Name: Jade Walk

Social Justice Group: 2018-2019, Women in the Media

Date of Fieldwork: December 6, 2018

Name of Organization: Straight/Curve

Person (people) with whom I met and their job titles: Jenny Mcquaile

Type of Fieldwork: Interview

What I did:

My group and I had a phone call with Jenny McQuaile, the director of the film “Straight/Curve.” She made a documentary about how media has affected women and teens and how they feel about it.

What I learned:

I learned that the terms “large”, “Medium”, “Small”, and “Extra small” can really offend someone when they have to choose which size they are. The documentary uses the word “straight/curve” instead of fat or skinny. People continuously say those words to describe people without thinking about how it can make them feel.

What I learned about Social Justice “work” and/or Civil and Human rights “work” from this fieldwork:

Something that I learned was how you can reach out to people in so many different ways. Jenny had a way of reaching out to people by making a documentary. She used this documentary by sending a positive message to women, teenagers and young girls. So many people are on social media, watching documentary’s, movies and tv shows daily so by sending a positive message through those sources can really help people.