July 1, 2011
I was interviewed on in Seattle. Since Pixar has announced it’s upcoming film Brave will star the animation studio’s first ever female lead, some attention has been placed on the role women play in movies. On Seattle’s Public Radio Station KUOW, The Conversation’s Ross Reynolds and I talked about the Bechdel Test, women in …
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Tags: Bechdel Test
March 23, 2011
Nist.tv and Feminist Frequency have teamed up to bring you Feminism in Focus: Interviews with Feminist Video Creators. Feminism in Focus is a collection of self-edited video interviews with several incredible feminist online video creators. It aims to celebrate these artists and encourage potential creators to become a part of the feminist video community.
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Tags: Artists, Technology
March 17, 2011
On March 16th, 2011, I was interviewed on KPFK’s Feminist Magazine in Los Angeles. Lynn Harris Ballen and I talked about making feminist and gender theories more accessible through critical media literacy and online video. We were joined by Feminist Fatale’s Melanie Klein to talk about this year’s Women Action and Media …
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September 14, 2010
Gender Across Borders (GAB) invited me to be a guest on their new monthly podcast to discuss the Bechdel Test. I applied the test to Sex and the City 2 and Karate Kid and looked at what it means when a movie just barely passes. I also explored whether we can really apply …
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Tags: Allison Bechdel, Bechdel Test, Karate Kid, Sex and the City
June 29, 2010
Recently I sat down with Jennifer Berger, the executive director of About Face, a media literacy organization, helping girls and women resist harmful media messages. They currently have a campaign against American Apparel’s advertising.
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About Face and visit American Apparel in their Gallery of Offenders.
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Tags: About Face, Advertising, American Apparel, Bitch Magazine, Sexism