“In cultural history, the civil rights movement came before the women's movement.” RightsMovementCivil RightsCivil Rights Movement Author:Marisa Tomei
“There's a pattern of the pathway opening in a certain way. We stared thinking, there's so many wonderful films about civil rights movements, but there isn't even one yet about the women's movement? It's hard to capture because it's so sprawling, and it's an ideology.” ThinkingWayHardFilmCertainRightsWonderfulMovementPatternsOpeningCivil RightsIdeologyCapturePathwaysCivil Rights Movement Author:Marisa Tomei
“Those stories weren't being written at all - stories about women's inner lives and outer activism. We've come miles and miles, but we still don't have an equal rights amendment yet. We don't have equal pay yet. There's a lot of blind misogyny that's not personal, but institutionalized. We still have work to do, but even just looking at those old Ms. Magazines is a cool thing to do - to see how daring they were. They just went right into the belly of the beast.” StillsStoriesPayRightsWrittenEqualBlindActivismMilesMagazinesThings To DoBeastDaringAmendmentsMisogynyBellyEqual RightsInner LifeCool ThingsEqual PayEqual Rights Amendment Author:Marisa Tomei