Why the Odds are Still Stacked against Women in Hollywood

A few weeks ago, the Hollywood Reporter ran this great article, to remind us that even though women have made great strides breaking into the white male ranks of Hollywood, it's going to take a lot more effort for us to truly become equal players.

Every time someone brings up women in Hollywood, though, I also feel the need to point out that we are not the only underrepresented group - that writers/directors/producers from all the Big Eight (what my race relations group called the major bases of discrimination in America: race, gender, religion, ethnicity, age, disability, socio-economic status, and sexual orientation) all face an uphill battle to get their views and lives portrayed accurately (and sometimes even at all) in films and on TV.

We've got to work hard to make Hollywood a move inclusive society. It's not impossible, but it won't be easy, either.