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28 actresses who are revolutionizing the industry By Gabrielle Lisa Collard of Espresso | 28 actresses who are revolutionizing the industry While Hollywood prefers demure stars who remain as far away as possible from controversial and political matters, an increasing number of actresses are using their fame to provoke discussions about various social and political issues, champion causes they hold dear, and upset the status quo to make their industry, and the world, a better place. Here are 28 daring actresses who always forge ahead and never hold their tongues. © AFF-USA/Shutterstock

“The percentage of female-identified directors in the Oscar race is encouraging,” Kirsten Schaffer, executive director of Women in Film, told TheWrap. “There has been a steady incline in the past three years and if that trend continues, we’ll get to parity by the end of 2026!” Of the 100 films in this year’s race with a female director, 38 were documentaries, reflecting an industry-wide trend of women finding more opportunities in nonfiction rather than scripted films. A gender breakdown of Best Documentary Feature contenders shows that the category has almost achieved gender pari...

Ms. Hornaday’s thesis is that normal people (specifically white male Christians) are bad. Her case in point: the FBI’s investigation of Martin Luther King: In fact, the White, male, Christian version of normal was precisely what J. Edgar Hoover was going for when he recruited for the FBI, the investigative agency he ran with an iron fist for nearly 50 years.… Hornaday [Tweet her] says of the 1965–1974 FBI TV Series  I certainly don’t remember any episode where they wiretapped and bugged Martin Luther King Jr. to gather salacious material that would disrupt his movement, destroy hi...