I initially joined Co.OfWomen as I could see that this organisation was meeting a real and previously unmet need for female entrepreneurs, offering relevant support I would have been very grateful to have at different points in my own entrepreneurial journey.īeing entrepreneurial is about being innovative, doing business in different ways to get and maintain the competitive advantage that will ensure sustainability, and all the benefits success brings with it. > you can get to know our founder more hereīeing successful is the most exciting part but it can also be a slow, tough road and, at times, a truly lonely one. Tara received her marketing qualification from the University of Auckland and is a highly experienced neuroscience-based performance coach. In 2016, Tara was honoured as Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in recognition of her contribution to women and business. Co.OfWomen has grown into a community of thousands of women across Aotearoa dedicated to developing their own and supporting other women’s success. Magazine and convenors of The New Zealand Hall of Fame for Women Entrepreneurs, Women Entrepreneurs Week and Female Power Week – platforms dedicated to championing the diversity and distinctions of female success. Tara launched Co.OfWomen in 2012, a membership based organisation based on a globally unique model serving women at every stage of success via. This led her to identifying a gap in the market for providing world class, practical resources to champion a female success journey. Inspired by this experience, she dedicated the next stage of her career to discovering a business that could scale. Following a successful career in tech marketing in both the UK and New Zealand, Tara took on the role of running the country’s leading Technology Incubator where she developed their award winning high growth programme. Tara Lorigan is a pioneer in the space for female success. Karen Hollinger is an associate professor in the Department of Languages, Literature, and Dramatic Arts at Armstrong Atlantic State University."WE KNOW THE CHALLENGES, WE'VE EXPERIENCED THE JOURNEY, WE KNOW FIRST HAND WHAT'S AT STAKE, SO WE'RE FANATICAL IN OUR COMMITMENT TO SUCCESS, MINE, YOURS, ON OUR TERMS" Hollinger considers all of the major issues in feminist film criticism-from audience reception to the identification with characters, from sexuality to racial identity.Įngaging and provocative, In the Company of Women is an entertaining and enlightening account of one of contemporary cinema’s most vital genres. This blend of empowering and conservative elements makes the female friendship film neither a true challenge to the status quo nor a mere confirmation of dominant ideology but rather a multifaceted cinematic form that reflects both of these strains. Hollinger argues that the female friendship film, by attempting to assimilate into the mainstream, uses ideas from the women’s movement, like female autonomy and sisterhood, that are particularly susceptible to compromise.
She argues that while many of these films initially seem to affirm the power of female friendship and reject traditional images of women, most of them ultimately fall back on conventional feminine roles. Of the 1930s and 1940s, such as Mildred Pierce and Stella Dallas, Karen Hollinger studies the character of the films themselves and how they speak to female viewers. In the Company of Women is the first critical work to investigate the recent resurgence of this variety of the “woman’s film.”Įxamining the female friendship film since the 1970s and setting it against older films From Desperately Seeking Susan, Steel Magnolias, and Thelma & Louise to Desert Hearts, Girl Friends, and Passion Fish, mainstream cinema has seen a wave of films focusing on friendships between women.
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