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THE HOT PINK PEN

Focus on Women Filmmakers

THE HOT PINK PEN is an advocate for women directors & screenwriters, creative filmmakers who are generally overlooked by the mainstream media. Even when their work is noticed, however, it's often misunderstood &/or rudely demeaned. THE HOT PINK PEN is now here to right these wrongs, & help women (& men) in audiences everywhere find wonderful films by women filmmakers.

THE HOT PINK PEN:
Because the Pen is Mightier than the Sword!

Why?

Cartoonist: Sharon Rosenzweig

     Unless you’re a crossword puzzle freak, you may not know that a female swan is called “a pen.” In this specific case, the “hot pink pen” is a writer dedicated to the WITASWAN cause. OK, but why, you may ask, is “Penny” pink?  Simple!  I was one of those girls who wanted to be a boy, so as a kid I NEVER wore pink.  But the fact of the matter is that I’m a “winter,” so I happen to look good in pink.  What a quandry!

     I can tell you exactly when it all started coming together for me: I began to embrace my pinkitude the first time I saw YENTL.  Thanks to Barbra Streisand, I now understand: I refuse to cut out my heart just because I want to use my mind!!! Click here to read about FUNNY GIRL & Second-Wave Feminism.

     Huge thanks to my immensely talented schvester Sharon Rosenzweig for bringing “Penny” to life! (Note: “Schvester” is the Yiddish word for “sister,” & this is the term of endearment I now use for all of my incredibly talented Jewish women friends, acquaintances, & colleagues.)

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