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RECOMMENDED READING (articles in bold denote pieces published at Bitch Flicks)

Come Summer, Is There a Real Woman in This Multiplex?

The 'Bechdel Rule,' Defining Pop-Culture Character

Charging Bias by Theaters, Female Playwrights to Hold Meeting

'Zack and Miri's' Banks Is Cashing in on Comedies

A Few Good Women

The Invisible Woman

No: The Ugly Truth 

How the Movies Made a President

Hollywood's Leading Man: How Pop Culture Tested the Waters for a Black President

A Big WTF to the NYT

An Entourage of Their Own

Centerfold Sentiments

Virgin/Whore: The Movie (Miss March review)

Miss March: The Comedians Behind "The Whitest Kids U' Know" Cram Their Film Debut With Boobs and Poo Jokes ...  

I Love You, Man: Paul Rudd and Jason Segel Star in a Bromantic Comedy That Leaves Behind Any Hope for Some Heart

I Love You, Man: Man-dating

I Love You, Man: Conform, Man, Conform

Dude Rules: A Response

A Dear John Letter to Romantic Comedies

Misogyny Still Reigns at the Box Office

Business Trip Wishes

Pay Discrimination in Hollywood, Who Knew?

The 50 Greatest Trailers of All Time

The Feminist Twilight Argument Intellectualized

Mad Men, Minus the Racist, Sexist Parts

Can Anybody Make a Movie for Women?

When TV Became Art: What We Owe to Buffy

2009 Was No Year of the Woman in Hollywood

How the Bechdel Test Could Save the Oscars

Working Women in Film

Reader Question: Finding Movies for Girls

Roxie's Watching: The Kids Are All Right

The Kids Are, Um, Maybe Less Odious Than We Thought?

Chilling Truths in Winter's Bone

Winter's Bone and the Limits of White Privilege, Part I

Winter's Bone and the Limits of White Privilege, Part II

Sex Education: Easy A Review

The End of 'Best Actress'?

And the Gender-Neutral Oscar Goes To ...

Where Are All the Women in Film?

The Black Side of Sundance

The Celluloid Ceiling Just Keeps Getting Higher and Higher

The Oscar Curse (or, Why It Stinks to Be a Successful Woman)

Women Still a Rarity in Top Film Jobs

Leading Ladies

The Top 15 Feminist Film Stars

The Girls on Film

The Super Bowl and Violence Against Females

Blue Valentine's Ryan Gosling: The New Voice of Feminism in Hollywood?

Pariah: A Film About a Black Lesbian Young Woman Finding Herself in White Het Male Supremacy

Lady Gaga Brings Cholas Back to Pop Culture--Like It or Not

Rediscovering WWII's Female 'Computers' 

Feminists in Focus: Reporting Back from the New York Jewish Film Festival, Yolande: An Unsung Heroine -- the Egyptian Jewish spy -- and Red Shirley

Athena Film Festival Not Just for Feminists

Prevent Official Release of Kanye West's Women-Hating Monster Video

A Challenge to the Farrelly Brothers

Athena Film Festival in Photos

No Shocker--Hollywood Is Sexist and Ageist

Movie Review: Just Go With It

Kanye West's Monster Misogyny

The Princess Complex

Death By Femininity, Again

Somewhere? Somewhat.

The Closing of the American Erotic

Icons, Superheroes and Fantasies a Feminist Can Love?

Misogyny and the 2011 Superbowl

Hollywood's Whiteout

Black Swan & Drag Me to Hell. Feminist Horror Fans Rejoice!

"Crazy Chicks Are Hot?" 8 Messed-Up Portrayals of Women Going Insane in Film

Classic Feminist Writings

Is Hollywood Pushing Black Actors to TV?

Tina Fey Stands Up for Working Moms (and Working Women) in Hollywood

Cut! Hollywood's Lady Troubles Go Way Back

A New Low: Bad Teacher Trailer

Neko Case Can't Get Laid!

At Home (and Away) with Agnes Varda

Why Are Films So Sexist?

Hall Pass: I Apologize to my Mother for the Review I'm About to Write

The Blue Valentine Conundrum: Why So Many Boring Women In Indie Film?

James Cameron the Feminist?

Insulting Chuck Lorre, Not Abuse, Gets Sheen Sidelined

30 Rock Takes on Feminist Hypocrisy--and Its Own

In Which We Have to Consider Why Shorty Always Wanna Be a Thug

The Women of !W.A.R.

