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“No longer stereotypes, these screen women had become complicated. This combination of sensuality, independence and playfulness, made them fascinating to watch and completely modern.”

— Mick LaSalle

“So here they are, a gaggle of highly skilled and utterly unique actresses whose pre-feminist strength and independence were awesome to behold. Whether with…

— Ray Hagen

“We were girls in plaid skirts, loud and obnoxious, driving with the windows down. Capable students, nailing honor roll every year, despite our reputation.…

— Colleen Curran

“If we look at some of the most celebrated or prolific story originators of all time, we find among them a surprising number of…

— Sacha Coward

“You can learn a lot about the longings and generalized gender anxieties of an era by the kinds of fake women it dreams up.”

— Carina Chocano

“Join me for a moment in trying to imagine a life so rich and varied that you cannot remember shooting an actress at a…

— Claudia Christian

At the time it really was the social women, the society ladies. There were the cool girls, like Aerin Lauder - everyone loved to…

— Roopal Patel

“She was the quintessential twenty-first-century woman: She could build a high-rise in a Chanel suit and Jimmy Choos, give lessons in multitasking, and freeze…

— Donna Ball

“These blithering women who thought they could do a man's work. Why the hell couldn't they stay at home and mind their pots and…

— Ian Fleming

Something like 'Sex And The City' was insulting - women all clawing on to their youth when there's such ripe territory in honestly exploring…

— Samantha Bond

“How did all that revolutionary talk of the seventies land us in a place where being female means playing dumb and looking good?”

— Claire Messud

“These new people were her people. So what that she'd only recently met these women. In their hearts they were all the same: women…

— Deborah Rodriguez