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The women transforming Mexican cinema

Women directors are still a rarity in Hollywood.  A new investigation by film industry site the Wrap discovered that two of Hollywood’s major studios, 20th Century Fox and Paramount, have no films by female directors scheduled to come out between now and 2018. 

In Mexico, the situation is decidedly brighter. According to the “Statistical Yearbook of Mexican Cinema,” by 2007, women directed around 10 percent of annual productions. By 2015, this figure had reached 25 percent, almost triple the percentage of women directors in Hollywood.


‘I’m a transgender sex worker’

“Cristal” Ballesteros as told to Stephen Woodman

When I was 14 I came out to my parents as gay and transgender.

My mother reacted badly. I left my family home and we stopped speaking for four years. 

I started wearing makeup and taking hormone pills. I also went to live with a friend in a different part of town. 

Students shine at ‘Lincoln’ book launch

More than 15,000 books have been written about U.S. President Abraham Lincoln over many decades, so publisher Mikel Miller admitted he was somewhat skeptical when Guadalajara-based author and teacher Michael Hogan told him he wanted to add another one to this mammoth collection.

Retirement not an easy task, admits St. Andrew’s priest

After six years of being an integral part of St. Andrew’s Anglican Church, the Reverend Winston Welty has stepped down, having conducted his last service this past Sunday. As the church’s priest since 2010, Welty says half jokingly, “I’ve tried to retire three times, and each time I failed.” Now, his retirement appears to be the real deal.