Women

TV Writing Remains a White Man's World, WGA Study Finds

March 26, 2013 By Todd Cunningham 8 weeks ago

Women and minorites have gained chairs at the TV writing table over the past decade, but remain severely underrepresented

  

What Kind of Culture Accepts Media Violence Toward Women?

March 24, 2013 By Dan Bloom 8 weeks ago

Guest Blog: It's time to put an end to the exploitive use of photographs of women to sell anything and everything

  

Sexist Hollywood?: Women Still Struggle to Find Film Jobs, Study Finds

January 22, 2013 By Alexander C. Kaufman & Brent Lang 17 weeks ago

A new report from the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film shows the number of women directors fluctuated upward in 2012

  

Kamala D. Harris at Wrap Women Breakfast: We Need an Equal Number of Women and Men at the Table (Video)

December 15, 2012 By Wrap Staff 22 weeks ago

California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris urges more women to run for political office, and explains why diversity matters in positions of power

  

Pakistani Schoolgirl Shooting: Write, Paint, Pin, Tweet, Broadcast Outrage

October 10, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 31 weeks ago

What can we do to register our pure, searing outrage at the shooting of 14-year-old Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai, shot in the head by a Taliban thug?

  

Number of Women Working Behind-the-Scenes on Prime Time Rises

September 18, 2012 By Brent Lang 35 weeks ago

The number of female show creators and executive producers reached historic highs, according to a study by San Diego State University's Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film

  

More Female Documentary Directors, But Celluloid Ceiling Remains

August 28, 2012 By Brent Lang 38 weeks ago

Women represented 39 percent of documentary directors at film festivals, but only 18 percent of the directors of narrative features

  

If Women Ran Hollywood: 2012 Edition

July 26, 2012 By Martha Lauzen 42 weeks ago

Guest Blog: If women ran Hollywood, Wanda Sykes would reign as a long-term host on late-night network television, for starters

  

Why Can't Hollywood Handle Older Women and Sex?

May 30, 2012 By Ellen Besen 50 weeks ago

Guest blog: Too often male fantasies drive portrayals of mature females in Hollywood films. Women, and realism, would be better served by a more balanced approach

  

Female Opinion Writers Better Represented Online Than in Print Publications

May 30, 2012 By Brent Lang 51 weeks ago

Representation of women in the op-ed pages of The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times and The Wall Street Journal is on the rise

  

More Women in 2011's Top Movies, But Roles for Actresses are Lackluster

May 15, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Study from San Diego State University finds that women are less likely to be protagonists in movies and are less likely to be portrayed as leaders on screen

  

IOTG at Sundance 2012: Carrie Preston and Kelly Overbey Chat About Dangerous Dildos in 'That's What She Said'

January 26, 2012 By Cindy Kaplan & Jason Scoggins 1 year ago

ItsontheGrid sat down with the filmmakers from 'That's What She Said'

  

Historic Change as Women Directors Leave Mark at Cannes

May 13, 2011 By Sharon Waxman 2 years ago

Four women directors are screening films in the competition this year -- a record, according to festival organizers - and many more are competing in other categories

  

‘Community’s’ Dan Harmon: ‘Women Writers Give Deeper Laughs’ (or: Why Women Aren’t Funny Part II)

May 3, 2011 By Sharon Waxman 2 years ago

We continue to explore the myth that women are congenitally unfunny. Harmon thinks they're funnier than men

  

Glass Ceiling Report: Men Hold 'Vast Majority' of Top Jobs in Media

March 22, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

"Status of Women in News Media" report shows men still dominate newsrooms

  

A Thought for Women’s Day: Lucky, and Thanks to the Web

March 8, 2011 By Sharon Waxman 2 years ago

The internet has brought women another quantum leap forward -- the web doesn’t stare at your ass

  

Tina Brown on Newsweek: 'We're Really on the Zeitgeist With This Issue'

March 7, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Editor talks about redesigned newsweekly with the ladies of "The View"

  

Report: Despite Bigelow's Oscar, Celluloid Ceiling Higher Than Ever for Women

January 31, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 2 years ago

How bad is it? "Twilight" director Catherine Hardwicke says she couldn't even get a meeting to direct "The Fighter."

  

ESPN Launches New Brand for Women

December 7, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

The "Worldwide Leader" rolls out ESPNW on Web first

  

On Annette Bening’s Wrinkles and Lesbian Sex Scenes

November 17, 2010 By Sharon Waxman 2 years ago

Lisa Cholodenko shot Bening, 52, in the glory of her middle years, which feels like something brave and new

  

Women Crowded Out of the Picture in the 2010 Oscars Race

November 3, 2010 By Sharon Waxman 2 years ago

What do most of the awards-season favorites have in common? No female characters of any great consequence -- if any women at all

  

8 Outside Executives Named to Women at NBCU Advisory Board

September 27, 2010 By John Consoli 2 years ago

The think tank of top women executives from inside and outside NBCU will introduce "Brand Power Index"

  

Schwarzenegger Appoints Geena Davis to Women's Equality Panel

July 20, 2010 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

Actress named to the California's Commission on the Status of Women

  

Study: Despite Bigelow's Success, Women Directors in Decline

February 16, 2010 By Lisa Horowitz 3 years ago

Women writers dropped dramatically; number of female directors same as 1987

  

The Golden Women of 2009

December 2, 2009 By Brent Lang 3 years ago
  

Study: Number of Women Working in TV Stays Steady

August 24, 2009 By Amy Kaufman 3 years ago

The number of women working on broadcast network programs declined negligibly to 25 percent.