For the first time, there were as many female leads in family films as male leads, according to a new study. The Geena Davis Institute on Gender and Media released these findings regarding films from ...
A new remake of “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” replaces controversial sexist lines like “Beautiful, what’s your hurry?” to “I’ll call a car and tell ’em to hurry.” Following last year’s controversy over the classic holiday ...
The addition of shows like FX’s Pose and the new Batwoman series brought the number of LGBTQ characters on primetime television to a new high but GLAAD is aiming even higher. The percentage of regular ...
The International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF’s) victory at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against Caster Semenya over the DSD rule casts a long shadow on athletics. (By Leslie Xavier, NewsClick.In) Caster Semenya ...
A recent study on family films found that female lead characters do the best at the box office, but male protagonists still outnumber them 2 to 1. One of the key findings in a new ...
“The SENATE sucks but HOLLYWOOD sucks even more!” Twenty years after activist-artists Guerrilla Girls papered film festivals and billboards in protest over a lack of female film directors, the group is back with the same message, proving ...
In 1970, Ruth Bader Ginsburg took up a tax law case that changed the face of gender discrimination law forever. Felicity Jones plays Ruth Bader Ginsburg in a new movie about the landmark 1972 case ...
Star Wars actor Mark Hamill got political on Twitter this week, in support of the record number of women who won during the midterm elections, but does the public agree with him? Hamill posted a ...
Doctor Who will be played by a woman for the first time, but not everyone is happy with the new trend of turning male characters into females – including some women. The long-running British television ...
The new documentary Bad Reputation gives you a behind the scenes look at Joan Jett’s wild ride and rise through the music industry. The focus of a new documentary called Bad Reputation, veteran rock star ...
This editorial is one part in a two-part series offering different perspectives on Brett Kavanaugh and the #MeToo Movement. Read the counter-perspective: “If Kavanaugh Confirmation Is Derailed The Future Of Men Goes With It“ There is ...
Marches were organized in all nine provinces in the country and also in Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana and Namibia. (NewsClick.In)On Wednesday, South Africa witnessed a nation-wide shut down against the increasing gender-based violence. Tens of thousands ...
A new study published in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization reveals that countries with more women in government experience lesser incidences of corruption. The research was led by Sudipta Sarangi, professor and head ...