Sentences with phrase «by female writers»

She is urging publishers to pledge to only publish work by female writers in that year, and she talked about the «gender imbalance that exists in publishing, in terms of reviews, top positions in publishing houses, literary prizes, etc..»

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More than one book club told me I should be happy they selected my novel because they usually only selected novels by female writers.

Not exact matches

Brenda Chapman, an animation writer - director with a storied career (Disney's The Lion King, DreamWorks» The Prince of Egypt), made headlines three years ago when she penned a New York Times op - ed addressing her painful experience being removed as the first female feature film director for Pixar's Brave, a mother - daughter fairytale she created, and replaced by a male colleague.

Miley Cyrus and the female writers of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon led a special edition of the show's «thank - you notes» segment Wednesday night by reading personal thank - you notes to former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, who guested on Wednesday night's show.

These texts and studies do not exhaust the various ways in which women were perceived, and their roles commented upon, by writers of the early church, but they offer points of departure for a discussion on the contribution of women to the life and witness of the early church without forgetting that the «ancient sources and modern historians agree that primary conversion to Christianity was far more prevalent among females than among males» [13] in the time of the early church.

In the last ten years, this writer is one of her ardent admirers who is impressed by her academic accomplishments and enviable working experiences on the international scene including her contributions to Nigeria's economic development after her appointment as the first female Finance Minister and later first female Foreign Affairs Minister by President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2003 and 2006.

The tone of the letter was not affected by the writer's gender, reaffirming that both male and female evaluators have gender biases that disadvantage women when they are pursuing traditionally male - dominated roles, says Molly Carnes, a professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and co-director of the Women in Science and Engineering Leadership Institute, who was not involved in the study.

For female sports writers are harassed incessantly by male sports fans online.

I have a deep fondness for mystery novels written by English writers, many of them female.

A Tumblr blog revealing secrets of how to make a woman come, started by a young female writer, is making rounds in the blogosphere.

Beyond Braff at the helm, Going in Style is scripted by Theodore Melfi, the recently Oscar - nominated writer / director behind Hidden Figures, which similarly followed a trio of undervalued people — in that case, three brilliant - but - overlooked black female NASA scientists — and found a way to make its dramatic hamminess (mostly) work to its own advantage.

ABOUT THE AWFJ and EDA AWARDS The Alliance of Women Film Journalists, Inc. (AWFJ), a not - for - profit corporation, is an international association of leading professional female movie critics, reporters and feature writers working in print, broadcast and online media, dedicated to supporting film work by and about women — both in front of and behind the cameras — through intra-group promotional activities, outreach programs and by presenting the annual AWFJ EDA Awards in recognition of outstanding accomplishments (the best and worst) by and about women in the movies.

«More significantly, it stands as an extraordinary opportunity to challenge the prevalent norms in Hollywood by not only featuring an entirely female - leading cast but also a female writer / director, producer and DP.»

In the wake of #MeToo and the tidal wave of outrage over allegations of ongoing sexual misconduct by the likes of Harvey Weinstein, Brett Ratner, James Toback and many more, The New York Times reports that 300 prominent female actors, agents, writers, directors, producers and entertainment executives have formed a vast and ambitious initiative to fight systemic sexual harassment not only in Hollywood a but also in blue - collar workplaces nationwide.

Female critics award the highest average scores to films directed and written exclusively by males (67 %), followed closely by films directed by a woman and / or employing at least one woman writer (64 %).

In RUBY SPARKS, Paul Dano (THERE WILL BE BLOOD, LOOPER) is a struggling author, under the trap of writer's block and decides to find romance by creating a female character, that he believes will love him and then — somehow — he turns her into reality.

Perhaps in reaction to that criticism, Apatow has started to work with more female talent in a creative capacity, which includes producing an upcoming project by Lena Dunham, the writer / director of last year's SxSw favorite «Tiny Furniture.»

On Sunday, Blanchett, DuVernay and Stewart were joined by Patty Jenkins, Marion Cotillard, Salma Hayek, Agnes Varda and dozens of other female actors, directors, writers, producers and distributors to stand halfway up the red carpet, symbolizing the challenges women face to climb the industry ladder.

Here she plays Anne, a top writer for Elle in Paris, working on a feature article about female students supplementing their income by moonlighting as prostitutes.

Ashley Judd called for intersectionality in storytelling, followed by a powerful montage of diverse filmmakers explaining the necessity for minority voices; writer and star of The Big Sick, Kumail Nanjiani, remarked that if he was able to watch and be affected by films narrating straight white men all his life, then white men have no reason to feel out of place with BAME and female - led stories.

The movie is the latest exercise in comic noir by the writer / director Shane Black, and it shares a great many attributes with his terrific 2006 comeback film, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang: the two mismatched detectives and their more practical female associate, the convoluted plot that features intersecting crime cases — even the hand maimed in an unfortunate encounter with a closed door.

Whereas Edge of Spider - Verse # 2 explored what would happen if Gwen Stacy acquired the powers of Spider - Man, the original female wall - crawler returns with a new Marvel series envisioned by writer Dennis Hopeless and artist Greg Land.

Writer - director Shane Black's horribly enjoyable action comedy The Nice Guys is an jauntily arch return to this tradition, the story of two dishevelled and incompetent private detectives in 1970s Los Angeles — played by Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling — who have been expensively tasked with solving the mystery surrounding the death of a missing porn actress, and what other kind of fascinatingly damaged female character can there be?

With a script by Black List writers Brian and Jim Kehoe, Blockers is the directorial debut of Kay Cannon, who has plenty of experience working on female - driven comedies.

