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Special Thanks

READING IS FUNDAMENTAL BOOK DRIVE + PICNIC DROP-OFFSunday, April 30 • 11:00am - 3:00pm • Barnsdall Art Park Over the next month, we are collecting LGBT, Female, Latin, and Black-centric new & gently used books for schools where 90% of students live at or below the poverty line. Join us for a picnic on Sunday, April 30th to drop off books!

for more info & to register: resisterhoodLA.com/events

APRIL EVENT OF THE MONTH: GREAT LA RIVER CLEANUPSaturday, April 15 • 9:00am - 12:00pm • Bette Davis Picnic Area Roll up your sleeves and show your love for the LA River. Volunteers will participate in the largest urban river cleanup in America. Kids & dogs welcome!

upcoming resisterhoodLA events

Lance Asplaugh, Rachel Rosenbloom, Megan Hoel, Lee Ferris,Molly Schiot, Jenny Byrd, Jensen McRae

THE REEL TRUTH:WOMEN AREN’T SEEN OR HEARD

SCREEN TIME

SPEAKING TIME

WOMEN MISSING IN ACTION

MALE CHARACTERS RECEIVED 2X TIMES THE AMOUNT OF SCREEN TIME AS

FEMALE CHARACTERS IN 2015(28.5% COMPARED TO 16.0%).

IN FILMS WITH A MALE LEAD,MALE CHARACTERS APPEARING ON

SCREEN NEARLY 3X TIMES MORE OFTEN THAN FEMALE CHARACTERS

(34.5% COMPARED TO 12.9%).

WOMEN, THE SILENT MAJORITY

IN 2015, MALE CHARACTERS SPOKE 2X AS OFTEN AS FEMALE CHARACTERS.

(28.4% COMPARED TO 15.4%).

IN FILMS WITH MALE LEADS, MALE CHARACTERS SPOKE 3X MORE OFTEN

THAN FEMALE CHARACTERS.(33.1% COMPARED TO 9.8%).

BOX OFFICEGENDER BALANCE BRINGS IN THE BUCKS

FILMS LED BY WOMEN GROSSED 15.8% MORE ON AVERAGE THAN

FILMS LED BY MEN

FILMS FEATURING MALE AND FEMALE CO-LEADS EARNED $108,317,073

(23.5%) MORE ON AVERAGE THAN FILMS WITH MALE OR FEMALE LEADS ALONE.

The Geena Davis Inclusion Quotient (GD-IQ) is a ground breaking software tool developed by the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media with the ability to measure screen and speaking time. Using the GD-IQ, they analyzed the top grossing (non-animated) films of 2014 and 2015, as reported by Variety.View the full report at SeeJane.org

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