Advice for Finding Your Own Path
The April 2, 2016, print edition of The Wall Street Journal published an essay adapted by Michael Puett and Christine…
The Bechdel Test for Women in Movies
I just saw a reference to the Bechdel test for women characters in movies and I googled this to find…
Fiction Can Encourage Small Acts of Kindness
The March 22, 2016, episode “Reasonable Doubts” of CBS’s hit TV drama series NCIS had a rather mundane main plot…
Respect for Others: Real Life and Fiction
I read the March 13, 2016, Wall Street Journal article “Lawsuit Sparks Soul-Searching on Madison Avenue Over Diversity: Recent missteps…
Fiction Portrayals Impact More Than Gender and Diversity Issues
Those of you who often read my posts here know that I am always concerned with the portrayal of females…