Course Description

At the core of the course is the question how feminism has become a demonized and ridiculed “F-word” in an age when issues of gender and sexuality are at the center of constant, often explosive political debates. These debates often connect media representation and political representation but tend to do so in simplistic ways that bypass or distort decades of sophisticated feminist theory and practice. We will trace back such representations through the decades around case studies that encompass film, video, television and new media practices. The case studies come from the United States and beyond, taking into full account the global interconnectedness of media production and consumption as well as the transnational travel of feminist ideas. The main goal of the course is to evaluate how useful feminist thinking is to understanding the relays between media and political representation; and to develop a lasting critical apparatus to analyzing the politics of gender and sexuality in the media.


Monday, October 21, 2013

Women and the Internet


Although it is not film or reading related, I wanted to share with you all a new campaign launched by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women on women and the internet.

http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2013/10/women-should-ads

The images used in the campaign uses google searches to illustrate the discrimination and sexism against women. After viewing these photos it is clear the feminism is absolutely still needed in society.


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