Results for: representation
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GLAAD Studio Responsibility Index Reveals Queer Women Basically Don’t Exist In Movies
“Yep, that’s right. Out of 314 major Hollywood film releases, one single film — Melissa McCarthy’s Tammy — passed the Vito Russo test with queer female characters.”
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GLAAD’s Studio Responsibility Index On Gay Representation Recalls Last Year’s Awful Movies
“Of the 101 films released last year by the six major studios, only five films contained any semblance of queer lady representation.”
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IFP’s “Fresh Faces” Highlights So Many Rad Female Indie Filmmakers
Despite a continued male dominance of the media industry, a number of talented women are working hard to make their mark in the arena of indie film.
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Bollywood’s More Gay-Friendly Than Ever — So Where Are All the Queer Women?
While queer visibility is rising in Bollywood films, there is still a long ways to go for queer women.
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The Mako Mori Test is Here to Fill Another Spot on Your Feminist Film Criticism Toolbelt
For a long time the Bechdel test has seemingly been the only tool we have to examine sexist trends in Hollywood. Now, thanks to Pacific Rim, the Mako Mori test is here to help.
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We Are The Night: The Triumph of the Lesbian Vampire Trope
Zombies have pretty much replaced vampires at this point, but you know what they haven’t replaced? Lesbian vampires, like those in the forthcoming “We Are The Night.”