Girls and the Media

DO Reflection

by Anna

Not including our Teach-In Workshop, we had an impact on a company which we visited. The company is called MMC, Marina Maher Communications. They work in marketing to women. After visiting them twice, where we had multiple discussions and interviews with different people within the company, they said that we impacted them because we educated…

by Nika

My group and I visited the MMC (Marina Maher Communications) again. This time we set up a meeting with a specific group of women that deal with advertising different brands. We talked to them about how the media portrays things in a wrong way, and then girls aren’t prepared when they actually need to deal…

by Tallulah

Last week, my group and I went to an organization called MMC. MMC stands for Marina Maher Communications. It is a marketing firm located in midtown east. It was a very interesting field trip because it really advanced what we have been learning about how women are portrayed in the media. At MMC, we learned…

by Olivia

Around a week ago my group took a fieldwork visit to MMC (Marina Maher Communications) where we got to ask various useful and great questions about our topic. MMC is a publicizing company that focuses on marketing towards women. They work with many companies such as Covergirl, Herbal essences, U by Kotex, Venus, Head and…

by Nika

On Wedsnday my group and I headed to MMC Agency. They are an agency group that focuses on marketing towards women. Once we got there we waited for Amiee who was our tour guide around the office. First we went to her office and we talked about our topic and what we focus on. Then…

by Anna

For our fourth fieldwork, my group visited Marina Maher Communications. It is a company that works in advertising and marketing to women. While we were there, we got to tour the office and take a look at some of the things they do there. Then, we got to ask questions to a bunch of people…

by Nika

My group and I facetimed a model named Reilly Chaffin. We wanted to talk to her about the modeling industry, the pressure of being a model, how her life changed when she became a model, and what kind of example does it give to young girls. One thing that Reilly said is that she became…

by Anna

For our third fieldwork, my group briefly interviewed Riley Chaffin, a model. We asked her about a few things that fall under the category, women in the media. One question we asked her about was her opinion about was womens portrayal in the media. We asked if she thought that the issue needed to be…

by Olivia

For our third fieldwork we interviewed Riley chafin an independent model in LA. We got in touch with her through Jaquie and set up a FaceTime call to ask her some questions about the industry. We asked her various questions from what the industry is like to more detailed ones like how it changed her…

by Tallulah

On Friday, December 11th, my group video chatted a former model named Reilly Chaffin. We began by asking her how she got into the modeling business and why she stopped. We asked her questions about the pressures of modeling and how she had to look in order to get work or be successful. Reilly described…

by Anna

On Monday, both women in the media groups went to the Paley center for Media for a class called “Girls, Body Image, and the Media.” In the class we watched multiple clips from different movies, television shows, and commercials. Some of the clips were from the 50s and some from today. Some of the clips…

by Anna

For our first fieldwork, we watched a documentary called “Beauty Culture.” It is all about how women are portrayed in the media and what it is like to be a model or trying to be one. I thought it was very striking the levels people would go to to become someone who society wanted them…

by Nika

My group along with the other social justice visited the Paley Center for Media. We attended one of their classes called “Girls, Body Image, and the Media” Caroline, was the lady who helped us learn more about our topics. Once we arrived she greeted us and led us to a small auditorium. First she started…

by Nika

My group and I watched the Beauty Culture Documentary. Beauty Culture investigates our obsession with beauty in the society and the influence of photoshop on a women’s body. In the documentary there are interviews from many points of view. There are teenagers, fashion photographers, child pageant starts, body builders who talk about beauty from their…

by Clair

Our group is focusing on the portrayal of women in the media and how it affects young girls and teens. Girls see stereotypical pictures of women represented in many places like ads, television and social media itself. These images are all arounds us but most of us never realize the stereotypes and sexualization of women.…