Editorial: The need for meaningful diversity in media
Inclusion of diverse characters in media is increasing, but the accurate and meaningful portrayal of minorities is not.
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Inclusion of diverse characters in media is increasing, but the accurate and meaningful portrayal of minorities is not.
Only 9.6 percent of 250 films analyzed passed a non-profit organization's Bechdel Test for climate change.
With this comes the question of the role that art and media play in depicting the climate crisis. Do artists and filmmakers have a responsibility to include a message of
Since Brooke Hauser mentioned Hayao Miyazaki’s “My Neighbor Totoro,” I’d like to suggest another couple of Miyazaki films that have fantastic and significant women characters.
“I only go to a movie if it satisfies three basic requirements,” one woman tells another in Alison Bechdel’s 1985 comic strip. In the wake of “Barbie,” the Bechdel Test has hit the mainstream.