Tag: Feminism

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    Amy Picknell

    Shakespeare’s heroines vs Kim Kardashian: Who is the better role model for women?

    Amy Picknell digs into whether Jane Lunnon’s claim about Kim K vs Cleopatra is in any way fair, and has a look at the role of the role model.

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    Sophie Trenear

    Raindance Film Festival review: Her Composition

    Writer Sophie begins her coverage of the 24th Raindance Film Festival with Stephan Littger’s directorial debut, which explores feminism and artistic individuality.

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    Sophie Trenear

    Review: Ghostbusters

    Writer Sophie reviews the brand new all female cast reboot of the classic Ghostbusters

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    Laurence Russell

    Dan Aykroyd saw the new Ghostbusters and liked it, are we being too harsh on reboots?

    In a statement recently, Dan Aykroyd has said that he is fond of the new Ghostbusters. Why then, are we so unwilling to give it, and other modern reboots, a chance?

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    Rehana Nurmahi

    Notes on News: Since when was ‘Too Female’ a criticism?

    Future Features Editor Rehana takes aim at the CBS execs who claimed Nancy Drew ‘skewed too female’ to be commissioned for a whole series.

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    Anneka Honeyball

    Southampton report finds that only one fifth of UK film workers in 2015 were female

    The University of Southampton’s ‘Calling the Shots’ project has revealed some worrying statistics about the UK film industry.

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    Georgia Simpson

    Notes on News: Closing the wage gap – why Hollywood needs to pay its stars fairly

    Head of Relations, Georgia offers her thoughts on the current gender-based dispute over Hollywood pay cheques.

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    Caitriona Hanly

    Suffragette promotion sparks heated public reaction

    A photoshoot featuring the stars of the film wearing T-shirts that say “I’d rather be a rebel than a slave” have caused controversy among online circles.

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    Georgia Simpson

    Trailer released for documentary following the life of Malala Yousafzai – watch

    The young activist visited The Daily Show last night (18th June) to share the trailer for her documentary, He Named Me Malala.

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    Cameron Ridgway

    Sandi Toksvig claims BBC didn’t choose her as Have I Got News for You host due to gender

    The comedian and broadcaster has claimed that the BBC didn’t choose her as the original host of the satirical TV news quiz show because she was a woman.

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    Georgia Simpson

    Angelina Jolie attends African Union summit

    The award-winning actress sat on a panel of foreign leaders to deliver a speech at the summit.

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    Hannah Mylrea

    Inspirational Women: Beyoncé

    Records Editor, Hannah, explains why Beyoncé is the ultimate inspiration to her.