Sentences with phrase «most of the women writers»

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A woman alone behind the desk, with the microphone in front of her and a posse of the best writers in the country behind her, is in one of the most significant positions of influence in American popular culture.

And Zora Neale Hurston, one of the most renowned Afro - American woman writers, wrote reactionary essays (some of which appeared in the Reader's Digest) and gave her allegiance to the Republican Party — facts often overlooked by her contemporary feminist followers.

But for the most part, the author admits the evils embedded in Greek civilization, among which one can easily name the constricted life of most women, the demagoguery of so many politicians, and worst of all the degradation of the slave's life (he quotes the medical writer Galen who once saw an owner poke his slave's eye out with a reed pen).

One of America's most admired writers, Mary Cordon writes about women's choices and about moral and spiritual struggles in the context of strong family connections.

Writer and poet Jeanette Leblanc once wrote, «A circle of women may just be the most powerful force known to humanity.

«This important tax credit will help women and minority writers and directors break into the film industry here in New York City, one of the most diverse places in the world.»

A version of this hypothesis has been around since Greeks theorized that all living things came from the sea, but it gained the most popularity in 1972, when Elaine Morgan, an award - winning Welsh television writer, advocated for it in her book The Descent of Woman.

My 18 years in the fitness world as a writer for Men's Health and Women's Health magazines has shown me the dark side of most exercise advice being pitched today.

Most guys develop a terminal case of writers block when it comes to writing a successful dating profile, but the most attractive local women expect a masterpiMost guys develop a terminal case of writers block when it comes to writing a successful dating profile, but the most attractive local women expect a masterpimost attractive local women expect a masterpiece.

Our writers cover what means most to women 50 +: the The production of Technical Specifications for a 3rd Generation Mobile System based on the evolved GSM core networks.

It all sounds like a recipe for the most noxious liberal jerk - off movie since «Crash,» but in the hands of writer - director Richard LaGravenese, Freedom Writers turns out to be a superb piece of mainstream entertainment — not an agonized debate over the principles of modern education à la «The History Boys,» but a simple, straightforward and surprisingly affecting story of one woman who managed to make a difference.

With «Before Midnight,» writer - director Richard Linklater and actors Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy continue one of the most interesting projects in film history: a movie franchise based almost entirely on simple conversations between a woman and man.

Women writing reviews were most likely to hold the job title of staff writer (35 %), followed by film critic (29 %), freelancer (29 %), or some other type of critic (8 %).

Women were most likely to hold the job title of staff writer, whereas men were most likely to hold the job title of film critic.

Though Brian's struggles as a writer give 5 To 7 a necessary note of self - deprecation, it's his inexperience that comes through most in his dalliance with a married woman, which sometimes plays like Ben Braddock and Mrs. Robinson with an international twist.

Still, there's no question she's going to win by one of the evening's most surgically - enhanced margins, especially considering Judd Apatow (once considered the writer to beat in this category before a woman writer stated her «Papa Don't Preach» case) is not among her competition.

With Wonder Woman back in the cultural zeitgeist (if the most famous female superhero ever really left it), writer / director Angela Robinson's film serves as a superhero origin story in a more literal and more literary - criticism meaning of the phrase.

If Fiennes and Paltrow's charming lead turns as, respectively, the Bard and Lady Viola, the woman who melts away his writer's block and inspires Romeo and Juliet, is the lifeblood of this film, then its vigorous body is the deliciously witty script by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard, full of great lines (most delivered by Judi Dench's Queen Elizabeth) and peppered with intelligent details (sly allusions to Shakespeare's Twelfth Night).

The first Queen Elizabeth was one of the most compelling women in history and she remains an enigma that TV writers love trying to decipher.

Strained of much of its Englishness by the casting of American leads and a relocation from 1892 England to 1930 Italy, A Good Woman earns most of its good will from those Wildean epigrams, many pilfered from elsewhere in the writer's repertoire.

