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Reel Girl | Imagining gender equality in the fantasy world
Imagining gender equality in the fantasy world
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‘Monster University’ sidelines females in plot about rival fraternities | Reel Girl
When Pixar writers (Robert Baird, Daniel Gerson, Dan Scalon) showed the script for "Monster University" to producers, or execs at Disney, or whoever you go to up and down the chain of command to ge...
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Governess | Reel Girl
My seven year old daughter and I are reading
Wildwood. I was psyched by the description on the back of the book, which is all about a girl, Prue, rescuing her kidnapped brother. Unfortunately, early ...
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comics | Reel Girl
When my 9 year old daughter, Alice, and her best friend Jenna took Aaron Southerland’s cartooning class, he inspired them to get passionate about creating their own cartoons. Aaron teaches boys and gi...
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BFG | Reel Girl
The BFG, coming out as a movie directed by Steven Spielberg in July, are 100% male.
My 7 year old daughter and I were reading
By the time my daughter and I reached to page 51, Dahl let us know for sur...
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About | Reel Girl
My bio: Margot Magowan is a writer and commentator. Her articles on politics and culture have been in Salon, Glamour, the San Jose Mercury News, and numerous other newspapers and online sites. She ...