Comments on: Women Film Critics and the Lack Thereof … http://shakespeareandco.com/2008/08/27/women-film-critics-and-the-lack-thereof/ A Feast for the Book Lover. Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:05:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: erikafredrickson http://shakespeareandco.com/2008/08/27/women-film-critics-and-the-lack-thereof/#comment-308 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:43:31 +0000 http://shakespeareandco.wordpress.com/?p=984#comment-308 Oh yes, absolutely. I know what you mean… Thanks for the good conversation! And for the great blog, in general. I’m a big fan.

]]> By: S&Co. http://shakespeareandco.com/2008/08/27/women-film-critics-and-the-lack-thereof/#comment-307 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:13:34 +0000 http://shakespeareandco.wordpress.com/?p=984#comment-307 Thanks, Erika. And I must stand corrected to the extent that I implied anything about any biases at the Indy in the previous arts editorship — or even in the current editorship. I guess I wanted only to express the hope for change in this area, nationally and locally. Let’s hope it comes.

]]> By: erikafredrickson http://shakespeareandco.com/2008/08/27/women-film-critics-and-the-lack-thereof/#comment-306 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:08:12 +0000 http://shakespeareandco.wordpress.com/?p=984#comment-306 It’s a dude heavy world. I, too, feel strongly that there’s a dearth of female writers in art criticism, especially film and music. That said, I’m going to defend the Indy, at least as far as music goes, in employing me as a rock writer (punk, garage, metal–all of which are often critiqued by dudes) for three years, as well as Caroline Keys and various female interns (and I know Skylar was happy to support that) Often, she and I were the main writers for that section, so I think in that sense we’re unusual compared to the norm. Film–yeah, we do have two main male writers who are local (which is important), but they’re good ones! And I would love to get a good female writer in there so if anyone’s interested (you can’t just be female, you gotta be a good writer) I’d love it. I like to think, though, that when we do get a piece from a non-local writer we utilize people like Annie Wagner. Anyway, I’m glad you brought this up. I hope we continue to get solid female writers in the arts section as much as possible, without losing solid gold dudes like La Tray, Andy and Nick.

]]> By: S&Co. http://shakespeareandco.com/2008/08/27/women-film-critics-and-the-lack-thereof/#comment-305 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:16:52 +0000 http://shakespeareandco.wordpress.com/?p=984#comment-305 Chris, no one expects you to be a music writer, Missoula’s finest rock bass player, and a female film critic all at once. Something had to give.

]]> By: chrislatray http://shakespeareandco.com/2008/08/27/women-film-critics-and-the-lack-thereof/#comment-304 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:50:59 +0000 http://shakespeareandco.wordpress.com/?p=984#comment-304 Dude . . . heavy . . . yeah, I match both those descriptions.

I would recommend any woman who have hankering to do some arts writing to definitely contact Erika. She’s more than open to working with good freelancers.

]]> By: Rebecca http://shakespeareandco.com/2008/08/27/women-film-critics-and-the-lack-thereof/#comment-303 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:20:11 +0000 http://shakespeareandco.wordpress.com/?p=984#comment-303 New West has an interview with one of my best friends, artist Molly Murphy, this week.

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