Stories by Melissa Silverstein
Melissa Silverstein is the writer and editor of Women & Hollywood.
What's a film-loving feminist to do? Don't let the label deter. There are many films worth seeing that get pegged as chick flicks.
Posted on Mar 23, 2009, Source: Women's Media Center
Hollywood decides to tangle with a film dedicated to poverty and desperation, directed by a woman. Amazing.
Posted on Feb 14, 2009, Source: Women's Media Center
Katherine Heigl regularly speaks up about sexism in Hollywood. For that, she is labeled ungrateful and her career has been declared dead.
Posted on Jul 31, 2008, Source: Huffington Post
Founders Nancy Gerstman and Emily Russo talk about how to thrive in the indie film world.
Posted on Jun 27, 2008, Source: Women & Hollywood
Brick Lane tells a story rarely heard or seen in popular culture: an immigrant woman's experience in an arranged marriage.
Posted on Jun 24, 2008, Source: Women & Hollywood
Female documentary filmmakers have achieved a level of success that has eluded women in the fiction film business.
Posted on Jun 20, 2008, Source: The Women's Media Center
Sex and the City killed at the box office. Maybe now Hollywood will stop only making movies geared at teen boys.
Posted on Jun 3, 2008, Source: The Women's Media Center
Less than a fifth of Hollywood's screenwriters are women, and the reasons behind this disparity are less than encouraging.
Posted on Jun 4, 2007, Source: Women's Media Center
As an alternative the teen-targeted summer blockbusters, look beyond the multiplex for films that highlight women's stories.
Posted on May 5, 2007, Source: AlterNet
A new film asks whether the Dixie Chicks paid a higher price for speaking out against Bush because they're women.
Posted on Nov 3, 2006, Source: Women's Media Center
Why are there not more women directing movies? Because gender disparity runs rampant throughout the Hollywood studio system.
Posted on Aug 3, 2006, Source: Women's Media Center
A new documentary highlights a growing issue for women's sports: What happens when a player gets pregnant?
Posted on Jun 13, 2006, Source: Women's Media Center
Showtime’s new series "The L Word" is supposed to be a groundbreaking show that reflects the lives of lesbians. Sadly, it’s not.
Posted on Jan 30, 2004, Source: AlterNet
