Women's Voices For Change https://womensvoicesforchange.org Redefining Life After 40 Thu, 30 Mar 2023 12:19:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 203656618 This Month, Celebrate Women’s History in Hollywood https://womensvoicesforchange.org/this-month-celebrate-womens-history-in-hollywood.htm https://womensvoicesforchange.org/this-month-celebrate-womens-history-in-hollywood.htm#respond Thu, 30 Mar 2023 04:30:07 +0000 https://womensvoicesforchange.org/?p=137387 According to the Motion Picture Association, women make up 50% of moviegoers. Yet women are still underrepresented both onscreen and — especially — behind the camera.

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]]> https://womensvoicesforchange.org/this-month-celebrate-womens-history-in-hollywood.htm/feed 0 137387 ‘Unprisoned’ Liberates Kerry Washington’s Comedic Side https://womensvoicesforchange.org/unprisoned-liberates-kerry-washingtons-comedic-side.htm https://womensvoicesforchange.org/unprisoned-liberates-kerry-washingtons-comedic-side.htm#respond Wed, 22 Mar 2023 04:30:10 +0000 https://womensvoicesforchange.org/?p=137381 The combination of the family’s somber (and sadly, reality-based) history and contemporary comedy works surprisingly well.

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]]> https://womensvoicesforchange.org/unprisoned-liberates-kerry-washingtons-comedic-side.htm/feed 0 137381 Oscar Winner ‘Women Talking’ on Amazon Prime https://womensvoicesforchange.org/oscar-winner-women-talking-on-amazon-prime.htm https://womensvoicesforchange.org/oscar-winner-women-talking-on-amazon-prime.htm#respond Wed, 15 Mar 2023 04:30:46 +0000 https://womensvoicesforchange.org/?p=137375 A movie with so little plot, so constricted a setting relies on the talents of its cast. This ensemble is nothing less than superb. 

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]]> https://womensvoicesforchange.org/oscar-winner-women-talking-on-amazon-prime.htm/feed 0 137375 Happily Ever After — Rom-Coms to Stream this Spring https://womensvoicesforchange.org/happily-ever-after-rom-coms-to-stream-this-spring.htm https://womensvoicesforchange.org/happily-ever-after-rom-coms-to-stream-this-spring.htm#respond Tue, 07 Mar 2023 05:30:58 +0000 https://womensvoicesforchange.org/?p=137365 Whether love is at the center or not, there seem to be fewer romantic comedies in movie theaters than there once were.

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]]> https://womensvoicesforchange.org/happily-ever-after-rom-coms-to-stream-this-spring.htm/feed 0 137365 ‘No Small Gift’ by Jennifer Franklin https://womensvoicesforchange.org/no-small-gift-by-jennifer-franklin-2.htm https://womensvoicesforchange.org/no-small-gift-by-jennifer-franklin-2.htm#respond Sun, 05 Mar 2023 05:30:16 +0000 https://womensvoicesforchange.org/?p=137359 In these sometimes-painful poems, beauty is the balm that allows readers to understand what the speaker has experienced and to approach those experiences close-up but without getting overwhelmed.

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]]> https://womensvoicesforchange.org/no-small-gift-by-jennifer-franklin-2.htm/feed 0 137359 ‘Alice, Darling’ Exposes Emotional Abuse On and Off the Screen https://womensvoicesforchange.org/alice-darling-exposes-emotional-abuse-on-and-off-the-screen.htm https://womensvoicesforchange.org/alice-darling-exposes-emotional-abuse-on-and-off-the-screen.htm#respond Wed, 01 Mar 2023 05:30:58 +0000 https://womensvoicesforchange.org/?p=137347 What makes 'Alice, Darling' so engaging is the central theme of women supporting women, and just how powerful friendship and community can be. 

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]]> https://womensvoicesforchange.org/alice-darling-exposes-emotional-abuse-on-and-off-the-screen.htm/feed 0 137347 Leticia Hernández-Linares: “One Million Minus One” and “Despierta” https://womensvoicesforchange.org/leticia-hernandez-linares-one-million-minus-one-and-despierta-3.htm https://womensvoicesforchange.org/leticia-hernandez-linares-one-million-minus-one-and-despierta-3.htm#respond Sun, 26 Feb 2023 05:30:44 +0000 https://womensvoicesforchange.org/?p=137341 The poems in 'Mucha Muchacha, Too Much Girl' paint their own murals in words glowing with passion and conviction. There is also a good dose of sass, a quality visually captured in book’s cover photo.

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]]> https://womensvoicesforchange.org/leticia-hernandez-linares-one-million-minus-one-and-despierta-3.htm/feed 0 137341 Celebrating Fierce, Forgotten Figures in ‘African Queens: Njinga’ https://womensvoicesforchange.org/celebrating-fierce-forgotten-figures-in-african-queens-njinga.htm https://womensvoicesforchange.org/celebrating-fierce-forgotten-figures-in-african-queens-njinga.htm#respond Wed, 22 Feb 2023 05:30:29 +0000 https://womensvoicesforchange.org/?p=137330 Njinga’s forgotten story is brought to life with tremendous skill and artistry, making it as entertaining as it is important.

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]]> https://womensvoicesforchange.org/celebrating-fierce-forgotten-figures-in-african-queens-njinga.htm/feed 0 137330 The Unbearable Whiteness of the Oscars https://womensvoicesforchange.org/the-unbearable-whiteness-of-the-oscars.htm https://womensvoicesforchange.org/the-unbearable-whiteness-of-the-oscars.htm#respond Wed, 15 Feb 2023 11:39:18 +0000 https://womensvoicesforchange.org/?p=137316 The Academy — and Hollywood — need to do better.

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]]> https://womensvoicesforchange.org/the-unbearable-whiteness-of-the-oscars.htm/feed 0 137316 Susan E. Gunter: “Sestina for Esther” https://womensvoicesforchange.org/susan-e-gunter-sestina-for-esther-2.htm https://womensvoicesforchange.org/susan-e-gunter-sestina-for-esther-2.htm#respond Sun, 12 Feb 2023 05:30:13 +0000 https://womensvoicesforchange.org/?p=137314 You could call this poem an elegy to a lost mother, but I read it more universally as an elegy to the lost kingdom of childhood.

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