Who: Oscar Isaac, Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander and Sonoya Mizuno What: A young programmer is selected to participate in a breakthrough experiment in artificial intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a breathtaking female A.I.. When: April 10th Why: Writer Alex Garland has worked almost exclusively in the science fiction genre, so it comes as no surprise that his directorial debut occupies a similar space.

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists, Inc. (AWFJ), a not - for - profit corporation, is an association of professional female movie critics, reporters and feature writers working in print, broadcast and online media, dedicated to supporting work by and about women — both in front of and behind the cameras — through intra-group promotional activities, outreach programs and by presenting annual EDA Awards in recognition of outstanding accomplishments (the best and worst) by and about women in the movies, and EDA Awards at selected film festivals throughout the year.

Also worthy of mention is Hit the Night, the sophomore feature by writer - director Jeong Ga - young (Bitch on the Beach), which cements her reputation as the younger, female version of Hong Sangsoo.

It is part of the «Time's Up» campaign, an initiative created by several hundred actresses and female agents, writers, directors and entertainment executives to fight sexual misconduct across the country since revelations about alleged crimes by producer Harvey Weinstein.

Hodson's early credits include the recent female - driven thrillers Shut In and Unforgettable, the latter of which was made by Warner Bros., which clearly feels comfortable relying on this up - and - coming writer.

Beatriz at Dinner is not what you might expect from a writer of Nacho Libre and the female lead of the Grown Ups movies, but neither Mike White nor Salma Hayek deserves to be identified purely by their biggest commercial successes.

Already making waves by exclusively hiring female directors, writers, and producers, this steamy period drama follows the lives of sex workers in 18th century London.

ABOUT THE ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS: AWFJ, a not - for - profit corporation, is an international association of professional female movie critics, reporters and feature writers working in print, broadcast and online media, dedicated to raising the volume on women's voices in the film community by broadening opportunities for women who write about film and supporting films by and about women — both in front of and behind the cameras — through intra-group promotional activities, outreach programs and by presenting EDA awards in recognition of outstanding accomplishments (the best and worst) by and about women in the movies.

Behind The Screens: Panels Master Classes Conversations MVFF38 hosted a total of six panels, which included such luminaries as Ed Arentz, Managing Director Music Box Films; Ira Deutchmann, Founder Fine Line Features; production designer Judy Becker; director Valerie Weiss; Russ CollinsFounder / Director Art House Convergence; producer / writer Komal Minhas; and director Christopher Coppola as well as three master classes, including Bobby Roth: A Director Prepares, a Conversation with Catherine Hardwicke and The Heroine's Journey: Writing and Selling the Female - Driven Screenplay, led by screenwriter Pamela Gray and story consultant Tom Schlesinger.

ABOUT THE AWFJ and EDA AWARDS The Alliance of Women Film Journalists, Inc. (AWFJ), a not - for - profit corporation, is an international association of leading professional female movie critics, reporters and feature writers working in print, broadcast and online media, dedicated to supporting film work by and about women — both in front of and behind the cameras — through intra — group promotional activities, outreach programs and by presenting the annual AWFJ EDA Awards in recognition of outstanding accomplishments (the best and worst) by and about women in the movies.

When The Breaker Upperers debuted at Austin's South by Southwest film festival in March of this year, it was to the kind of uproarious international delight that Kiwi culture so fitfully feeds on - so much so that Variety described writer - director - stars Jackie van Beek and Madeleine Sami «a female version of Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement»....

Take the two main female characters in Mudbound, which writer - director Dee Rees adapted from a screenplay by Virgil Williams (based on Hillary Jordan's book) to be a story of two families, one white and one black, scraping by on a Mississippi farm.

While only one female writer / director has broken that barrier — Greta Gerwig for Lady Bird — there are so many other provocative stories told by women that got the shaft, like Mudbound, Detroit, Novitiate, and Battle of the Sexes.

His 16 - year - old sister, Shuri (Letitia Wright), is the smartest person in the world, and he is guarded by an elite female force who, according to writer Ta - Nehisi Coates's reboot of the story, are more equal than subservient: not just black and proud, but also feminist.

The Atlantic piece ends by reminding us that «the absence of women film critics has been in the news recently thanks to Meryl Streep, who questioned in October how having so few women writers might affect the reception of female - centric films,» while noting that «There are no headlines recently about the representation of other races or sexual orientations, though they deserve many of their own.»

This unforgettable, unforgiving dissection of the imbalanced relationship between a haughty fashion designer (Margit Carstensen) and a beautiful but icy ingenue (Hanna Schygulla)-- based, in a sly gender reversal, on the writer - director's own desperate obsession with a young actor — is a true Fassbinder affair, featuring exquisitely claustrophobic cinematography by Michael Ballhaus and full - throttle performances by an all - female cast.

The Dora Milaje, the Black Panther's elite all - female bodyguards, are movingly led by actress Danai Gurira (who plays Okoye) and breathtaking in their dominance when protecting their king, a nod to the»90s run of writer Christopher Priest.

Finally, including work by a younger, female writer meets the standards» call for diversity of all kinds.

My twins were four when, by chance, I happened on a newspaper article profiling three female writers.

A «writer» by strict definition is «one who writes,» male or female.

A male writer is taken to task by his female muse for his unfortunate penchant for killing off the women he writes about in Oyeyemi's imaginative fourth novel, which shares Gone Girl's interest in violence against women and the dark side of marriage.

Now, here comes a generalization... With many writers, you can tell if they are male or female by their writing style.

Has any female writer ever been considered a threat by a male one?

ESSAYS WITH ATTITUDE Frank and fearless — there's no better way to describe The Bitch Is Back, a collection of 25 essays contributed by some of today's top female writers.