“I Am Neda”—Beyond the Icon
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The author, founder of Feminist.com, interviews the first-time filmmaker who is winning awards for her documentary on the woman whose death on the streets of Tehran helped kindle Iran's democracy movement. More »
Innovative Women’s Museum Opens in Santa Fe
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Native American women artists have a home of their own in New Mexico, thanks to the dedication of a third generation painter whose grandmother came from the Santa Clara pueblo. More »
Filmmaker Explores India’s Complex Identity
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In "The World Before Her," Nisha Pahuja looks at the extremes of India's evolving notions of gender. More »
Film’s Independent Women
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The author, the leading expert on the status of women working in film and television, has good news about women's progress in directing documentary films. Her question: are indie women in the pipeline to top Hollywood jobs? More »
The Glamorous Lure of Hollywood Violence
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Perhaps we shouldn't be surprised, the author suggests, when citizens see themselves as heroic while committing mass murder. More »
Feel Like Letting Your Geek Flag Fly?
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Previously male-dominated pursuits relating to science and technology are increasingly the domain of proudly geeky women, who are gathering in Seattle for a one-of-a-kind convention. More »
Rashida Jones Creates a Thinking Woman’s Romantic Comedy
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With partner Will McCormack, Rashida Jones writes a role for herself that defies the clichés of the genre, in Celeste and Jesse Forever, a film which opens today in New York and Los Angeles. More »
Egyptians Mobilize Against Sexual Harassment
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In Cairo, performers and artists take to the streets to make them safe for women. More »
Women Missing from Emmy Nominations
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The nominees for the 64th Annual Emmy Awards demonstrate once again how women's voices are missing or underrepresented in Hollywood. More »
Life in Lady Writer Heaven
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Solitude in a "cottage-of-one's-own" came to this writer with some unexpected challenges. More »
