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Ingmar Bergman’s spellbinding films made his female stars immortal. But they weren’t all grateful. Could this famously manipulative genius have survived in the #MeToo era?

Analysis finds proportion of female authors and characters fell after 19th century, with male authors remaining ‘remarkably resistant’ to writing women.

The most recent rape and murder in Pakistan caused a huge public outcry. Though similar cases in India have tended to attract fewer headlines, sexual violence in both countries is an ongoing problem

Electricliterature – SF&F legend and literary rabble rouser Ursula K. Le Guin has been speaking out directly and indirectly about Amazon and the state of publishing for some time. At last year’s National Book Awards, Le Guin was […]

Variety – Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Oscar-nominated film “Loveless” opens in the U.S. on Friday via Sony Pictures Classics. Alexander Rodnyansky, the film’s producer, speaks to Variety about its reception at home in Russia and abroad, and his views on recent developments […]

DW – From initiatives such as “Nobody’s Doll” and #BlackCarpetBerlinale to Kim Ki-duk’s controversial invitation, here’s how the debate on #MeToo has been fueled even before the Berlin film festival kicked off. The Berlinale has long […]

Asma Jahangir, a leading Pakistani rights activist, fearless critic of the military’s interference in politics and a staunch defender of the rule of law, died on Sunday in Lahore. She was 66.

“What populists are really afraid of is pluralism” says FEMEN activist Inna Shevchenko, who argues that democracy and feminism are interlinked.

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