#Merchandising

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Where’s Rey? Toymakers Were Told To Exclude Her

The feminist force is strong with the latest “Star Wars” movie, which introduced the 38-year-old franchise’s first female protagonist in orphaned scavenger Rey, played by dynamo newcomer Daisy...

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‘Force Awakens’ Merch Continues Sci-Fi/Superhero Franchises’ Pattern of Erasing Female Characters

The feminist force is strong with the latest "Star Wars" movie, which introduced the 38-year-old franchise’s first female protagonist in orphaned scavenger Rey, played by dynamo...

Features, Films, News

How Girl Power Made This Year’s Comic-Con the Best in Recent Memory

Comic-Concarried me away this year — sometimes quite literally. As I exited Hall H on Sunday and was swept into a direction I didn’t mean to go by a wave ofthousands, I thought about my...

News, Television

Happy Friday: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Get ‘Weekend Update’ Action Figures

Comedy BFFs Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are having their achievement as the first female co-hosts of “SNL’s” Weekend Update segment commemorated with action figures from Entertainment Earth. The...

Features, Films, News

Crosspost: Holding Out For a Heroine: On Being a Woman and Loving Star Wars

The following is cross-posted from with permission from Sound on Sight.It is a truth universally acknowledged that a little girl in possession of a good imagination must be in want of a heroine. At...

Features, Films, News

Crosspost: Where’s Gamora?

The following is crossposted from the author’s site with her permission. After seeing Guardians of the Galaxy, my four-year-old daughter wanted a Gamora action figurine and my son wanted...

Films, News

Want a Princess Leia Action Figure? Sorry, Disney Doesn’t Sell Them

One of the implicit promises of the sale of the Star Wars franchise to Disney was that its universe would become more inclusive. Big Mouse is a genius at merchandising, after all, and movies have to...

News, Women Producers

Live-Action Barbie Movie in the Works

Blame it on The Lego Movie: the toys are taking over the multiplex. Sony has announced plans to make a live-action comedy starring Barbie. There have previously been over two dozen animated...

News

Blockbusters with Young Action Heroines Mean Pink Weapons for Girls

Hollywood has been ridiculously slow to get the message that audiences want action heroines, but toy companies have received the message loud and clear. In a fascinating look at recent changes in...

News, Television

Blood-Boiler of the Day: TV Show Canceled for Having Too Many Smart, Interesting Girl Characters

Hollywood execs can get awfully creative when they need to come up with excuses for why film and TV should stay so male-centric. Boys won’t watch stories about girls? Wrong. Women and girls...

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