Hardly the mere home invasion thriller it's been marketed as, this is an angry film for an angry time, a heavy, at times lumbering, allegorical work about woman and man, nature and God, painstakingly made from a script the writer - director claims he dashed off in five days; its unrefined, somewhat all - purpose symbolism is evidence of an almost demonic process, and its confusions, self - lacerations, and silliness would be less welcome if Aronofsky hadn't in the process mounted the most technically impressive filmmaking of his career.

Director Craig Gillespie (REAL GIRL) and writer Steven Rogers (HOPE FLOATS) take this idea and skate on the edge, right along with Tonya who becomes the first woman to land a triple axel in competition as well as the most reviled figure in all of skating.

«Return,» writer / director Liza Johnson's debut feature, fits the «Soldier's Home» template; most of the issues are similar, but being a woman surely shades some of them.

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women is one of the most unique, intriguing, and thought - provoking films coming out this year, and I had the pleasure of sitting down and talking with the film's writer - director, Angela Robinson, who shed a bit of light on her process and her preconceived notions when making the film.

From Private Benjamin to Something's Got ta Give, writer / director Nancy Meyers has created and championed some of the most memorable complicated women characters on the screen.

When Joanna Russ, one of the few successful female science - fiction writers, died last year, her obituary in The New York Times referred to her as a writer who helped «deliver science fiction into the hands of the most alien creatures the genre had yet seen — women.»

Meet «Carrie,» the quintessential young writer looking for love in all the wrong places...» Mr. Big,» the business tycoon who drifts from one relationship to another...» Samantha Jones,» the fortyish, successful, «testosterone woman» who uses sex like a man... not to mention «Psycho Moms,» «Bicycle Boys,» «International Crazy Girls,» and the rest of the New Yorkers who have inspired one of the most watched TV series of our time.

Alice Walker discusses By the Light of My Father's Smile, being one of the most censored writers in the U.S., women's sexuality, and much more.

Most aspiring writers who write romance are women, for the most part they start writing on year 2 - 3 of the kids lMost aspiring writers who write romance are women, for the most part they start writing on year 2 - 3 of the kids lmost part they start writing on year 2 - 3 of the kids life.

I also toss in the fact that two of the most talented women I know, one writer and the premier filk singer of our time, are both engaged in crushing physical labor, because they can't afford to pay someone else to do it for them.

It's also fitting that a bridge honouring the female half of the world is in a neighbourhood where most of its streets are named after important women in Argentine history, like Alicia Moreau de Justo, the wife of Argentine political leader and writer Juan B. Justo (who has his own street in Palermo).

My father is William Julius Wilson, a famous academic in the field of urban poverty and race relations; my mother spent most of her young life in a convent then «busted out» to raise a family and started making artists books; my brother is a spiritual speaker and Bitcoin enthusiast; my one half sister is a powerhouse business woman; the other half sister was a lesbian erotica writer but transitioned to writing romance novels and is now a conservative and a huge Trump supporter.

However, an interesting question has arisen, introduced by some of the most talented women artists and writers.

Here She Comes Now: Women in Music Who Have Changed Our Lives features essays by 22 writers, most of them wWomen in Music Who Have Changed Our Lives features essays by 22 writers, most of them womenwomen.

is a musical entertainment celebrating the wit and wisdom of one of Britain's most beloved comediennes, as performed by Catherine Flye, one of Washington's favorite actors, and From April 13 to April 29, 2018, I Did It My Way in Yiddish (in English) features the internationally acclaimed Jewish Canadian, comic performer, musician and writer Deb Filler, a one - woman tour de force in a jam - packed, music - filled show.

Through our global network of local writers, we are continuing our award - winning coverage of global and local environmental challenges, with a focus on the people for whom the ecosphere matters in a direct way: rural dwellers who have little means to protect themselves against adverse conditions; communities that need to switch to sustainable development in order to survive; poor women and children, who are the most vulnerable in natural disasters.Sponsored by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and The World Bank (WB), IPS also maintains the award - winning Tierramérica, a specialised information service on environment and development.