Not Another Terrorised Film Female

Women in Film: Where Have All the Strong Women Gone?

Oscar Winner Geena Davis Hits Out at Hollywood's Female Stereotypes at UN Women Gala

Women Breaking Glass Ceiling in Malayalam Film Industry

Ladies Wear the Blue (1974)

The Disposable Woman


Feminism in Movies: Why You Should Care

Feminism Friday: Any Woman Worth Her Salt

A Question of Habit

Does Hollywood Discriminate Against Young Black Actors?

When It Comes to Non-white Characters in Fiction, Is It Better to Be Stereotyped, Tokenized, or Erased?

Why I Am No Longer a Sex And The City Fan

Annie Lennox: 'Women Need to Wake Up. There's So Much to Do'

Thelma and Louise and What Could Have Been

Girls on Film: Ten Women Who've Made Cinematic History

Activism 101: 16 Films About Violence Against Women

Creator of The Wire Issues Heartfelt Critique of the "War on Drugs"

A History of (Firsts) for Women in Film

Interview with Sherry Hormann, Director of Desert Flower

I Love Lucy: Radical Feminist Propaganda?

Icons of Black Female Empowerment

March Movies I Won't Be Seeing (And One I Might)

The Feministing Five: Anita Sarkeesian

Why I Am a Male Feminist

Horror Stories

Big Love Finale: Even Mormon Polygamists Fight About Gender Politics

Women, Gay and Black People Still Shown as Stereotypes in Film, says study

50 Best Movies for Women's History Month

Film Commission to Present Symposium on First Female Filmmaker

Women in Film Weigh in on Gender Gaps in Hollywood

The Group: Meet the Fierce and Funny Females About to Take Over Hollywood Together 

Tropes vs. Women: #1 The Manic Pixie Dream Girl

Winter's Bone Q and A

Pixar's Cars and Ableist Language

Sucker Punch (review): Fuk Yeah

Teaching Boys Feminism

Older Women Unhappy Over Their Portrayal in Films, survey shows

Sucker Punch and the Decline of Strong Woman Action Heroines

Tina Fey's Tough Girl Feminism

Clicks on a Keyboard: Dungeons, Dragons, and Trans-Feminism

Who Does She Think She Is?

Women In Media

O Apatow, Where Art Thou?

Oscar-Winner In a Better World's Box Office Slashed by Harsh Reviews UPDATED

The Misogyny Machine That Rules Hollywood Comedies

Women in Economy: Geena Davis on Her Career

Tropes vs. Women: #2 Women in Refrigerators

Helga's Makeover, Part One

Helga's Makeover, Part Two

Bloody Marvellous: The Bird's Eye View Film Festival

Anna Faris and Women at the Movies: Not a Pretty Picture

SNL, Helen Mirren's Boobs and Older Women's Sexuality

Net Neutrality Is Key for Women's Media

Is American Idol Having Its Most Racist, Sexist Season Yet?

CLPP 2011: Transfeminisms

Where Have All The Grrrls Gone?

Double Dare: Becoming a Stuntwoman in a Man's World

Life Imitates Art: Geena Davis Discusses How Gender Inequality on TV and in Movies Impacts Kids

The Jury Awards - International Women's Film Festival 2011

A Black Woman's Plea for Justified - The Red-State Western You Should Be Watching

Redefining Dora: From Explorer to Princess

Meek's Cutoff: Professor Kelly Reichardt's Filmmaking 101 Primer

Tropes vs. Women #3: The Smurfette Principle

Arianna Huffington Is a Sex Symbol

Jodie Foster: Even Female Studio Execs 'See Female Directors as a Risk'

Prom Early Reviews: Formulaic Tween Fantasy Flick or Stereotype Reinforcer?

Olivia Munn to Bring "Stiletto Feminism," Sandwich Hatred to Worst TV Show Ever

The Writers of the Summer Movies

The Love Story That Made Marriage a Fundamental Right

The 40% Figure

Scream 4: The First Mainstream Feminist Horror Film

People of Color, Still on the Fringe in "Fringe"

Fairy Tale Fest: Is It Really Disney's Fault?

