On Wednesday, February 18th, Kellin, Katie, Nubia, and I were all extremely excited to get the chance to talk to Victoria Lee, an aspiring model, about what her life was like. We met in the library to talk about what it was like to be a model, how that affected her, and possibly how it…
Second Paley Center for Media Visit on 1/28/15
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On Wednesday, January 28th, my group and I (Kellin, Nubia, Katie and Jane) brought our whole entire grade back to the Paley Center for Media because we loved the class that we took, Girl’s Body Image, very much. This time we were greeted by Rebekah Fisk, another specialist in this topic. We were led up…
Interview with Debbie Sterling on 1/21/15
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On Wednesday, January 21st, our school had the privilege of hosting the CEO of Goldieblox, a company creating engineering toys for young girls, Debbie Sterling. She talked a little bit about how she went to engineering school and was one of the very few girls attending the class. The problem with this was that on…
Visit at the Paley Center on 1/5/15
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On Tuesday, January fifth, my group and I went to The Paley Center for Media to attend a class called ‘Girl’s Body Image in Media’, which is exactly related to our topic of the way that women and girls are being portrayed in magazines, . When we got to the building where we were supposed to be, it turned…
Interview with Esme Edwards on 12/18/14
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Our group met with Esme Edwards on Thursday, December Eighteenth 2014 because she was very interested in the same topic that we were raising awareness for. She shared her views on how girls are portrayed in the media and what we can do to make sure that we love our bodies as much as possible.…
Interview with Martha Brooks, 11/21/14
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On Friday, November 21st, four of my group mates and I went to L’Oreal at 5th Avenue and 47th Street. We talked with Martha Brooks about the way that they changed women’s bodies using computers to make an “ideal beauty.” Martha spoke about how the models that were shooting for their products were already gorgeous,…
Interview with Libba Bray on 10/30/14
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After talking to Libba Bray about how sexism occurs in books and how we may portray a certain book specifically for a girl or boy, we asked her some questions about how her book Beauty Queens, a novel about teenage beauty pageant girls who get stranded on an island and have to learn to fight…
