Killing Us Softly: Advertising’s Image of Women by Jean Kilbourne is on its 4th edition as of 2010. This documentary series chronicles the negative portrayals of women in advertising and the media. Kilbourne investigates the effects of sexist and misogynistic messages on women’s health. Overall, it’s another perfect movie for a media studies course or body image/eating disorder awareness program on-campus.
To find out more about Killing Us Softly, you can go here.
Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity is a documentary by Jackson Katz that examines the relationship between violence and cultural views on masculinity. Katz discusses how misogyny, homophobia, and violence against women are linked to how American society ultimately defines manhood. Tough Guise is a perfect learning tool for a media studies class or on-campus panel discussion/movie showing. A sample of the documentary can be found above.
For more information about this documentary and how to order it, you can go here.
Happy New Year!
The last few months have been hectic with graduate school, but I promise to update more often in 2013. To make amends, I have three new posts available that I wrote for Boston University’s Spread the Health blog:
Stay well and see you again soon!
