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[Jezebel] Six years ago, Geena Davis starting watching children's TV and videos with her then two-year-old daughter. Davis thought she'd find cute, educational fare;

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[ParentDish] Geena Davis Wants To See More Women, Girls Onscreen - ParentDish: "There was this huge gender gap," Davis tells the Morning Herald. "It's partly because I had been in some movies that had resonated with women, so I'd had this heightened awareness of the paucity of parts for female actors.

[Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston's health and science blog] Tackling gender imbalance in children's films: Actress Geena Davis’s recent speech to the United Nations highlighted a concern that researchers of children and media have been speaking about for many years. The programs on the screens our children view –

[Celebrity Baby Blog] Caught Caring: The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media ...: Several years ago, when Geena Davis began watching preschooler television programming and G-rated movies with her now 7 ½-year-old daughter Alizeh Keshvar, she was shocked not so much by what she saw — but instead by what she didn’t see.

[The Daily Tell] The Daily Tell » Blog Archive » Geena Davis, the Duchess of York ...: When Geena Davis took on the role of the first female U.S. president in the ABC television series Commander in Chief, she was taking a step toward changing the way American women are portrayed in the media. Now, the Geena Davis .

[StoryBalloon.Org] Sarah Palin: The Reality TV Show. W/ Mark Burnett? | StoryBalloon.Org: “she’s pitching a sequel to Commander-in-Chief,” a reference to the ABC drama from Rod Lurie that starred Geena Davis as the first female president.”

[Liberal Values] » Sarah Palin Pitching Reality Television Show Liberal Values: When asked about the meeting, one executive quipped, “she’s pitching a sequel to Commander in Chief,” a reference to the ABC drama from Rod Lurie that starred Geena Davis as the first female president.

[Johnstown Pennsylvania] Sarah Palin Pitching Reality Show To Networks | Johnstown Pennsylvania: When asked about the meeting, an exec told EW that “she's pitching a sequel to Commander in Chief,” the Geena Davis-starrer from ABC that featured her as a female president. Article © AHN - All Rights Reserved.

[TheseBootsAreMadeForStalking.com] Sarah Palin Turns To Reality-TV?! | TheseBootsAreMadeForStalking.com: “She’s pitching a sequel to Commander in Chief,” one executive jokes (referring to the ABC series starring Geena Davis as a female President).

[Latest content from Art & Entertainment on Bukisa.com] Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis in The Fly (1986) | Bukisa.com: The Fly is based on the short story of the same name by British author George Langelaan (1908-1969), which first appeared in the June 1957 issue of Playboy. One year later, Langelaan's horrifying tale was made into a motion picture by Twentieth Century-Fox, with Al (David) Hedison, Patricia Owens and Vincent Price in the feature roles.

[Screen Grab] Free “Alice” and Tim Burton's musical numbers | Screen Grab ...: Burton’s remake of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is kinda sorta his first live-action musical, thanks to the elaborate numbers of the Oompa-Loompas (all played by Deep Roy). With lyrics adapted from Roald Dahl’s original books, the songs are Charlie’s most brilliant, inspired moments, featuring joyously goony choreography, eye-candy sets and costumes, Roy’s deadpan expressions and Elfman’s virtuoso command of different pop styles.

[HillBuzz] Five Reasons Sarah Palin's Mark Burnet Deal Will Be the Most ...: Today, as many in Team Sarah doubt the benefit of Palin filming a TV project with Mark Burnet, we’re reminded of one of the most frustrating and asinine Eeyore-isms here in Hillaryland, which went on and on and on ad nauseum from December 2008 through, well, this day for some trolls.  ”She should have stayed in the Senate!

[Entertainment Daily] Cheadle Hopes Miles Davis Movie Will Be Resurrected: Geena Davis speaks at Maine college's graduationLEWISTON, Maine ”” Actress Geena Davis says it's critical that young people see more women in movies and TV. Addressing Bates College graduates in Lewiston, Maine, Davis says that "society can only benefit if women are at the table."The founder of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media told the graduates on Sunday that studies show kids are seeing "a very unbalanced world," with three male characters for every one female.

[Feministe] Gender-Neutral Oscars? ”” Feministe: I’ve worked in Hollywood and believe me, I know writer after director after casting agent who has sat in meetings with executives and been told to justify EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER with any agency, competence, or significance, who in their vision, wasn’t a white man. It’s cool if they meet some category –

[Women's Philanthropy--Women's Issues] Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media - Women's Philanthropy ...: In 2004, Geena Davis sat with her pre-school age daughter watching TV and movies, and they began to notice something: a lack of female characters. Davis thought, if my daughter notices, then what message does this send to all children?

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