A few years ago I wrote a script for an episode of Oregon Public Broadcasting’s television series, Bridging World History. The script centered on “family and household” as aspects of world history — a relatively new field of study. During my research process, I learned something very important. When historians glance backwards, they scour the [...]
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Your Words, Your History: A Filmmaker’s Perspective
Posted in Women's History Month, tagged documentary film, Doris Kearns Goodwin, filmmaker, Louise Vance, madeleine albright, National Women's History Month, NWHM, PBS, Seneca Falls, Seneca Falls convention, Seneca Falls film, Seneca Falls Women's Rights Convention, The Daily Show, women in media, Women's History Month, women's media representation, Women's Rights Convention, Writing Women Back into History on March 25, 2010, | 2 Comments »
Add Your Voice to the Op-Ed Pages
Posted in Sexism, Sexual Harassment, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, Huffington Post, mentor editor, mentoring, Op-Ed, Op-Ed Project, Sexual Harassment, women in media, women in the media, Zeba Kahn on March 19, 2010, | 3 Comments »
Did you know that 80 percent or more of newspaper op-eds are written by men? It’s just one area in the media in which women are underrepresented. But unlike being a Hollywood producer (85 percent are men) or a New York Times best-selling nonfiction book author (85 percent are by men), anyone can be an [...]
Body Typed
Posted in The AAUW Community, Women's Health, tagged beauty, beauty ideal, Body Typed, film, media, photo retouching, women filmmakers, women in media, women's representation on December 22, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
Living in media-saturated cultures, we are surrounded by perfected images of “beauty.” The debate continues over whether or not advertisers should disclose the extent to which their images are digitally manipulated. Valérie Boyer, a member of the French parliament is proposing legislation in France that would require digitally altered photographs to be labeled. What would [...]
What Is It about Women in the Media?
Posted in Sex Discrimination, Women and Work, tagged gender discrimination, Katic Couric, media ownership, NOW, WMC, women in media on September 3, 2009, | 3 Comments »
Gender discrimination in the media can generally be broken down into how women are portrayed in the media (both popular forms of media and news media), as well as women’s participation in, and ownership of, media. Much has been written about women’s representation and the effects of media portrayals on certain groups and our society, [...]
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