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Hilary Van Hoose

Freelance Journalist

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Hilary Van Hoose

Available to write articles about topics ranging from entertainment industry issues, disability, gender, and health to travel, lifestyle, and film/TV reviews.

Recent articles published in Script Magazine, Animation Magazine, Pipeline Artists Magazine, and The Valley Star. Older articles published in USA Today College, Uloop, UCSC Abroad, and others.

M.F.A. from USC (University of Southern California)
B.A. from UCSC (University of California Santa Cruz)

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Published Articles

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Why “Touch Grass” is Actually Great Advice for Screenwriters

Logging off and regularly venturing out into the real world has many benefits for screenwriters, and not just for their health either!

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Acting Exercises Writers Can Use to Flesh Out Their Characters

There are a whole host of things that can cause writer's block, but your characters don't have to be one of them.

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Hollywood Creatives Fundraising for Strike Funds: Where to Find Help if You Need It

Hollywood's creatives are finding some, well, creative ways to raise money for strike funds.

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Ways to Be Productive During a Strike (Without Risk of Scabbing)

Here are some ways that you can proactively improve your craft and your career during the strike—without the slightest risk of scabbing.

Hollywood Films Written By and About Women - Part 1

Hollywood Films Written By and About Women - Part 1

This is the first of a three-part series in which I'm going to talk about noteworthy female-led feature films that were written or co-written by women with 10 films, spanning from the Silent Era until the end of Hollywood's Golden Age in the late 1940s.

Hollywood Films Written By and About Women - Part 2

Hollywood Films Written By and About Women - Part 2

Ready for 10 more womanly wonders from cinema history? This time we're starting at the demise of the Golden Age and running clear into the 1980s.

Hollywood Films Written by and About Women - Part 3

Hollywood Films Written by and About Women - Part 3

10 films y and about women from the modern era.

With so many representation firsts from the last decade, including Doc McStuffins, Pablo, The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder, Spirit Rangers and Molly of Denali, animation still has a long way to go before inclusion becomes the norm rather than a novelty. If you’re one of the increasing numbers of creators seeking to uplift diverse talent and bolster authenticity in storytelling, who should you talk to? What practices are effective? Let’s ask the experts!

Inclusion in Animation: The Next Chapter

With so many representation firsts from the last decade, including Doc McStuffins, Pablo, The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder, Spirit Rangers and Molly of Denali, animation still has a long way to go before inclusion becomes the norm rather than a novelty. If you’re one of the increasing numbers of creators seeking to uplift diverse talent and bolster authenticity in storytelling, who should you talk to? What practices are effective? Let’s ask the experts!

A Gallup poll reports that women still take on the majority of household roles despite a recent report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics showing that women comprise the majority of the American workforce.

How Deeply Are Our Views on Gender Equity Shaped by Our Fathers' Everyday Actions?

Sons and daughters seeing their fathers perform household duties might prove to be the key for each younger generation closing gender-based inequality gaps both at the office and at home — but we are not there yet.

Any screenwriter can become a research powerhouse. You just need a few basic skills and resources, and a little practice using them.

Becoming a Writing Research Powerhouse

Any screenwriter can become a research powerhouse. You just need a few basic skills and resources, and a little practice using them.

At a time when one third of Americans are living with a disability, and when those numbers are on the rise due to long-COVID, film studios and television networks continue to eschew disability representation for both employees and content.

The Most Underrepresented Type of Diversity in Media: Disability

People with disabilities are not seeing themselves on the big screen, on television, or in the rooms where the writers of mass media are employed.

A $1000 per month price tag for insulin forces millions of Americans with Diabetes to ration the medication that keeps them alive, and many die trying. (Photo by Hilary Van Hoose/Special to the Star)

Big Pharma, Insulin Prices and Elections

The 2020 presidential elections thrust insulin prices into the spotlight. Here is why 2022 voters need to track this issue.

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How Disabled Writers Are Changing the Landscape of the Entertainment Industry

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