“Two Easy Steps To Make Hollywood Less Sexist”
Geena Davis has two suggestions for making films and television shows less sexist. They’d work well for increasing diversity of all kinds.
One Million Images
“The British Library has uploaded one million public domain scans from 17th-19th century books to Flickr!” (Thanks, Kate!)
Sea Monsters and Medieval Cartography
BibliOdyssey shares images and text from Sea Monsters on Medieval and Renaissance maps. (Thanks, @Kinetograph!)
the siren song of shipwrecks
And when she sang, the sea, Whatever self it had, became the self That was her song, for she was the maker. from “The Idea of Order at Key West” by Wallace Stevens My wife is fascinated by sharks and the Titanic, so I’ve seen a lot […]
Interview with Gareth Evans
City On Fire Podcast interviews Gareth Evans, director of Merantau; The Raid; and the upcoming, The Raid 2: Berandal. (Via The Heroic Sisterhood)
“Representation of Women in India Cinema and Beyond”
Text of Sharmila Tagore’s lecture on women and Indian cinema at the India International Centre. (via Memsaab Story)
