Category: Ms. in the Biz

• April 28, 2014

  Why Television Writing Staffs Lack Diversity

  Originally posted at Ms. in the Biz It’s staffing season for television, and many of us are playing close attention to gender and race of writers getting hired. A report from the Writer’s Guild of America revealed that in the 2011-2012 season, female writers made up only 30.5% of TV staffs. Racial minorities fared even worse,…
• March 11, 2014

  So You Have a Theater Degree

  Originally posted at Ms. in the Biz Got your B or MFA from a theater program? Congratulations! Looking at 30 years of consolidated loan payments even as you get further and further away from the training you’re still paying for? Take heart! Your training matters, even in Hollywood. Just ask Winona Ryder, Felicity Huffman, Alison…
• January 24, 2014

  Famous, Fearless, and Feminist

  Originally published by Ms. in the Biz When Beyoncé’s latest album dropped, feminists went nuts. This is not the first time they’ve gone nuts over Beyoncé: When Ms. Magazine put her on its cover earlier this year, its readers erupted in outrage that a woman who “writhes around,” scantily clad “for the benefit of men”…