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Global film industry perpetuates discrimination against women
The first-ever global study on female characters in popular films, launched today, reveals deep-seated discrimination and pervasive stereotyping of women and girls by the international film industry. The study was commissioned by the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, with support from UN Women and The Rockefeller Foundation and conducted by Stacy L. Smith (PhD) and her research team at the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California. The investigation analyses popular films across the most profitable countries and territories internationally. Read More…
See First Photos of Geena Davis on Grey’s Anatomy
ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy is poised to welcome the former commander in chief. Geena Davis has boarded ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy and The Hollywood Reporter has the first look at the Oscar winner (The Accidental Tourist) making her rounds through Grey Sloan Memorial. Little is known about Davis’ role other than that the Thelma & Louise alum will have a major recurring arc in season 11 as a surgeon at the hospital previously known as Seattle Grace. Davis’ character makes her Grey’s Anatomy debut in the season 11 premiere, “I Must Have Lost It on the Wind,” which takes its title from Elton John’s song of the same name. Read More…
MAKERS Video Featuring Geena Davis
Geena Davis has made a career of supporting groundbreaking female characters. She made her Hollywood debut in “Tootsie,” starring opposite Dustin Hoffman. Davis won an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress in “The Accidental Tourist” and was nominated for Best Actress for her role in “Thelma & Louise.” She also starred as baseball player Dottie Hinson in “A League of Their Own.” More recently, she won a Golden Globe for her role as the first female President of the United States in ABC’s “Commander in Chief.” Geena Davis has made a career of strong female characters. She spoke to MAKERS about feminism, parenthood, and making it in Hollywood. Read More & Watch Video…
Geena Davis and YouTube Talk Gender Inequality in Entertainment
If you’ve been noticing something a little off about the films and television you’ve been watching lately, you’re not the only one. Academy Award winner and social activist Geena Davis has had her eye on the silver screen for a while, both as a viewer and active participant in the industry, and could no longer ignore the facts: Women on screen are represented less. For many, this dubious fact isn’t always immediately recognizable, because it’s been sold to us as an ingrained statistic since nearly the dawn of media. Read More…
‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Scores Geena Davis for Major Season 11 Arc
The Oscar winner will board the long-running ABC medical drama as a new surgeon. In her return to ABC, Geena Davis has joined the cast of Shonda Rhimes’ long-running medical drama for a major arc in season 11, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Davis, who starred in the network’s Commander in Chief from 2005-06, will play a surgeon at Grey Sloan Memorial. Read More…
Geena Davis Tells Idaho Parents To Talk With Kids About Hollywood’s Portrayal Of Women
You probably know actor Geena Davis from movies like "Thelma and Louise," "A League of Their Own" and "The Accidental Tourist." But you probably don’t know her as a crusader for gender equality in kids movies. Davis was in Boise Thursday to speak about her work. Her visit was sponsored by Zion’s Bank in partnership with the Sun Valley Film Festival. Davis says there are ways Idaho parents can help counteract the messages Hollywood sends to kids. “One is limit how much time they spend watching screens because it’s very hard to find something that’s empowering for girls." Read More…
Geena Davis gets all dolled up for women’s equality on ‘Doc McStuffins’
This little Disney princess doesn’t need any help — even from “Doc McStuffins.” Geena Davis provides the voice for Princess Persephone (or “Peri,” as she likes to be called), a doll in Friday’s new episode of the Disney Channel’s hit kiddie show “Doc McStuffins.” Peri isn’t your stereotypical princess in peril — and that’s exactly why Davis is happy to help bring the character to life. “She has a very unconventional encounter with the cast of the show,” Davis said. “Peri is in a tower and wants to get down, so a chivalrous knight toy declares he will come and rescue her. But she explains that she can get down herself.” Read More…
Geena Davis Guest Stars as the Voice of Princess Persephone
Don’t miss Geena Davis guest-starring as the voice of Princess Persephone, a brave and adventurous princess doll who sets out to prove that princesses can do anything knights can do, in a new episode of Disney Junior’s acclaimed animated series “Doc McStuffins” premiering Friday, July 11 at 9:30 a.m. on Disney Channel. Read More…
Geena Davis Institute for Gender in Media STEM Panel
It’s not everyday that I’m asked to be on a panel at Google that GEENA DAVIS is hosting, especially when that panel has everything to do with the work that I’m doing at Scirens! Thanks to Annie Tedesco, the talented actress and star of GRANITE FLATS, I was invited to join Geena Davis’ Institute for Gender in Media panel: ‘Women Pioneers in a Galaxy Far Far Away — How can media encourage women to pursue careers in science?’ Read More…
Full Frame Newsmaker: Geena Davis, A Cinematic World with Women
For more than a century, women everywhere have fought for economic and educational equality and political empowerment. And they have fought to erase stereotypes. In our time – they have fought to alter portrayals of women in media and entertainment, which tend to undermine the status of women in everyday life. Read More…