Gosh, Sweetie, That's a Big Gun

Joy Keys talks with Author Susan J. Douglas About Enlightened Sexism

Sophia Loren Dazzles L.A. Yet Again

Hollywood Won't Learn: It's a White Summer Again

Dissed Identifications: Desi Stereotypes at the Expense of the Other [TV Correspondent Tryout] 

The Best Black Comedy You're Not Watching

Why Bridesmaids Matters

Eagerly Anticipating the Freedom Riders Documentary ...

Bridesmaids: A Triumph for Vomit, and Feminism

The Fall of the Female Protagonist in Kids' Movies 

Palme Pioneers: Women Directors at Cannes

DGA Says 'No' to Women

Thelma & Louise at 20 

The Tony Awards, 2011 

Tropes vs. Women: #4 The Evil Demon Seductress

At Cannes, Women With Diverse Visions

Hollywood's Diversity Problem Predictably Blamed On The Recession

Magazines, T.V. and Disney: The Negative Portrayal of Beauty in the Media

The 10 Most Powerful Women in Television 

Achilles Effect: Boys, Pop Culture, and Gender

Sound-Off: Is Beyonce Sending the Wrong Message? 

Film Corner: The Vow

Oh, WTF: "Sexy" Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Poster Misses the Fucking Point Entirely

Few Summer Movies Aimed at Women 

Tina Fey and Ellen: Making the F Word and the L Word OK for the Masses 

The Bitch High-Five: What's Your Least Favorite Summer Blockbuster Trope? 

What If Weddings Were Not Framed as "The Event That Will Change Everything"?

What's Wrong With This Picture? 

Feminism at the Movies: Understanding Gender in Contemporary Popular Cinema

On Geekdom and Privilege: Sympathy for the 'Pretty'?

Sex, Scripts, & Single Ladies
 
Riding the Bridesmaids Wave

Emmy Watch: Comedy Actresses Fischer, Poehler, Cuoco, Michele, Hatcher

Film Corner: Larry Crowne

A Note to Hollywood: "Maneater" and "Sexual Criminal" Are Not Interchangeable Terms

Bad Teacher (review)

The Racial Politics of X-Men

Human Rights Watch International Film Festival: The Price of Sex--directed by Mimi Chakarova

Movie Review: Polytechnique, A Fictional Killer of Women Who Is All Too Familiar

8 Real Women Who Deserve Their Own Action Movies

Bridesmaids Buries Hollywood's Fear of Feminism

July Movies I Won't Be Seeing (And One I Will)

Pop Pedestal: Captain Turanga Leela

Help Expose the Real Illusionists

The Idiot Box Goes Back to the Future

Great Sites About Women in the Media I Had to Share

Feminist Booster Club: Help a Native Filmmaker Finish Her Doc on LaDonna Harris

Pissed Off in a Huge Way

HBO, You're Busted

Hermione Granger: The Heroine Women Have Been Waiting For

Spotlight on the Samsung Women's International Film Festival

Mila Kunis Is SO HORRIBLE! (This, too, is sarcasm.)

2011 Kids' Movie Titles Feature 11 Male Stars 

Violence Against Women in Peru, and the Films of Claudia Llosa

Murder, She Blogged: Mrs. Columbo 

Film Corner! Review of Delhi Belly

The Hermione Granger Series: Feminist Criticism of Feminist Criticism 

Stop With the Twi-Hate Already (Thoughts on Comic-Con and Twilight Boycotting)

Arranged: Life in Left Field

A Brief Oral History of Melissa McCarthy's Huge Bridesmaids Performance

Marilyn Monroe Sculpture Puts the Wind Up Chicago Art Critics

Without Men: All About Men at the Expense of Latinas

Sigourney Weaver: "Every Woman Has a Secret Action Heroine in Her"

Lucille Ball Hitting the Comic Stands in August!

Five Feminisms from Women's Football

Girls on Film: Comic Con's Push for Geeks, Heroines, and Women-Driven Discussion

Kathryn Stockett Needs Help

Tropes vs. Women #5: The Mystical Pregnancy

Best Ever Hindi Films by Women Directors

The Feminist/Sexist See-Saw Ride of the 2011 Emmys

Tearing Down the Celluloid Ceiling

Under Siege: The Policing of Women and Girls in America

Joan Bakewell: Women Are Doing It For Themselves

Turn of the Tide? Women and Television

Hysteria TIFF Review: Tanya Wexler's Successful Mixture of Laughter, History, and Feminism

New Study Finds Nitrites Decrease Gayness

The Dawning Sky Is a Rare Japanese Feminist Film

Bunnies, Babies, and Broads: What Is TV Trying to Tell Us About Women?

