Are women’s voices being heard in this year’s Oscar-contending films?

Posted: March 2, 2018  |  Updated: January 18, 2023

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Screencaptures from a Texas Standard article, reading "Are women's voices being heard in this year's Oscar-contending films? An Austin firm uses algorithms and artificial intelligence to tell us which Best Picture nominees included the most female representation."

“With Artificial Intelligence, StoryFit has been looking at questions of female representation in films from the past year.”

With primary day fast approaching, reporters reading the Texas political tea leaves are seeing more blue. Karen Tumulty of the Washington Post joins us today on the Standard. And: Southeast Texans remember trying to get around during hurricane Harvey. Doesn’t have to be a storm that big, sometimes heavy downpours make Texas roads impassable, but you don’t know about it until it’s too late–now there may be a fix in the works. Also: A growing scandal over college basketball players accepting money – and a proposal to fix it that’s getting a lot more attention: What about letting them accept the money?

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