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Blog Hiatus – Summer of Fire

Summer of Fires Wishing fellow bloggers and readers a very jolly festive season! #ActOnClimate:-This blog will remain on hiatus until the smoke and fires ringing Sydney are quelled by the arrival of rains from the northern monsoon. Until then, go well! [Photo: Nick Moir]

Written on 6 Dec 2019

The 25 Greatest Films Directed by Women

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Seven years after having been at the forefront of the New Wave with La Pointe Courte, Agnès Varda gave the great movement of modern French cinema one of its masterpieces, Cléo from 5 to 7. – Jean-Michel Frodon, BBC Culture. More:

Written on 2 Dec 2019

Frozen II: Disney contracted with Sámi to prevent cultural erasure

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After a debate about cultural appropriation surrounded Frozen, Sámi leaders entered into a contract with Disney to affirm ownership of Sámi culture and ensure respectful portrayal of their culture in the sequel, Frozen II. – Radheyan Simonpillai, Toronto Now. More:

Written on 29 Nov 2019

The Need for Educated Storytellers

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Stories matter. Traditional economic approaches fail to examine the role of public beliefs in major economic events—that is, narrative. – Robert Shiller, WP. More:

Written on 26 Nov 2019

The Queens of Animation

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The human ability to destroy what is beautiful and precious was growing in 1936. As Bianca Majolie found artistic inspiration in Felix Salten’s novel Bambi: A Life in the Woods, it was being thrown into bonfires in Nazi-controlled Germany. Many readers understood it as an allegory about the Jewish experience of oppression in Europe. – Nathalia Holt, Literary Hub. More:

Written on 18 Nov 2019

How to Be a Writer: 10 Tips from Rebecca Solnit

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Joy, Suffering, Reading, and Lots and Lots of Writing. – Literary Hub. More:

Written on 13 Nov 2019

Real Women Of HIDDEN FIGURES to Receive Congressional Medals

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The groundbreaking scientific accomplishments of these four women, and all the women who contributed to the success of NASA [have] remained in the dark far too long. These pioneers remain a beacon for Black women across the country, both young and old. -Kamala Harris, Refinery29. More:

Written on 11 Nov 2019

The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

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This film, the fascinating unknown story of the remarkable Anne Innis Dagg, Canadian scientist, feminist, naturalist, zoologist, biologist and author, brings her important, overlooked work back to the fore where it urgently needs to be. – Women & Hollywood. More:

Written on 5 Nov 2019

The Women Who Helped Build Hollywood

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Although few women directors remained at the height of the studio system, there was an impressive array of women screenwriters, producers, film editors, talent agents, costume designers, Hollywood union heads and behind-the-scenes titles—executive secretary to a studio head, for instance—that belied their influence. – Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker. More:

Written on 31 Oct 2019

Lina Wertmüller Awarded 2019 Oscar

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The Italian classic film Pasqualino Settebelleze (Seven Beauties) made director Lina Wertmüller the first ever woman to be nominated for a best director Oscar in 1977. Now at 91 years old, the film industry icon is being awarded an honorary Oscar. – Euronews. More:

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