as a timeless meditation on love, loss and art and as a trenchant drama with distinctive roots in 1990s aesthetics, culture and social issues.
Suffrage and the Challenges Ahead
Although women have certainly made strides toward equality since suffrage, obstacles still face voters of all genders at the polls.
Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation: Feminists Cope with Coronavirus
Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation in politics, on boards, in sports and entertainment, in judicial offices and in the private sector in the U.S. and around the world—with a little gardening and goodwill mixed in for refreshment!
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.
What Suffrage Made Possible for Modern Women
We all owe the suffragists who secured the vote. Use it!
Winning the Vote: Momentum and Division
In “The Bostonians,” the North—represented by Olive Chancellor, a wealthy woman’s rights advocate—and the South—represented by the anti-feminist womanizer and very sensual Basil Ransome—fight for control over Verena Tarrant, a young woman with a talent for public speaking who is the daughter of greedy spiritualists and the granddaughter of abolitionists.
Women’s Rights and American Citizenship
Work, business, labor and suffrage are not feminine in “Making an American Citizen,” a 1912 film by Alice Guy Blaché.
Suffragists on Celluloid
The fight to secure voting rights for American women has a long and complicated history. Hollywood’s depictions of suffrage struggles and their aftermath have a history of their own.