In her upcoming book, Cinderella Ate My Daughter, Peggy Orenstein explores what it’s like to raise a daughter in this girlie-girl obsessed culture. All parents want to protect their child and hope that she lives happily ever after, but will the princess treatment really do the trick? Does playing Cinderella shield little girls from early…
The Women’s Media Center, a SPARK leadership organization, hosted a Watch-In of MTV’s “No Easy Decision”. The special episode covers the stories of teens who choose to have abortions. It is the first time in three seasons of MTV’s popular series “16 & Pregnant” and one season of “Teen Mom” that MTV addresses abortion. WMC’s VP of Programs Jamia…
Killing Us Softly 4 Featuring Jean Kilbourne In this new, highly anticipated updated of her pioneering Killing Us Softly series, the first in more than a decade, Jean Kilbourne takes a fresh look at how the advertising industry traffics in distorted and destructive ideals of femininity. The film marshals a range of new print and…
Correction from Email Update on Dec 13: The My Little Pony blogs were a product of Ms. Magazine. Ms. Magazine is having a My Little Pony week of blogs. Why? Well, take a look at the sexualization of classic toys like Rainbow Brite, Candy Land, and yes, My Little Pony. Toys?! If you think My Little Pony can’t be that bad,…
Cover Girl Culture is an award winning feature-length documentary and wake-up call to the Media Generation. From posing in pages of magazines to exposing magazines comes documentary filmmaker Nicole Clark. A former Elite International fashion model turned champion for young girls and their self-esteem, Nicole gets in the face of the media and advertisers calling for responsible…
We are pleased to announce that Amber Madison will be our host and emcee at the SPARK Summit at Hunter College on October 22, 2010.…
SPARK Summit is thrilled to announce Academy Award winning Actor and Advocate Geena Davis as one of its participating speakers! Davis’ work as an advocate for women has been well-documented, especially as it pertains to her Institute on Gender in Media.…
I am an activist, organizer, expat-brat, networker, cartwheeler, truthseeker, and storyteller. I am Vice President of Programs at Women’s Media Center, after serving in several roles related to youth leadership development, grassroots organizing, and communications. After working with coalition partners and campus organizations to help bring thousands of students to the historic March for Women’s…