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History of Feminism

pipoman

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3. I just read the article and saw that. ..

Reply to gollygee (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 19, 2014, 06:16 AM

Mar 2014

"Why not? Name one successful book adaptation franchise that camefrom a woman writer. One. We're waiting ..."

I also saw this. ..Harry Potter, Twilight, Fifty Shades. .

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4 signs that 2014 was a shitty year for women in Hollywood [View all] gollygee Mar 2014 OP

seems pretty early in 2014 for this headline. .. pipoman Mar 2014 #1

Oh, should be "is" - I wrote it wrong gollygee Mar 2014 #2

I just read the article and saw that. .. pipoman Mar 2014 #3

Suzanne Collins... theHandpuppet Mar 2014 #4

Emma Thompson... theHandpuppet Mar 2014 #5

Was the writer asking specifically about franchises... theHandpuppet Mar 2014 #7

I don't know pipoman Mar 2014 #8

Well, okay then. theHandpuppet Mar 2014 #15

My response was a bit ambiguous on rereading it.. pipoman Mar 2014 #16

Got our wires crossed. theHandpuppet Mar 2014 #17

That was 1995 gollygee Mar 2014 #10

Um... not at all. theHandpuppet Mar 2014 #14

They're talking about women producing/writing/etc. in FILMS, not books films were adapted from gollygee Mar 2014 #9

That isn't what the quote I posted said at all. .. pipoman Mar 2014 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author gollygee Mar 2014 #12

It hasn't been a good decade for women in film Ghost of Tom Joad Mar 2014 #6

One thing I really like about watching AMC (American Movie Channel) theHandpuppet Mar 2014 #11

The 15% of Big Stars in Big Hits is not nearly as meaningful as this bit of the article: Bluenorthwest Mar 2014 #18

So the question becomes, is it the audience demographic that's changed? theHandpuppet Mar 2014 #19

Thank you. Good to see the salient point addressed redqueen Mar 2014 #21

It always sucks ismnotwasm Mar 2014 #20