“‘When girls look to the media for models they can achieve in the real world, they see newspapers and TV anchors talking about female politicians’ haircuts and fashion choices,’ says Jennifer L. Pozner, the founder of Women in Media and News and the author of Reality Bites Back. ‘And then they turn to reality TV, where they’re told that the only route to power is through beauty and humiliation. So what are girls to think about what’s possible for them?’”
—from The Daily Beast article, “Does the Media Hate Women?” on the new documentary from director Jennifer Seibel Newsom, Miss Representation, which shows how Hollywood and the media objectify women.
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This looks terrific. And it’s interesting that part of the film’s argument is that women are being objectified in the media more now than even five years ago. I think I agree.
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