Film: Miss Representation
| Date/Time: | Monday, 05 Mar 2012 at 6:00 pm |
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| Location: | South Ballroom, Memorial Union |
| Cost: | Free |
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| Phone: | 515-294-9934 |
| Channel: | Lecture Series |
| Categories: | Diversity Lectures |
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"Miss Representation" challenges the media's 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 woman's 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. Miss Representation accumulates startling facts and statistics that will leave the audience shaken and armed with a new perspective.
Jennifer Siebel Newsom is the founder and CEO of Girls Club Entertainment and serves as a member of the Healthy MEdia: Commission for Positive Images of Women and Girls. She graduated with honors both from Stanford University and Stanford's Graduate School of Business.