Welcome back to Acting Up! This week Megan and Jordan are catching up and diving into the historical world of female film directors! Jordan kicks it off by discussing the statistics and state of affairs for female directors today (shocker - it’s not looking great) despite the quality and cult impact of the work being made. Are things even changing for the better? Jordan then dives into the life and work of Alice Guy-Blaché, who is widely regarded to be the first woman to direct a ...
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Welcome back to Acting Up! This week Megan and Jordan are catching up and diving into the historical world of female film directors! Jordan kicks it off by discussing the statistics and state of affairs for female directors today (shocker - it’s not looking great) despite the quality and cult impact of the work being made. Are things even changing for the better? Jordan then dives into the life and work of Alice Guy-Blaché, who is widely regarded to be the first woman to direct a ...
Chat, Are We Expired? Ageism and Misogyny in Hollywood
Acting Up
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7 months ago
Chat, Are We Expired? Ageism and Misogyny in Hollywood
Megan and Jordan both recently celebrated their 25th Birthdays! And by celebrated they mean crashed out about their impending expiration from an industry famously unkind to older women! Yippee! So here it is - the long awaited and truly infuriating episode about ageism and misogyny in Hollywood. Buckle up because we’ve all been indoctrinated… Jordan confronts the idea of the ‘expiration date’, anti-aging culture and paradoxical procedures to prolong careers, villainous hags and youth as a typ...
Acting Up
Welcome back to Acting Up! This week Megan and Jordan are catching up and diving into the historical world of female film directors! Jordan kicks it off by discussing the statistics and state of affairs for female directors today (shocker - it’s not looking great) despite the quality and cult impact of the work being made. Are things even changing for the better? Jordan then dives into the life and work of Alice Guy-Blaché, who is widely regarded to be the first woman to direct a ...
