Writer and director Greta Gerwig shifting the focus for women

That Greta Gerwig, writer and director of Lady Bird, is a confident young woman making movies about confident young women feels especially meaningful right now, writes Christine Smallwood.

Greta Gerwig once peed her pants during a math test. She was in seventh grade, it was a new school, the test was a placement exam and she didn’t know the rules. Was she allowed to get up? Was it ok to raise her hand?