“There's a remarkable amount of sexism on TV. When male characters are flawed, they're interesting, deep and complex. But when female characters are flawed, they're just a mess. It's good to put more flawed but interesting female characters out there because it promotes equality.” CharacterInterestingTvsAmountFemaleComplexesMalesMessRemarkableSexismFlawedFemale Characters Author:Ellen Pompeo
“TV is a much more female-friendly environment.” EnvironmentTvsFemaleFriendly Author:Julianna Margulies
“There's just a deeper level of sophistication in the writing of female characters on TV.” WritingCharacterLevelsTvsFemaleDeeperFemale CharactersSophistication Author:Vera Farmiga
“I don't watch reality TV much, but sometimes I'll be on the E! channel and see that show "Total Divas", about female wrestlers. It's like, fake tits are de rigueur. Nose jobs are de rigueur. Exaggerated asses are de rigueur. Twerking is de rigueur.” SometimesShowsRealityJobsWatchesTvsFemaleAssNosesFakeExaggeratedReality TvWrestlerTwerking Author:Courtney Love
“Being young and female in America, you watch a lot of TV and you grow up on false images of what love truly is.” AmericaYoungGrowsWatchesGrowing UpTvsFemale Author:Lauryn Hill
“I love Dexter. I love Top Chef. I can't wait for it to come back. I love Friday Night Lights. I think TV is in a great place right now. It's definitely getting better and better. I think there is some of the most complete writing for women and female characters, they're done in television production and not really film production.” ThinkingWritingI CanDoneCharacterLightFilmNightWaitingTelevisionTvsRight NowFemaleProductionsGet BetterChefFridayFemale CharactersFriday NightNight LightFriday Night LightsFilm Production Author:Alyssa Milano
“In much the same way, motherhood has become the essential female experience, valued above all others: giving life is where it's at. Give birth in cities where accommodation is precarious, schools have surrendered the fight and children are subject to the most vicious mental assault through advertising, TV, internet, fizzy drink manufacturers and so on. Without children you will never be fulfilled as a woman, but bringing up kids in decent conditions is almost impossible.” WayGivingChildrenKidsSchoolLife IsFightingCitiesImpossibleConditionsSubjectsTvsBirthInternetDrinkEssentialsFemaleMotherhoodAdvertisingDecentFulfilledAssaultViciousPrecariousAccommodations Author:Virginie Despentes
“When I'm watching TV, I'm always drawn to those female characters who are doing something that I would want to do.” WantCharacterTvsFemaleFemale CharactersWatching Tv Author:Gina Holden
“I am comforted by the fact that I find a real range of female bodies beautiful, and I hope that other people do too. And even if they don't find it beautiful I hope they're just glad that something like it is happening on TV.” PeopleIfsRealFactsBodyBeautifulTvsHappeningsFemaleGladRangeFemale Body Author:Lena Dunham
“This is really funny, but we did a study of the occupations of female characters on TV, and there are so many female forensic scientists on TV because of all the CSI shows and Bones and whatever. I don't have to lobby anybody to add more female forensic scientists as role models. There's plenty.In real life, the people going into that field now are something like two-thirds women.” PeopleTwoRealCharacterShowsRolesStudyFieldsTvsModelsFemaleScientistThirdsAddBonesReal LifePlentyOccupationRole ModelsFemale CharactersForensicsCsi Author:Geena Davis
“I didn't see many female politicians on TV. I didn't see women in history textbooks, so I did geography, and art and English literature. But I know I must have been affected by not seeing women represented.” KnowsHas BeensArtLiteratureSeeingTvsPoliticianFemaleAffectedGeographyTextbooksEnglish LiteratureWomen In HistoryHistory Textbooks Author:Emma Watson
“If anything, being a female has afforded me opportunities on YouTube that I necessarily didn't have in doing traditional comedy and auditioning in TV and film, and that whole world.” IfsWorldWholeFilmOpportunityComedyTvsFemaleWhole WorldTraditionalYoutube Author:Grace Helbig
“It used to be that you had to make female TV characters perfect so no one would be offended by your 'portrayal' of women. Even when I started out on 'The Office' eight years ago, we could write our male characters funny and flawed, but not the women. And now, thankfully, it's completely different.” WritingYearsDifferentCharacterWould BeFunnyUsedPerfectTvsOfficeFemaleYears AgoMalesEightUsed To BeOffendedFlawedPortrayal Author:Mindy Kaling
“In America there are people advocating for trans rights and people like Vice President Pence, who is vehemently opposed. In Pakistan, too, you have all kinds of folks - from flamboyant gay fashion designers and female Air Force pilots to the Taliban. A cross-dressed man used to be the top TV talk show host. It was actually quite radical. So the diversity of these societies is often lost on people.” PeopleMenKindShowsAmericaUsedLostForcePresidentRightsAirFashionTvsGayDiversityFemaleCrossesFolksVicesAll KindsUsed To BeRadicalDesignerHostPilotsPakistanTransTalibanVice PresidentAdvocatingFashion DesignerAir ForceTalk ShowsFlamboyant Author:Mohsin Hamid
“It's only recently women got to be action heroes on TV. Progress is slow, and often non-existent. There's plenty of cool comics with female characters... But all it takes is one Catwoman to set the cause back a decade.” CharacterActionCausesProgressTvsHeroFemaleDecadesPlentyFemale CharactersAction HeroesCatwoman Author:Joss Whedon