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The Fierce Female Characters Of Film In 2018
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Oliva Colman, currently starring in the film The Favourite, recalls a YouTube video of a little girl watching the announcement of a female Doctor Who. "When it's revealed who the doctor is, she just sort of bursts into tears and says, 'It's a girl!' And it's one of the most beautiful things. Girls are so thrilled that there's a female role model and boys are accepting of it. And so the next generation, it feels so promising — that if we show that it's fifty-fifty, they're going to just take it as the norm."
Women Are Speaking Up About Harassment And Abuse, But Why Now?
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"Since 1991, we have been raising children — daughters in particular — with the understanding that sexual harassment is illegal, shouldn't be tolerated, and that it's wrong," Hill says.