Name: Emma Fuster-Bennett

Social Justice Group: 2023-2024, Beauty Standards and the Media

Date of Fieldwork: January 29, 2024

Name of Organization and person (people) with whom you met and their title(s):The Paley center for Media and we talked to Rebekah Fisk

Type of Fieldwork: [69]

What I did and what I learned about my topic, activism, social justice work or civil and human rights work from this fieldwork?:

When our group went to The Paley Center for Media, we talked to Rebekah Fisk who is a teacher for groups like us. Rebekah teaches about different ways women are represented in the media, and how some depictions of what a woman “should” be like or act like, can be hurtful to women’s self esteem and confidence.

When we were at the center, we discussed different ways women are represented in ads, movies, and TV shows. We also watched some old ads and clips from movies, and deliberated about which ones could be hurtful to girls watching from home. Watching these clips was incredibly interesting because I watched such different shows when I was little. Overall, it was a very interesting and informative visit, and I would love to go again.