Monika Bartyzel
Monika Bartyzel is a freelance writer and creator of Girls on Film, a weekly look at femme-centric film news and concerns, now appearing at TheWeek.com. Her work has been published on sites including The Atlantic, Movies.com, Moviefone, Collider, and the now-defunct Cinematical, where she was a lead writer and assignment editor.
Latest articles by Monika Bartyzel
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Girls on Film: What if Lupita Nyong'o got the same roles as Jennifer Lawrence?
feature Projecting the arc of the 12 Years a Slave star's career by looking at Hollywood's other favorite leading lady
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5 years of Girls on Film
feature On this column's five-year anniversary, a look at the ongoing evolution of femme-centric film in culture and Hollywood
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How Shonda Rhimes can become TV's most important creative mind
feature Ignore the luridness of Grey's Anatomy and Scandal and you'll find something truly groundbreaking
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Girls on Film: Aspiring female filmmakers need male mentors, too
feature Hollywood's creative elite have relied on established mentors for decades — but women have rarely been a part of the equation
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Girls on Film: The darkly sexual lessons of Nymphomaniac
feature Provocation is not consent — even though many men think it is
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Girls on Film: Forget When Harry Met Sally. Men and women can be friends.
feature Twenty-five years after its release, the beloved rom-com's guiding principle remains annoyingly pervasive in Hollywood
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Girls on Film: Movies can help defeat society's female body problem
feature Cinema has the unique ability to destroy long-held misconceptions and prejudices about women — if the right people are behind the camera
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