Our seventh fieldwork was getting the opportunity to meet and talk with Jennifer Foyle who is the president of Aerie, American Eagle. We went to their offices and we were greeted by her assistant who took us up to Jennifer’s office. We asked her about their #aeriereal campaign where they use a variety of models…
Our sixth fieldwork was having the amazing opportunity of talking to Drew Barrymore. As you may know, she has been in the media since an early age and she has made her own production company to portray women in a realistic way. Thanks to my father who works with her, we got to call her…
Our fifth fieldwork was FaceTiming the plus-size model, Jennie Runk. We asked her about her experiences doing what she does and how she thinks women are being portrayed in media and magazines. It was very interesting because she has been working in the modeling industry since she was fourteen and so she was very experienced.…
For our fourth fieldwork, we went to see the newly released movie, Hidden Figures. This movie is about African American women who work at NASA as mathematicians and fight for equality for both African Americans and women. Throughout the movie, they stand up to what they think is right and they prove themselves worthy of…
Our third fieldwork was going to the Taylor Swift Experience at the Grammy Museum. This exhibit was mostly made by Taylor Swift herself. We went there because we wanted to see how they would portray Taylor Swift, the pop star who has been criticised in the media many times. We wanted to know if the…
Our second field work was going to the Paley Center for Media. We went to go be a part of a workshop/conference about women’s portrayal in the media. A woman named Rebecca greeted us and she brought us to a small theater room. The conference lasted two hours and was extremely interesting. We started off…
For our first fieldwork, we decided we wanted to watch a documentary. We thought it was a good way to introduce ourselves to the subject. The movie we watched was called “Miss Representation” Written and produced by Jennifer Siebel Newsom. The movie was all about how women, and young women, are portrayed so badly and…
