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WAM! 2010 Video and Playlist

Anita — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 23:11:40 +0000

I had such a fantastic time presenting at Women, Action and Media (WAM) in Los Angeles on March 25th, 2010. I curated a show of online videos including remixes, vlogs, vids and short documentaries made by women. Staying true with WAM‘s mission, these videos represent women taking action through media to talk about issues important to their lives and talking back to the media that so often misrepresents, stereotypes and victimizes us.

Below is the playlist of the videos I showed:

WAM! Event in Santa Monica, CA

Anita — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:50:04 +0000

March is certainly a busy month for me but I’m thrilled to be participating in a WAM! sponsored event. After Remixing Pop Culture at Cal State Northridge on Thursday March 25th, I’ll be heading straight over to Santa Monica to present a series of online videos made by women. I will celebrate women’s use of video to take action and comment on issues that are most important to them by screening online videos in the form of remix, video blogging and documentary. The videos discuss a range of topics from pop cultural criticism to anti war messages. I will be joined by a Kamala Lopez and a screening of her film “A Single Woman” and Carla Ohrendorff will speak about feminist activism and media.

The events will take place Thursday, March 25, 2010 at Santa Monica College, Bundy Campus (Bundy 123) @ 3171 South Bundy Drive, LA CA 90066

For more information please visit: http://feministfatale.com/2010/03/waming-it-on-the-westside/ and also join the Facebook Event.

Event: Remixing Pop Culture

Anita — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:38:00 +0000

I have been busy organizing this great event coming up in March at California State University, Northridge. If you live in or are visiting the Los Angeles area you should come out and watch some of the most intriguing remix videos that subvert traditional gender and sexuality norms. The videos will be curated and presented by Julie Levin Russo, Alexis Lothian and Jonathan McIntosh. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the curators. Special thanks to Laura Shapiro who consulted on the event.

Political Remix Video is a genre of transformative guerilla media production whereby creators challenge dominant media messages through re-cutting and re-framing fragments of mainstream media and popular culture. Fan videos or “vids” set remixed footage from TV shows or movies to music. They are often used to subvert the traditional canon or tell an alternative story. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me at anita [at] feministfrequency.com

Speakers:
Julie Levin Russo (Stanford) and Alexis Lothian (USC)
Jonathan McIntosh, creator of Buffy vs Edward
Hosted by Anita Sarkeesian (FeministFrequency.com)

Location and Time info:
Thursday March 25, 2010 at 12:30pm
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, CA 91330
Armer Theater, Manzanita Hall, Rm 100
View a map of the campus

Also check out the facebook event page. You can also view an enlarged flyer image.

Consulted on Buffy vs Edward – Remix by RebelliousPixels.com

Anita — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:11:32 +0000

Click here to view the embedded video.

This remix is just what I’ve been wanting – death to Edward Cullin! I might be a little biased because I was a consultant on this project but I think it turned out wonderfully. It is a meticulously crafted discussion about the disturbing and unacceptable behaviour of Edward Cullin. Where in Twilight his controlling and stalkerish ways are celebrated as romantic, in this reimagined narrative, using the empowered yet complicated character of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Jonathan McIntosh demonstrates an alternative way of looking at Edward’s character.

I find the Twilight series to be the antithesis of anything feminist from the over dominating, stalking (and murdering) boyfriend to the disempowered female protagonist.

In this re-imagined narrative, Edward Cullen from the Twilight Series meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It’s an example of transformative storytelling serving as a pro-feminist visual critique of Edward’s character and generally creepy behavior. Seen through Buffy’s eyes, some of the more sexist gender roles and patriarchal Hollywood themes embedded in the Twilight saga are exposed – in hilarious ways. Ultimately this remix is about more than a decisive showdown between the slayer and the sparkly vampire. It also doubles as a metaphor for the ongoing battle between two opposing visions of gender roles in the 21ist century. — This transformative work constitutes a fair-use of any copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US copyright law. The remix is licensed under a creative commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 license.

Read an article from Jonathan McIntosh about why he made “Buffy vs Edward” at WIMN Voices where he discusses his pro-feminist interpretation of Twilight and also gives a big shout out to the vidding community which was a primary influence in making this video. His other remixes can be seen on his blog at www.rebelliouspixels.com