News & Views Is Poor Things a better feminist film than Barbie? These experts think so Poor Things provides a far more complex and intelligent meditation upon women’s liberation, Suzie Gibson, Elizabeth Wulff and Donna Bridges.
News & Views ‘We are all worthy of being seen’: America Ferrera’s moving speech at Critics Choice Awards Ferrera delivered a moving speech at the Critics Choice Awards, saying she was proud to be able to represent people like herself and portray them on screen as “full humans”.
Screen Like Greta Gerwig, Mattel’s new Barbie dolls have careers in film Following Greta Gerwig’s succesful Barbie film, Mattel has unveiled four new Barbie dolls featuring women in movie production careers.
Soapbox Jo Koy’s Golden Globes joke proves Barbie was right: The real world is messed up. Barbie was a film that changed the world. A hot pink trail blazed for the future generation of women. Clearly, Jo Koy did not get the message.
News & Views Greta Gerwig secures Director of the Year Award for ‘Barbie’ at prestigious film fest Greta Gerwig has been named Director of the Year Award at next year’s Palm Springs International Film Festival in California.
News & Views Women are in the spotlight: Now is the time to shine the light more broadly Women shine in the spotlight as Taylor Swift, Barbie, and the Matildas make history. A call to break biases and foster equality in all fields.
News & Views Stop and pay attention: The (un)surprising commercial value of women Between Barbie, Beyonce and Taylor Swift tours, these three juggernauts alone have made a $9 billion economic impact, writes Elaine Stead.
News & Views Barbie and Matildas effect will push progress on gender equality Discover how the Barbie and Matildas effect spurs gender equality progress in the latest Financy Women’s Index report.
Soapbox Is the Barbie movie a feminist triumph or flop? Three Gender Studies academics have their say Feminist Triumph or Flop? Barbie’s new movie dissected by Gender Studies academics experts.
Screen Greta Gerwig becomes first female director in history to achieve a $1 billion record with Barbie Greta Gerwig has become the first female director to helm a film that has surpassed $1 billion in global ticket sales.
News & Views Conservative critics call the Barbie movie ‘man-hating’ and ‘an assault on men’ – convincing others to line up for tickets Amidst “Barbiemania”, conservatives are starkly against Greta Gerwig’s feminist film and her progressive representations of the 1950s doll.
News & Views What a body image expert really thinks of the Barbie movie We FINALLY got to see the Barbie movie. But what most parents are wondering is: Should we take the kids to see it?