Geena Davis

Advocate and Actor Geena Davis Signs a Baseball for Ringling College Student Artist Elizabeth Gray. Gray Created the Portrait of the Artist Which Was Presented to Her Prior to Davis's Feb. 13, 2013 Lecture in Sarasota, Fla.
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Geena Davis: #ShesGotDrive and Still in a League of Her Own

One of my favorite movie lines, “there’s no crying in baseball,” was brought to the silver screen 25 years ago in the film, “A League of Their Own.” If you’re a Gen X-er like me, you’re probably feeling old realizing that classic movie is 25 years old.

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G is for Geena Davis and Media Gender Bias

Actress and Olympian Geena Davis is one of those people trying to make a difference in how girls and women view themselves. She founded the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media after viewing television programs and videos with her daughter and noticing an imbalance in the roles male and female characters play.

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Starry, Starry Night on 2011 Sarasota Film Festival’s Red Carpet

The 2011 Sarasota Film Festival has rolled in and out of town already and unlike the previous two years, I really wasn’t into it. Sure, I checked out the Through Women’s Eyes Shorts on April 9, primarily because of the documentary, “Derby Girls: Inside the Bradentucky Bombers” – my roller derby league. If you look […]

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