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Wicked Winters: production company with a difference

Alessia Galatini3 November 2020

Novelist and filmmaker Jade Winters talks to Alessia Galatini about her exciting journey from a romance novel writer to a crime film director...

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“Hollywood” is not for straight white people: deal with it

Alessia Galatini21 May 2020

Alessia Galatini pushes for Netflix’s latest release to get the recognition it deserves...

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The end of the chick flick

Iona Westlake19 May 2020

Iona Westlake explains why the term is outdated and we should stop using it...

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Did yet another movie forget about intersectionality?

Ashleigh Riseley10 May 2020

Ashleigh Riseley is disappointed by Misbehaviour’s unwillingness to offer black women the centre stage ...

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Ask me about ‘Indian rapes’ one more time

Ruchi Chaudhury10 January 2018

Ruchi Chaudhury has had enough of the incessant grilling she is subjected to by voyeuristic British people who perceive rape as unique to India ...

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Stop sneering at Black Friday shoppers

Joanna Whitehead23 November 2017

Joanna Whitehead is critical of sensationalist media coverage that portrays the victims of austerity as 'vulgar' or 'lesser' for participating in Black Friday spending...

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Annie, you’re an icon, but quotas don’t have to mean compromising on quality

Joanna Whitehead26 September 2017

Joanna Whitehead questions Annie Nightgale's recent assertion that gender quotas for women DJs are unnecessary...

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How Netflix is leading the way with feminist TV

Ella Griffiths10 June 2016

In an industry where women are chronically under-represented, Ella Griffiths argues that Netflix is commissioning shows which offer a range of interesting female characters...

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I was labelled a terrorist

Guest Blogger2 May 2015

Tara Costello hits back at her online aggressors ...

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The History Girls

G28 September 2014

I stood back and looked at the board. Over fifty names. After the first fifteen I'd started to worry, at twenty-five I was stressed and by the end frustrated beyond belief. Over fifty names. ...

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