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Critical. Subversive. Irrepressible.

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From Misrepresentation to Women’s Under-representation

From Misrepresentation to Women’s Under-representation

Lori McCue November 6, 2011
Miss Representation, a documentary on the media’s misrepresentation of women, came to AU on Thursday as part of the React to Film College Action Network. Written, directed and produced by actress and activist Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the film explores how the exploitation of women in mainstream media directly contributes to the under-representation of women in government and other positions of power in America.

What We’re Reading This Week

Lori McCue October 26, 2011
Bits of journalism and current events collected by AWOL editors. New York Magazine -- "The Kids Are Actually Sort of Alright": Noreen Malone on how the twentysomethings are making do in the recession of their generation. SONG OF THE DAY courtesy of the Occupy Wall Street drummers -- and how their beats may be the loudest debate of the protests (via NPR). The Washington Post says IBM just named its first female CEO. The Economist -- "The Hypocrisy and the West: When to Celebrate a Death": "The assassination in Pakistan in May of Osama bin Laden, without the Pakistani government’s knowledge, let alone permission, and the Western-backed onslaught on Sirte which culminated in the death of Qaddafi leave an impression of double standards." TBD: How the Occupy protests have spread to universities. From The Chronicle -- The possible consequences of Mississippi's "Personhood Amendment, and why it's not just about abortion. And finally: What is the Herman Cain campaign smoking? EVENTS The return of the Washington Psychotronic Film Society: The group that brings the weird, bizarre and unacknowledged films to Washington is back in full force with a free "Halloweenathon" at McFadden's in Foggy Bottom.
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