The strength to resist : media's impact on women & girls / produced and directed by Margaret Lazarus [and] Renner Wunderlich.

A documentary about the fight against the toxic and degrading messages to women and girls that dominate the media. The film presents the leading authorities in the fields of psychology of women and girls, eating disorders, gender studies, violence against women, and media literacy -- and focuses the...

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Corporate Author: Cambridge Documentary Films
Other Authors: Lazarus, Margaret, Wunderlich, Renner, Gilligan, Carol, 1936-, Steiner-Adair, Catherine, Dines, Gail, Steinem, Gloria, Richards, Amy, 1970-, Batts, Valerie
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Cambridge Documentary Films, [2005]
Subjects:
Women in advertising.
Advertising > Psychological aspects.
Advertising > Women.
Body image in women.
Body image in adolescence.
Women > Psychology.
Girls > Psychology.
Teenage girls > Psychology.
Beauty, Personal > Psychological aspects.
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
Self-perception.
Sex in advertising.
Sex in mass media.
Eating disorders > Etiology.
Pornography.
Women > Crimes against.
Women in mass media.
Sexism.
Local Note:
MSU: Gift of the MSU Women’s Resource Center.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (33 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Strength to resist : the media's impact on women & girls.
Beyond killing us softly : the impact of media images on women and girls.
Media's impact on women & girls.
Media's impact on women and girls.
Format: Video DVD
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Summary:
A documentary about the fight against the toxic and degrading messages to women and girls that dominate the media. The film presents the leading authorities in the fields of psychology of women and girls, eating disorders, gender studies, violence against women, and media literacy -- and focuses their ideas on practical solutions and the best tactics for reclaiming our culture.
Note:Companion film to: Killing us softly, Still killing us softly and Killing us softly 3.
"To avoid confusion, please note that after January 2005, the title of the film "Beyond Killing Us Softly" was changed to "THE STRENGTH TO RESIST: Media's Impact on Women and Girls." The content is the same."--producer's website.
Originally produced in 2000.
Videorecording.
Call Number:HF5827.85 .S76 2005 VideoDVD
Credits:Editor, Renner Wunderlich.
System Details:DVD.
Participant or Performer:
Commentary: Carol Gilligan, Catherine Steiner-Adair, Gail Dines, Gloria Steinem, Amy Richards, Valerie Batts.