Tag: media
We Live in A Sexualized Society
Picture this: you are getting out of your car to go into the local Food Lion. As you walk by, you...
Film, Discussion Centers Self-Image and Illusions in Media
In observance of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, the Women’s Center, Student Health Services and Counseling Center hosted a screening and discussion of “The Illusionists” (dir. Elena Rossini, 2015), a documentary that examines the relationship between the media, capitalism, beauty and self-image from a global perspective.
Being the Right Color: A Critique of Colorism in the Media
For years, African Americans have struggled with finding sufficient representation in the media. We’ve spent so long fighting that whenever we do have a moment where a TV show or film has a primarily black cast, we celebrate. We tend to become so captivated by our sense of representation that we don’t realize how poorly represented black people still are.
