Steff Hutchinson: Singer, photographer (still) and musician in Leamington, United Kingdom.

I have been thinking about this a lot lately. As a female performer and also a fierce believer of equality in the workplace, I have always introduced my profession as being an "actor." More and more I am "corrected" by the people that I am talking to with "I think you mean 'actress'". It was my understanding that the term "actress" was outdated, and now it was more politically correct to say "female actor," "male actor." Personally, I prefer the latter. I feel that by using the same word to describe us all it puts us on an equal playing field; the word "actress" just sounds less professional and serious to me--as if I'm still the little girl I was when I was 3 dreaming of being a big performer one day (not that there was anything wrong with that). I'm curious to know: Females: what do you introduce your profession as? What else have people heard the most?

thanks for the connect Steff

I agree with you. I am tired of seeing feminazi type women as THE only woman who can get the job done. Luckily there are some characters that are a bit softer, but definitely get the respect they deserve. My favorite is Sharon in the TV show, Major Crimes. She speaks softly, but carries a big stick. Thanks for speaking up and I hope other writers will take your words to heart.

Thanks CJ! SOME men's writing about women has annoyed me since I read DH Lawrence at school, and realised that he'd got the outward actions of his women about right, but the inward thoughts were from another planet than the one I and my friends inhabited. But my male friends thought he was brilliant, presumably because the outward actions were ringing so true. I'm not a screenwriter, but I'd always assumed you could write 'genderless' - actually your bit about real world reactions to the characters has changed my mind about that. So thanks for sharing - and for making us all think.

Hi, Steff. Thanks for networking. I look forward to hearing and seeing some of your work. Cheers, m

Thanks for the connection!

Hi MItesh, Thanks for connecting!

Hi, just joined today so thought I'd introduce myself. Mostly involved in shooting and editing videos for my own band, but have also made short documentaries and other short films for artists and other creatives. You can see one of my band videos here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M5o6o6F9kE

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