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on August 1, 2009 at 11:19:03 am
 

An Open Letter from a Femal Director

 

dowload the full .pdf here

 

small extract:

 

"I have an Iranian friend living in NY who recently returned from her trip back home.

She told me that  it was easier to be a woman in Iran because there is no pretense there about sexism.

It's overt. It's  policy. It's "the way things are".

What's hard about being in the US, she said, is that women are  disempowered by the myth that western women are liberated.

The glass ceiling hurts every time we  bash our heads against it but it's entirely invisible.

Have you ever run smack into a pane of glass?  "

 

 

In this letter of great perception and courage, Ela Thier describes how the glass ceiling of hidden or denied (and not so hidden ..) sexism has affected her life and career, as a film director.    (If you wanto get a quick glimpse on just how exceptional this woman is, check out the enormous list of apreciations from her students)

 

The story is very similar to that of all women: the glass ceiling is the same one, often a lot higher or lower, depending on the woman's class, race, education,... etc.   but always there, imperceptible to most but those who keep smacking against it ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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