Kids Need To See Entertainment Where Females

The Fictitious Worlds Created For Kids Are Nearly Bereft Of Female Presence. It's Sending A Very Clear Message From The Beginning That Women And Girls Do Not Have Half Of The Adventures, That They're Not As Important. We're Teaching Kids That Girls And Women Don't Take Up Half The Space In The World.

All Of Hollywood Is Run On One Assumption: That Women Will Watch Stories About Men, But Men Won't Watch Stories About Women. It Is A Horrible Indictment Of Our Society Of We Assume That One Half Of Our Population Is Just Not Interested In The Other Half.

I Remember Very Distinctly Being So Tall I Didn't Fit Sleeves, So I Ended Up Modeling Lingerie And Bathing Suits, Sleeveless Stuff, Basically. I Didn't Have A Good Body, But I Believed I Knew How To Stand Or Pose To Mask It.

The More Hours Of Television A Girl Watches, The Fewer Options She Thinks She Has In Life.

[my Aunt] Took Me To My First Play, Too, Which Was Dinner Theater. I Don't Know If They Have That In England, But You Eat A Dinner While You Watch A Play. And She Ordered A Glass Of Wine. I Was Like, "oh My God. This Is, Like, The Most Sophisticated Thing I Have Ever Done."