Guardian Top 100

The top 100 is a list of the most powerful people in the media industry. The list is judged on the economic, political and cultural influence on the UK.
The panellists are a panel of experienced media watchers, from the worlds of journalism, politics and advertising. The internet judged entrants are judged on economic clout and political power of all candidates.
The panellists...

Lord Waheed Alli
Daisy McAndrew
Jamie Kantrowitz
Richard Park
Sarah Sands
James Scroggs
Janine Gibson
Matt Wells

There are 19 women in the top 100, this is 19%

Lesley Douglass Job: controller, BBC Radio 2 and 6Music; controller, BBC popular music Industry: broadcasting 2006 ranking: 37

Janna Bennet Job: director of vision, BBC Industry: broadcasting 2006 ranking: 8

Jenny Abramsky Job: director, BBC audio and music Industry: broadcasting 2006 ranking: 11

Rebekah Wade Job: editor, the Sun Industry: publishing 2006 ranking: 12

Helen Boaden Job: director, BBC news Industry: broadcasting 2006 ranking: 17

Sly Bailey Job: chief executive, Trinity Mirror Industry: publishing 2006 ranking: 32

Lisa Opie Job: managing director, content, Channel Five Industry: broadcasting New entry

Marjorie Scardino Job: chief executive, Pearson Industry: publishing, new media 2006 ranking: 36

Carolyn Mcall Job: chief executive, Guardian Media Group Industry: publishing, broadcasting, new media 2006 ranking: 94

Zarin Patel Job: group finance director, BBC; non-executive director, BBC Worldwide Industry: broadcasting New entry

Dawn Airey Job: director of global content, ITV Industry: broadcasting2006 ranking: 31

Patience Wheatcroft Job: editor, Sunday Telegraph Industry: publishing2006 ranking: 87

Elisabeth Murdoch Job: chairman and chief executive, Shine Industry: broadcasting New entry

Jane featherstone Job: joint managing director, Kudos Productions Industry: broadcasting 2006 ranking: 74

Jane Bruton Job: editor, Grazia Industry: publishing New entry

Alexandra Shulman Job: editor, Vogue Industry: publishing New entry

Polly Toynbee Job: columnist, the Guardian Industry: publishing New entry

Alison Pearson Job: columnist, Daily Mail Industry: publishing New entry

Emily Bailey Job: director of digital content, Guardian News & Media Industry: new media New entry

Post Feminism In the film TAXI

The film Taxi is based in New York, around a female taxi driver who has a big ambition and a racing attitude. This reflects the reason her taxi can be converted into a street-racing car. Immediately this shows a form of post feminism. The film also immediately starts with a cyclist who's gender is not shown, racing through New York city in a record time. It is made to look as if this is a male on the bike, however once the helmet comes of a female is shown. From this we can see that is is very unusual to see women setting cycling records, therefore going against the stereotype. She is also shown working at a garage with other men, and she is treated as "one of the lads". The power the media has forces us to believe this is almost "abnormal" for a female to be working in a garage, and not being connoted sexually. In turn this shows a form of post feminism in the movie, and gives us an insight into the narrative.

Stereotypically men young men revolve around street racing, and women are seen as sexual objects. However the fact that a female is skilled at street racing and driving itself shows a type of role reversal. It also shows how women in this era do things that male’s stereotypically do, which is the definition of post feminism.

Through the film Queen Latifa (mya) is dragged into a crime investigation with a police detective. She is shown to be very intelligent as she manages to find ways in which to catch the criminals, which aids in their eventual capture. Again this is a form of post feminism as she is shown to be strong and independent making decisions that normally men would.

The thief's in the movie are in themselves a post feministic group. They are a group of young attractive Brazilian women. They are shown in a variety of scenes taking place in criminal activities, such as robbing a bank. Again this reinforces the post feministic themes in the movie, as robbing a bank takes a large amount of intelligence to carry out successfully. The fact that it is females robbing a bank is very different to the stereotype of male violence and criminals.

However the criminals are also shown to be stereotyped as they use their good looks to get out of situations with the law enforcement. A shot is shown of the females changing their apparel into bikinis and revealing clothing shows in a way they are being stereotyped. However this could again show their intelligence of finding a way not to get arrested, and shows that the weakness of men could be attractive women.

During the movie, we see many low angle shots of the female criminals, which connotes their power in the movie. During racing scenes, quick cuts are used to help create pace, and chase scenes are often found in action films. The re-equilibrium (Todorov) in the movie is when the female character is about to start a race in the Nascar racing circuit. Again this connotes a very un-stereotypical feature, a female driving in a motorsport which is powered and consists of all men.

Another key character in the movie is the leader of the police department, which in this movie is a female. She is represented and shown to be very powerful, and we do not often see women in such a high position of the law. Along with the other features of the film, i think TAXI shows a clear post feministic message across to the audience, and does it in a humorous way. For example the main male character being slightly "blonde", which is often a representation surrounding women.