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In reply to the discussion: To the younger women of DU: [View all]PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)77. Had never heard of that film
Some truths are so visible, even someone like me can see them....
http://film.missrepresentation.org/synopsis
Like drawing back a curtain to let bright light stream in, Miss Representation (87 min; TV-14 DL) uncovers a glaring reality we live with every day but fail to see. Written and directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the film exposes how mainstream media contribute to the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America. The film challenges the medias limited and often disparaging portrayals of women and girls, which make it difficult for women to achieve leadership positions and for the average woman to feel powerful herself.
In a society where media is the most persuasive force shaping cultural norms, the collective message that our young women and men overwhelmingly receive is that a womans value and power lie in her youth, beauty, and sexuality, and not in her capacity as a leader. While women have made great strides in leadership over the past few decades, the United States is still 90th in the world for women in national legislatures, women hold only 3% of clout positions in mainstream media, and 65% of women and girls have disordered eating behaviors.
Stories from teenage girls and provocative interviews with politicians, journalists, entertainers, activists and academics, like Condoleezza Rice, Nancy Pelosi, Katie Couric, Rachel Maddow, Margaret Cho, Rosario Dawson and Gloria Steinem build momentum as Miss Representation accumulates startling facts and statistics that will leave the audience shaken and armed with a new perspective.
Like drawing back a curtain to let bright light stream in, Miss Representation (87 min; TV-14 DL) uncovers a glaring reality we live with every day but fail to see. Written and directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the film exposes how mainstream media contribute to the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America. The film challenges the medias limited and often disparaging portrayals of women and girls, which make it difficult for women to achieve leadership positions and for the average woman to feel powerful herself.
In a society where media is the most persuasive force shaping cultural norms, the collective message that our young women and men overwhelmingly receive is that a womans value and power lie in her youth, beauty, and sexuality, and not in her capacity as a leader. While women have made great strides in leadership over the past few decades, the United States is still 90th in the world for women in national legislatures, women hold only 3% of clout positions in mainstream media, and 65% of women and girls have disordered eating behaviors.
Stories from teenage girls and provocative interviews with politicians, journalists, entertainers, activists and academics, like Condoleezza Rice, Nancy Pelosi, Katie Couric, Rachel Maddow, Margaret Cho, Rosario Dawson and Gloria Steinem build momentum as Miss Representation accumulates startling facts and statistics that will leave the audience shaken and armed with a new perspective.
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Big battles like a rape epidemic, victim blaming, unequal pay, abortion restrictions,
NuclearDem
Jan 2014
#24
The epidemic of domestic violence, which results in an average of three women murdered every day
redqueen
Jan 2014
#27
In a population of 350,000,000, I don't think I'd term that an "epidemic".
Donald Ian Rankin
Jan 2014
#94
I saw the same thing happen on a smaller scale in San Fransico Women in Advertising
NV Whino
Jan 2014
#4
Since it's a story about how young women are taking political action as opposed
msanthrope
Jan 2014
#13
if by getting out more the poster meant getting off DU3 more then No, it wasn't snark. n/t
Tuesday Afternoon
Jan 2014
#31
No..it wasn't snark. It's reality. You gotta get out to where the activism is...nt.
msanthrope
Jan 2014
#44
Ever since Sigourney strapped on a loader, women have been bad-asses in the movies.
randome
Jan 2014
#16
This is interesting. I think that the lack of reproductive choice, though the legislation is being
Squinch
Jan 2014
#76
Speaking for my daughter I would say that young women want to be treated with
liberal_at_heart
Jan 2014
#58
My birth control is free, I can shake my tits on TV or enlist in the infantry. That's my bucket list
Nuclear Unicorn
Jan 2014
#50
Perhaps they are not jumping into the trenches because they do not believe...
Demo_Chris
Jan 2014
#53
good post, i think there is def a generational thing in regards to the battles
loli phabay
Jan 2014
#57
I think that young women are fighting the fight simply by living their lives the way they want.
liberal_at_heart
Jan 2014
#60
agree with some of that, not with others. It is harder for everybody these days. Working
liberal_at_heart
Jan 2014
#72
They don't understand how it was before, and more importantly, they don't believe
Egalitarian Thug
Jan 2014
#68
Yes. That is what Jennifer Siebel Newsom exposed in her documentary, Miss Representation.
redqueen
Jan 2014
#71
I was so excited when I saw it. I thought for sure it would be a watershed moment for women.
redqueen
Jan 2014
#78
I'm not a younger woman, but I think the answer is obvious: diminishing returns.
Donald Ian Rankin
Jan 2014
#95