My Netflix queue says that "Miss Representation" will be released Feb 2012.

[CrispyQ]

I saw most of thise documentary on OWN - Oprah Winfrey Network, back in November. (I wonder why they don't show it again?) I told all my freinds about this moive & when the DVD is avaialble on Netflix, I'll remind them again.

http://www.missrepresentation.org/


http://www.missrepresentation.org/education/

snip...

In one week American teenagers spend 31 hours watching TV, 17 hours listening to music, 3 hours watching movies, 4 hours reading magazines, 10 hours online. That’s 10 hours and 45 minutes of media consumption a day.

Miss Representation’s Curriculum gives media literacy a much needed gender focus. The curriculum asks girls and boys alike to think about the effects of the images they see—particularly the ways media affects women and girls’ ability to see themselves as leaders and be seen as leaders by others in society.

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~emphasis added.

I highly recommend this documentary.

[redqueen]

1. A very good blog entry about the movie, with a cool youtube video, too.

http://rachaelcarmensimpson.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/miss-representation/