All articles tagged with #feminism
At the Cannes premiere of Paper Tiger, Cate Blanchett critiques the #MeToo movement, saying it was killed very quickly in Hollywood, reflecting on how backlash and industry dynamics have affected accountability debates at the festival.
The Cut reports that Reese Witherspoon, Mel Robbins, and Sheryl Sandberg are promoting AI adoption among women, arguing that tools like ChatGPT can boost careers and daily life as work evolves. But backlash and skepticism abound, with critics accusing the campaign of turning feminism into tech-market messaging, raising privacy concerns around Copilot, and noting that AI won’t close the gender gap or stop automation from reshaping jobs—the broader takeaway being a ‘girlboss’ vision of AI that aims to preserve current advantages rather than deliver genuine empowerment.
Loie Hollowell’s Overview Effect at Pace Gallery London pairs large twin-circle canvases with pastel drawings to explore birth, abortion, pregnancy and breastfeeding through a cosmic, abstract lens inspired by her own experiences. The works fuse bodily imagery with outward, planetary forms—reflecting a developmental arc from her first birth’s diagrammatic representations to a more internal, space-inspired approach. Influences range from Louise Bourgeois and O’Keeffe to home-birth photos and Ina May Gaskin, and Hollowell discusses how shifting reception and female curators have allowed her to speak more openly about abortion and sexuality. The show, timely with Artemis II, situates the body within abstract art and questions market-driven pigeonholing, running at Pace Gallery, London, through May.
A personal essay observes how Botox has shifted from an expensive, niche procedure to a mainstream, everyday part of beauty among young women. Through anecdotes about friends and family, the author explores how smoother faces affect emotional expression, social dynamics, and communication, and reflects on the broader pressures of youth, self-presentation, and feminist implications as cosmetic interventions become normalized in culture.
Comedian Nikki Glaser revealed on the Call Her Daddy podcast that she encouraged her partner, Chris Convy, to flirt with other women so he could share new stories; she frames it as a competitive, feminist stance and notes she wouldn’t reciprocate in the same way, joking that she wants a man other women want.
Olivia Munn said on The Drew Barrymore Show that a male co-star halted filming because he refused to be saved by her character in a bunker fight; after about an hour of argument they resolved the moment with a switch, but the outcome remained the same. She also recalled other on-set clashes, including a sabotage claim on The Newsroom and casting pressure for 30 Rock.
Nikki Glaser revealed on Call Her Daddy that she encourages her boyfriend, Chris Convy, to flirt with other women so he can share new experiences and stories. She says she loves hearing about past hook-ups, frames it as a feminist stance, and notes it isn’t a two-way street for her, though she’s comfortable with him exploring.
An in-depth look at Lindy West’s move into polyamory and the public reaction to her triad with her husband and his girlfriend, using it as a lens to explore why non-monogamy provokes heated debates about feminism, love, and who society thinks relationships should work for. The piece weaves West’s story with expert insights on polyamory, non-hierarchical models, and how parenting and emotional dynamics play out in polyamorous families, asking whether the “polyamorous dream” is feasible or doomed to controversy.
A Young Hollywood list highlights five films directed by women and about women—Saint Omer, Mustang, Women Talking, Summer 1993, and Sorry, Baby—covering motherhood, sisterhood, identity, and trauma, with streaming notes to help viewers celebrate Women’s History Month.
A thoughtful, opinionated piece argues Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! is a maximalist, feminist horror that underperformed financially due to persistent misogyny and biased reception. It praises the film as a bold love letter to cinema with a standout performance by Jessie Buckley and an auteur-driven vision, and contends the movie’s value lies in the conversations it sparks about gender, rage, and selfhood rather than opening-weekend ticket sales.
Gisèle Pelicot describes nearly a decade of being drugged and raped by her husband and other men, choosing to waive anonymity and publicly face the trial of her husband and 50 co-defendants in France, turning her story into a global symbol for survivors and feminism. In a new memoir, A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides, she details the long recovery, impact on her family, and her resolve to help others while considering a future meeting with her ex-husband in prison for answers.
Gisèle Pelicot says she was drugged and raped by her husband, who filmed the assaults by dozens of men; after the 2020 discovery and a 2024 trial, she published a memoir and chose to testify publicly, sparking a French feminist push to change consent laws.
Kristen Stewart discusses aging as a source of calm, her shift from Twilight to arthouse work, and her directorial debut with The Chronology of Water, detailing an eight-year funding journey; she argues female actors are treated like puppets, champions women’s perspectives behind the camera, and signals she may make more films in Europe than in the U.S.
A queer feminist journalist announces the launch of Mothership, a gender- and identity-focused, worker-owned gaming site funded by subscriptions to cover industry news, investigations, reviews, and historical deep dives—designed for readers wary of doom in gaming and of corporate control. It has already surpassed 1,200 paid subscribers and builds on experiences at The Mary Sue, Polygon, and Kotaku.
Jameela Jamil addressed feminism after leaked texts surfaced accusing her of comments about Blake Lively amid the Blake Lively–Justin Baldoni legal saga. She posted an Instagram video clarifying that feminism is about political, social, and economic equity for women and that you can criticize other women without it negating feminism. The exposés reveal exchanges involving Lively, Baldoni’s publicist, and other A‑listers such as Taylor Swift, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and Ryan Reynolds, all unfolding as the Lively–Baldoni case heads toward a May 2026 trial (with a related summary judgment noted in coverage).