I am currently reading a fascinating and often frustrating book by Empire Magazine’s Helen O’Hara. Women Vs Hollywood: The Rise and Fall of Women in Film offers a never before seen look at how Hollywood, and the cinema industry more widely, has systematically suppressed and constrained the voices of talented women and other marginalised people, much to its own detriment. 

Beginning in the age of silent film, it showcases the incredible role women played in the very inception of the industry, and how these stories were rewritten, supressed or lost. Moving through the golden age of Hollywood and on to the modern day, including the #MeToo movement, if you’re interested in film or feminism (or both!) I would definitely recommend giving it a read.