What is it to be human? Are sexism and bigotry and violence part of our nature? Can the stories we tell, the culture we create, free our humanity from our baser instincts? Or do these artistic endeavors simply replicate existing power structures? These are the questions explored in Westworld, HBO’s Read more…
I am fair skinned. Fair skinned enough that I get mistaken for white more often than not. Fair skinned enough that no one follows me around at stores to make sure I’m not shoplifting. Fair skinned enough that I remember feeling like I was seeing myself on screen in Belle Read more…
Maybe they all thought someone else would do it. Maybe they thought it wasn’t their place. Maybe it just wasn’t that important to them. But for whatever the reason, not a single male Golden Globe winner last night managed to mention #TimesUp, #MeToo, or the movement around sexual assault, harassment, Read more…
I watched all of E!’s red carpet on Sunday, the whole two hours of it. I didn’t expect to be surprised. In my tenure at The Representation Project, I’ve critiqued a lot of awards show with #AskHerMore and this red carpet felt pretty typical. I was surprised though – not Read more…
This post originally appeared on therepresentationproject.org. I’m a new mom. And a feminist. And long before I got pregnant, I knew our society feels it has some right to women’s bodies. That’s the message I got from my 30+ years of being female, from catcalls on the street and social Read more…