Dear Friends and readers-
I have some very exciting news about this site. As of Jan. 19, we are moving over to IndieWIRE. Yes, you read that right, this blog is going BIG TIME. They are several exciting things about the move including the fact that IndieWIRE has an ad team selling ads for the whole network, but more importantly, it is an acknowledgment that the issues we all care about will have a bigger platform.
I’ve accomplished great things on my site as a lone blogger in the wilderness. Things I never dreamed were possible. The traffic and reach grow each week, but the reality is, that it is time to take it up a notch and that’s what the exposure on IndieWIRE will do.
I want to thank the people at IndieWIRE, especially my new colleague Anne Thompson who has been a big supporter, for welcoming me into the fold. I look forward to working with her and also new editor-in-chief Dana Harris, as well as the rest of the team.
Rest assured my fierce feminist friends that this blog and its mission remain intact. I can write what I want. This is not me selling out to “the man or the woman.” Everything will be as is except for the fact that we have a new address:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/womenandhollywood/
Moving over to IndieWIRE is a big deal to me and I hope is a big deal to you. So please make sure to bookmark the site and update your feed if you use that.
Lastly, it might take a couple of days to get fully up to speed on the new technology so please bear with me (since I am also producing a film festival in the next three weeks.)
Thank you so much for all your support.
See you over on IndieWIRE.
Melissa
FYI: If you need the archives you need to keep this site bookmarked too. The old site will remain live and accessible.
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I’m happy for you but the site you’re moving to doesn’t do full feed RSS, and I will not stay subscribed to a truncated feed. I’ve really enjoyed reading you and keeping up with new movies that have women involved with them.
Onwards and upwards – well done you! and thanks for creating one of my ‘go to’ ladylike film sites.
Wonderful news! You’ve done a fantastic job and have been of great service to the film community.
CONGRATS, MELISSA!! 2011 is off to a great start for you ^_^
Congratulations! Can’t wait to see what you do with your new platform!
Congrats, Melissa!! That is SO exciting and well deserved! Thrilled to see one of my fave feminist bloggers hit the big time!
Congratulations, Melissa! Could you get them to do something about their RSS feed? Everything comes through in one messy paragraph, not like your writing with structure and paragraph breaks and whatnot. Thanks!
Congrats! You’ve been an inspiration and it’s exciting to have an even bigger platform and potential audience for these issues. You’re amazing – way to go!
Woohoooooo!!! Happy Dance!!!
I’m so glad to read this great new info. One small step for Melissa, one giant step for women of film kind!
Bravo !
Congratulations. Looking forward to reading your stuff over there, instead! (I already read and subscribe there, too.)
Melissa, it is great to see someone who has done and is doing a great job, be able to make even more happen.
You go girlfriend, I wish you well.
Melanie
I think the better be the head of the mouse than the tail of an elephant,but still congratulations!
Congratulations! I’ve been following this blog for some time now and really enjoy what you’re doing.
Wishing you continued success.
Hopefully it will be fixed. give it a couple of days and let me know if there is a problem.
I’m sorry that you won’t read the feed but this is the way that IndieWIRE works and as they say- that’s how they pay the bills. I hope you will continue to support the site. Being a part of IndieWIRE will actually enable me to get paid for the work I do. But I need people like you to continue to read the site. Thanks
Congratulations!!!
Congrats Melissa!
Congrats & good luck!
wow melissa,we can say we knew you back then… :)
Honestly? Every truncated feed I’ve ever subscribed to languishes anyway in my Google Reader, because I rarely click out. For a while I’d star each article to read later….and then never get to it. I have so much already to read, it just makes sense to keep it well organized.
I get that you need to be paid, so good luck over there.
Yay! Yes, don’t lose your edge when you go to IndieWire!
Good luck in your new job! We will compare this blog, and indieWIRE)
Melissa Congratulations!
I’m so glad your insights on women and hollywood will get an even wider readership.
All the best,
Megan
Wonderful news! I’ve really enjoyed reading you and keeping up with new movies that have women involved with them.
Being a part of IndieWIRE will actually enable me to get paid for the work I do. But I need people like you to continue to read the site. Thanks abercrombie and fitch sale
You had some nice points here. I done a research on the topic and got most peoples will agree with you
Great news for Women & Hollywood, and Indiewire!
Glad to know your words will have greater exposure.
Women more than men can strip war of its glamour and its out-of-date heroisms and patriotisms, and see it as a demon of destruction and hideous
Honestly? Every truncated feed I’ve ever subscribed to languishes anyway in my Google Reader, because I rarely click out. For a while I’d star each article to read later….and then never get to it. I have so much already to read, it just makes sense to keep it well organized.
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