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History of Feminism

gollygee

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10. That was 1995

Reply to theHandpuppet (Reply #7)

Wed Mar 19, 2014, 07:29 AM

Mar 2014

Obviously women write SOME screenplays but you have to go back to 1995 to find an example and you think that's an example that women are reasonably represented in the film industry? Really?

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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