Launching LetMeBME: A Worldwide Video Project
What would happen if I start asking women and girls around the world to answer 3 simple questions? This is the first short film produced from a selection of the first contributions received Eventually...
View ArticleWhat Men Really Think about Women in the Media?
Finally! It was about time that we open the conversation to men! Today we have almost reached the 50+ mark for male contributions (!!): these men and boys speak from all over the world and the...
View ArticleLetMeBME Project: An Outsider Perspective
by JL Field (Canada) I can vividly remember the first time an image in the media truly impacted my self-image; it was back around the turn of the millennium, when I was enduring that awkward, spotty,...
View ArticleMedia’s Perfection through a Young Woman’s Eyes
by Dusty Rose (USA, age 25) I live in Los Angeles, self-proclaimed “Entertainment capital of the world.” Every waking morning the denizens of this overcrowded mini-state are inundated with images....
View ArticleModern Feminism & Celebrities: Engaging the Masses or Losing Focus?
“Feminism is flawed, but it offers, at its best, a way to navigate this shifting cultural climate. Feminism has certainly helped me find my voice. Feminism has helped me believe my voice matters, even...
View ArticleHow the Beauty Imperative Influences Our Life
We are constantly surrounded by symbols of beauty – gorgeous tanned women in bikini on the billboards, mysterious smoky-eyed seductresses, mothers that manage to take care of career, household and...
View ArticleEmpowering Girls & Women through Adverts?
Today I came across another empowering advert for women and girls. It seems that the trend is growing year by year with more and more brands jumping on the bandwagon. Some people criticise the trend...
View ArticleWatching “Sexy Baby”: a Movie Documentary
“We are constantly amazed at the challenges girls are presented with today. When we were growing up things just didn’t seem as complicated. With the Internet and social media bringing sex and sexual...
View ArticleMemory of a Beauty and Boys-obsessed Teenager
from “The Diary of a Teenage Girl” Movie – 12th Zürich Film Festival 2016 So there I was: 12 years old. A new phase of life had started. Finally I was allowed to grow my hair longer and choose my own...
View ArticleThe New Celebrity: Are Vloggers Better Role Models?
YouTube, like many of the social media services we rely on, was born mostly out of necessity: back in 2005, two former Paypal employees—Chad Hurley and Steve Chen—realised they had no way of sharing...
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