Must-watch:
This
26-minute documentary from Bloomberg Business sheds a harsh light on the institutional bias
against women in the film industry.
Good
point: The Daily Show’s Jessica
Williams reminds us that while it might be nice to see a woman’s face
on a $10 bill, real change is measured by how much money women earn.
Thanks,
Meryl: Meryl Streep, who funded our Writers Lab
for women over 40, sent
a letter to every House rep and senator asking
them to make gender parity a part of the US Constitution by putting the Equal Rights Amendment
(ERA) back on Congress’s agenda.
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