Men's Television Protects Itself From the Female Threat

Film Personalizes Climate "Weathering" on Women

A Few Women in Film at the Toronto International Film Festival

That Glee Photo Shoot

Do We Need a Best Female Director Category?

On Rape, the Media, and the New York Times Clusterfuck

The Grass Is Not Always Greener: On Body Image and Illness

The Hollywood Concept of Collateral Beauty

Degrassi, Teens, and Rape Apologism

In Appreciation of Fathers Who Have Daughters

Kickstarter Helps Young Filmmakers Bypass Studio System

I Don't Know How She Does It: Most Misogynistic Film Reviews Ever

Tropes vs. Women Spotlight

Rom-Coms Don't Suck

Fall Television Preview: The Answer Is No

Flick Chicks: A Guide to Women in the Movies

Kickstarter Campaign for The Punk Singer Is Kathleen Hanna

Tomi-Ann Roberts on the Sexualization of Girls

CNN's "Gender Identity: A Change in Childhood"

Early Signs of a Bridesmaids Bump

The Cost of a Non-Diverse Media

Book Excerpt: Where Have All the Girl Bands Gone

Man Up: The CEO of "Light Beer" Takes Issue with Miller Lite

Why Is TV Suddenly Overstuffed With Buxom Bunnies, Sexy Stewardesses, and Charlie's Angels?

Sex, Gender, and Dancing with Chaz Bono

GLAAD Report: TV Got Less LGBT This Year

Where Are All the Sitcom Lesbians?

What If Women Were Piloting the Scripts Rather Than Just Starring in Them? A Review of Pan Am

I Watched the Fall Premieres So You Don't Have To

"Law and Order: Mutilated Women Unit" Ep Cleverly Appeals to Multiple Niche Fetishes at Once

No, Kirsten Dunst Does Not Like the Term "Manic Pixie Dream Girl"

The Highest Paid Women in Entertainment -- 2011

Sigourney Weaver's Preference for "Pure" Parts

Brooklyn Readies for the 14th Annual Reel Sisters Film Festival

Lynne Ramsay: "Just Talk to Me Straight"

Cracked.com Makes Obnoxious Assumptions While Critiquing Hollywood's Obnoxious Assumptions

We Interrupt This Broadcast . . . for an Occupy Wall Street Update

3 Women Share 2011 Nobel Peace Prize

Geek Girl Con: Feminism, Race, and Geek Culture

Eff You, Dr. Pepper: An Open Letter

Between the Personal and the Political: The Lawyer, Her Boss and Their Investigator

For Your Consideration: 13 Underdog Actresses That Deserve Oscar's Attention This Year

Feminist Ryan Gosling

Lifetime to Remake Steel Magnolias with All-Black Cast

Bringing Up Baby: Childbirth as Male Bonding Experience

Report: Reality TV Encourages "Mean Girl" Behavior in Teens

You Are Not Alone: Black Male Feminists in Action

Young Girls' T-Shirt Inventory Isn't Looking Good 

Films for the Feminist Classroom

Occupy Wall Street and Feminism and Misogyny (Oh My?)

Athena Film Festival Trailer Contest

Web Shows Trek Past Sci-Fi's Color Line

Leave Kim Alone!

Sugar in the Raw Delivers a Sweet Insult

BEV talks to Andrea Arnold about her latest triumph: Wuthering Heights

Pop Culture Really Does Tell You a Lot About How Screwed Up Americans Are

Fanboys, Feminism, and Frank Talk About Wonder Woman

Ricki Lake Delivers Maternal Health Awareness

14th Annual African American Women in Cinema Film Festival

Mom & Pop Culture: McGender: Unpacking the Happy Meal

Swiffer Reminds Us That Women Are Dirt

Why Facebook's "Occupy a Vagina" Event Is Not Okay 

Tilda Swinton: I Didn't Speak for Five Years

Are TV Ads Getting More Sexist?

Painful Baby Boom on Prime-Time TV

The Rebirth of the Feminist Manifesto

Sexy or Sexism? Redefine Sexy, Identify Sexism

Diverse Black Women Dominating Daytime TV

Chapstick Sticks It to Women

'How to Be a Gentleman' Cancelled

Is She Really With Him?

We'll Always Be Together: Girl-Gang Style in Movies