Guest of honor at POWfest in Portland is concerned about gender disparity in Hollywood Catherine Hardwicke doesn’t call her first movie, “Thirteen,” a “job.” It was a labor of love between her and then-14-year-old Nikki Reed, who wrote the script with Har ...
25 Feb 2016 - Sarah Hansell
COMMENTARY | Unwillingness to listen to women is a form of disrespect In daily life, everywhere we go we hear a lot of talk from all sorts of people. Turn your ear to the voices of those in power, however, and it’s likely that you’ll hear one kind of voic ...
22 Oct 2015 - Toula Drimonis
With women still woefully underrepresented in leadership roles in film, TV and advertising, groups such as the ACLU and the 3% Conference are stepping up Whenever Juliana Lukasik is in need of motivation, she turns on the movie “Miss Representation.” The ...
24 Sep 2015 - Joanne Zuhl
Women are the fastest growing inmate population in Oregon. Locking up women brings a unique set of issues to our families and our communities. A system built on an assumption that a one-size-fits-all approach works for everyone has clearly failed, most no ...
12 Aug 2014 - Jennifer Williamson