The Feminist Lens Archives - Ms. Magazine

In ‘My So-Called Selfish Life,’ Therese Shechter Tackles What It Means To Be Child-Free

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 23:26:00 +0000

Earlier this month, Pope Francis once again called childless couples “selfish,” extolling the virtues of parenthood as essential to the human experience and sparking a significant backlash. Thank goodness, then, that there’s the perfect film waiting in the wings to counter this baseless claim: award-winning filmmaker Therese Shechter’s newest documentary, "My So-Called Selfish Life."

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Feminist Lens: Patricia Vidal Delgado’s Insightful First Feature Confronts Imperialism, Past and Present

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 17:23:00 +0000

"La Leyenda Negra," available on HBO Max and HBO Latino, is a rare gift, offering glimpses into the contradictory forces at work in the coming of age of Latinx teenagers in contemporary America.

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Feminist Lens: Zahra Rasool, Naima Ramos-Chapman and Immersive AR/VR Installation “Still Here”

Fri, 31 Jul 2020 12:29:00 +0000

Produced by Al Jazeera Contrast, and created by Zahra Rasool, Sarah Springer and VR 360 writer and director Naima Ramos-Chapman, "Still Here" meditates on the prison industrial complex, urban gentrification and the experience of formerly incarcerated women.

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Feminist Lens: Cheryl L. Bedford’s Vision for a Diverse and Inclusive Hollywood

Thu, 18 Jun 2020 20:24:00 +0000

Founder of the largest—and one of the only—diversity and inclusion initiatives focused exclusively on women of color in the film and television industry, Cheryl L. Bedford sees no use in maintaining the status quo.

"I used to say that women of color need to work twice as hard to be considered half as good; that’s what I was told as I was growing up. Now, I say that women of color should be able to be like mediocre white men and still get hired."

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The Feminist Lens: Nia Malika Dixon Tells Stories for Black, Muslim Women

Wed, 16 Oct 2019 16:00:58 +0000

"The world needs to see us. The world needs to see everybody, you know? People don't know these stories, unless we write them."

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The Feminist Lens: Tess Paras Talks #MeToo Movies and Inclusive Casting

Wed, 18 Sep 2019 20:39:10 +0000

"I was reading all this stuff about feminism every day and trying to think about these large questions and I thought, what’s a comedic take on it?"

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The Feminist Lens: Why Michele Meek Celebrates a Diversity of Icons in Film

Thu, 29 Aug 2019 00:27:01 +0000

"It’s always a problem of calling attention to the discrimination that exists and then also not wanting to have to think about gender anymore. Yeah, that would be great, but we’re not there yet."

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