Lena Khan (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3414572…) is trying to making her first feature film, The Tiger Hunter (http://leeeeenz.wix.com/tigerhunter). She has worked really hard to get most of her budget but she is still missing a few thousand. Help this WoC out, Jez readers!

That's a really great question. I'm not exactly sure, but I think the absolute best thing would be to help support independent filmmakers. A lot, particularly those who are still in film school, will use crowd funding websites to finance their films. Having a finished film that you could send to festivals right out of…

This is great, and very necessary. Part of why I gave up during film school was because it was so male dominated, and I never had any female mentors. The film program actually skewed female, but by the end most of the people making films in the advanced classes were men (women usually shifted focus to producing, like…

Can't it be both? Yes, only Lindsay can make the decision to use or not use drugs ... but it's unkind and immoral both to stick cameras in her face, and to hand her a bunch of money she's not in a position to refuse. I agree Oprah's not a social worker and Lindsay should know that, but I still think she's doing a…

If somebody's out on the ledge on the 20th floor, shouting "jump!" is an asshole move. Oprah's pretty much shouting "jump!" here.

"Not wanting to talk about her recovery only proves that she's not working the program, because the whole point is to talk about it."

lololol. When I got married, my mother-in-law pointed out it would now be "my job" to keep a clean house and do all the cooking. I replied "I already have a job, and an education, and a legitimate badass career I've worked hard for." When she replied "oh yeah but you can do both roles" I was like "so, what is your son…

Whatever, Fangs.

I try eye contact and smiling, but people just recoil in terror and go away. :( :(

Aw dang. I was kind of hoping for some tips on the signalling interest segment, as opposed to making fun of people who don't know how to do that. Because I don't know how to signal interest or availability, for reals. That's the explanation I've always received for why I am never ever approached by interested…

Eh, I've found that I'm kinda socially turned off by very traditionally feminine and very traditionally masculine behavior. My friends of either sex tend to be closer to the middle of that spectrum. Some of us just aren't as into gender expression as others and yeah, we sometimes find it boring.

I'm a cis straight male in New England who has a number of guys that I consider close friends, but who notes that I tend to make friends with women more easily, and get along with them more readily. Any number of people have called this out as indicating vanity, self-deception, insecurity, and/or misogyny on my part.…

The thing is, while basically all my good friends are female and always have been, I actually completely get where LW1 is coming from. When women get together in groups, it IS very common for the 'stereotypical women' topics to come up simply because when the group is big enough there won't be many non-stereotypical…

So....it's always made my skin crawl when women complain they can't deal with other women, especially when they cite "too boring and shallow" as the reason. But I realized recently that I am a woman who has big, fat issues with women.

Yeah, my first thought was "Why are your social gatherings splitting up like a middle school dance?" I resent those segregations when they happen but because it feels like lame gendered bullshit, not because I don't like the female company. I mean, maybe its my little corner of liberal bliss but in the majority of…

One of my very best female friends occasionally talks about how much she prefers being friends with guys cause girls "have so much drama."

Or break wind. That works too.

The vitriol being spilled about LW1 is a good example of why I don't get along with many women - jeez ladies, how bout a little understanding and compassion? Most of the women shitting on LW1 all admit to falling into the same category at one point in their lives, its somewhat ironic that none of them can sympathize.

I have to disagree. I am a guy, and i have largely written off men as friends. I can be all colleague-y and friendly with guys, and hang out and stuff... i just don't feel it, and i never feel a connection where we can actually share some "serious conversation". Not just arguing about politics or our interests, or…

Eh, time out. I identify with LW1, and the misplaced, knee-jerk rage really sucks to see. It's not the most articulate explanation, and what follows might not be either, but here it is: I really struggle making female friends as well. I think part (not all) of the problem has been regional, in that I grew up on the…